Helen Cleak
Biographic Data
| ID | 4485719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Cleak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Cleak |
| SIGNATURE | CLEAK H |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6899-3297 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 46 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 121 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 46 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Integrating relational knowing and structured learning in social work placements – a framework for learning in practice
Professional placements are integral to social work education and provide formative but variable learning opportunities for students. As social work programs expand and requirements for placements increase, settings where a social worker may not be employed are increasingly utilized, risking further variability of student experience. This paper reports on qualitative responses to two open-ended questions in a cross-sectional survey conducted with…
To fail or not to fail: Enhancing our understanding of reasons why social work students failed practice placements (2015–2019)
Social Work qualifying programmes teach students the necessary knowledge, skills, and values during a series of taught modules. Formal opportunities to integrate knowledge into practice are provided through practice placements in social work agencies. Each practice placement enables agency and/or academic staff to gate-keep entry into the profession, through assessing student competence against agreed practice learning requirements, readiness to …
The Importance of Connection: A Quantitative Study of Students’Learning in Placements Completed Remotely from an Organisation
This quantitative study surveyed eighty-two Australian social work students who completed their placement during COVID-19. The delivery of health and welfare services during the pandemic had a significant impact on field education with the result that many placements had to be offered remotely from an organisation. The research was interested in whether this practice learning model can provide quality learning experiences for students by explorin…
The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Patients Experiencing Family Violence Presenting to an Australian Health Service
The Social Work Department of a large Australian health service has led an organisation-wide risk identification reporting system providing oversight of family violence cases. The availability of this data offered a unique opportunity for robust evidence collection of the victim survivor experience, and the clinical response, over an eight-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The audit of family violence notifications and clinical n…
International social work students in field education- considerations for supervision
There is an increase of international students studying social work in Australia. Undertaking the compulsory field work component of social work studies can be particularly complex for international students, as they have to acquire an understanding of social work practice, knowledge and skills in a new cultural context. Prior research has highlighted the importance of supporting students and field educators to ensure successful quality learning …
Prevalence of intimate partner violence among Saudi Arabian international students and their spouses
This study investigated the experience of IPV amongst married Saudi Arabian international students and their partners in Australia. The research explored the prevalence of IPV, the types of IPV, and gender differences in IPV experienced. A sample of 508 adult Saudi Arabian university students report of their own IPV experiences. The findings suggested gender differences in the context of IPV. The study can inform culturally appropriate interventi…
How Power Dynamics and Relationships Interact with Assessment of Competence: Exploring the Experiences of Student Social Workers Who Failed a Practice Placement
Students have identified practice placements (or practice learning) as the single most important factor of social work education, but it is usually where issues of professional suitability become apparent. Whilst most students successfully complete their placements, a number experience difficulty and a minority ultimately fail. Protecting the profession from students not deemed suitable for professional practice requires a rigorous gatekeeping fu…
On a Wing and a Prayer! An Exploration of Students’ Experiences of External Supervision
Field education is a core component of social work courses globally and has been recognised as providing significant learning opportunities to develop professional practice. Evidence highlights the strong correlation between student satisfaction with their supervisory relationship and their satisfaction with placement, but current practices have resulted in more reliance on placements with a variety of supervisory arrangements, which may be compr…
It’s up to you: The need for self-directed learning for social work students on placement during Covid-19
COVID-19 in 2020 took social work programmes by surprise and for many students an e-placement was offered as the only alternative learning opportunity to complete their placement that year. In this article, we report on a mixed method study with data collected via an online survey with quantitative and qualitative questions exploring students’ experiences in e-placements. Eighty-two students who had undertaken an e-placement responded to the surv…
Theoretical frameworks in social work education: A scoping review
Social work education now operates within a complex array of higher education imperatives while the practice context has changed to adapt to a culture with an emphasis on technical and instrumental approaches. In response, one Australian social work program has embarked on a curriculum redesign project to incorporate a consistent theoretical framework across the whole program. This paper presents the results of a scoping review, which aimed to in…
Culturally Informed, Codesigned, Supportive Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People With Cancer and Their Families
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience significant disparities in accessing cancer care and in cancer outcomes when compared with non-Indigenous Australians. Social workers and Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers from an inner-city hospital partnered with local Aboriginal organisations to develop, implement, and evaluate a culturally informed model of supportive cancer care. The initiative adopted an “appreciative inquiry” appro…
Elder Abuse Identification by an Australian Health Service: A Five-Year, Social-Work Audit
For hospitals and other health-care services, identifying older people experiencing abuse remains a challenge. Social workers at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) used a clinical data mining approach to retrospectively audit electronic medical records containing 466 episodes of care over a five-year period where elder abuse was identified based on a system of alerts. The findings highlight key characteristics of the vulnerable older persons,…
Health Staff Responses to Domestic and Family Violence: The Case for Training to Build Confidence and Skills
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a serious, worldwide public health concern and the literature suggests that women who have experienced violence identify health care providers as the professionals they would most trust with disclosure of abuse. Social work is well positioned to respond to women presenting in hospitals after experiencing DFV and in advocating for systems and policy initiatives to support health staff in becoming adequately tr…
Mapping Social Work Field Education in the 21st Century: A National Survey of the Australian Context
Field education is a key curriculum component in social work programmes and students identify their placement as central to their transition to practice. Globally, changes in higher education, increasing the complexity of practice and an increasingly diverse student body, are challenging field education programmes to meet these professional and resource challenges. This article reports on Australian research which surveyed social work field educa…
Towards Agility: Scaffolding Anticipative Education in Social Work
Digital transformation, uncertain funding and global competition are rapidly disrupting higher and vocational educational contexts and contributing significantly to the challenges and opportunities of a fluid educational environment. To remain relevant for the 21st century and to Industry 4.0, educational providers, disciplines and professions must anticipate the future world of work and educate today’s students as tomorrow’s graduates with capab…
Holistic Approach to Curriculum Development to Promote Student Engagement, Professionalism, and Resilience: Commentary on “Mature-aged Social Work Students: Challenges, Study Realities and Experiences…
Baglow and Gair (2019), Newcomb, Burton, and Edwards (2019), and Moorhead (2019) provide an interesting trio of papers upon which to comment and draw links that could be helpful for a reader. The s
Factors That Impact a Social Worker's Capacity to Supervise a Student
With sector constraints and higher education economic imperatives increasingly impacting the provision of social work field education, university programs lack an understanding of the factors that enable or prohibit field educators’ capacity to provide placements. Despite the significance of field education in the curriculum, it remains unclear what the experiences and motivations of field educators are to provide universities with student placem…
Is Housing a Predictor of Autonomy and Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Illness? Implications for Social Work
For people with severe mental illness (SMI), housing type based on the level of professional input and support is an important factor in maintaining health. Housing impacts on quality of life (QOL); however, studies have not comprehensively explained the relationship between the types of housing and QOL. This scoping review investigates the relationship between the quality of life of people living with severe mental illness, housing, and objectiv…
A National Survey of Australian Social Work Field Education Programs: Innovation with Limited Capacity
Social work field education programs globally are struggling to meet the demands of providing suitable placements for students and need to consider new and innovative placement models to both meet professional accreditation requirements and deliver high quality field education opportunities for social work students. This article reports on the qualitative responses of a national survey of Australian social work field education programs, which exp…
Testing Satisfaction with a Group-based Social Work Field Liaison Model: A Controlled Mixed Methods Study
Social work field education programs rely on the liaison process to oversee and support students during their placement and to assist them to integrate theory and practice. However, the role and importance of liaison has been threatened as social work programs seek alternative and cost-effective ways to undertake these functions. This paper presents findings from a pilot study investigating levels of satisfaction among students and field educator…
Exploring the Potential of a Collaborative Web-based E-portfolio in Social Work Field Education
In most Australian workplaces that provide placement opportunities, social workers are unlikely to receive reductions in their workload for supervising students and completing the administrative requirements of field education subjects. Associated time costs lead to reluctance to supervise social work students. This article investigates the potential for a web-based e-portfolio tool to support and streamline social work field education and assess…
Asking the Critical Questions: An Evaluation of Social Work Students' Experiences in an International Placement
Preparing social work students for the demands of changing social environments and to promote student mobility and interest in overseas employment opportunities have resulted in an increasing demand for international social work placements. The literature describes numerous examples of social work programmes that offer a wide variety of international placements. However, research about the actual benefit of undertaking an overseas placement is sc…
The Inside Story: A Survey of Social Work Students' Supervision and Learning Opportunities on Placement
Practice learning accounts for half of the content of the bachelor of social work degree course requirements in Northern Ireland in their field education programmes and share a professional and ethical responsibility with practice teachers to provide appropriate learning environments to prepare students as competent and professional practitioners. The accreditation standards for practice learning require the placement to provide students with reg…
Efficacy of family mediation and the role of family violence: Study protocol
Family violence is a major risk to the physical and mental health of women and children. This study will inform debates about the role of family violence and how to manage it in the family mediation context. It will also inform decision-making about mediation practices by better understanding how mediation impacts on parenting agreements, and the implications for children, especially in the context of family violence
What Are They Really Doing?” An Exploration of Student Learning Activities in Field Placement
Social work students consistently identify their field placement as having the mostimpact on their learning. Despite this, research on learning activities used duringplacement and the impact on practice competency and social work identity is limited.This is the second paper from a research study exploring student experiences of learningon placement. Data were gathered from 263 social work students about 14 key learningactivities they experienced …
Student Satisfaction with Models of Field Placement Supervision
Field placements provide social work students with the opportunity to integrate their classroom learning with the knowledge and skills used in various human service programs. The supervision structure that has most commonly been used is the intensive one-to-one, clinical teaching model. However, this model is being challenged by significant changes in educational and industry sectors, which have led to an increased use of alternative fieldwork st…
A National Survey of Australian Social Work Field Education Programs: Innovation with Limited Capacity
Social work field education programs globally are struggling to meet the demands of providing suitable placements for students and need to consider new and innovative placement models to both meet professional accreditation requirements and deliver high quality field education opportunities for social work students. This article reports on the qualitative responses of a national survey of Australian social work field education programs, which exp…
Factors That Impact a Social Worker's Capacity to Supervise a Student
With sector constraints and higher education economic imperatives increasingly impacting the provision of social work field education, university programs lack an understanding of the factors that enable or prohibit field educators’ capacity to provide placements. Despite the significance of field education in the curriculum, it remains unclear what the experiences and motivations of field educators are to provide universities with student placem…
What Are They Really Doing?” An Exploration of Student Learning Activities in Field Placement
Social work students consistently identify their field placement as having the mostimpact on their learning. Despite this, research on learning activities used duringplacement and the impact on practice competency and social work identity is limited.This is the second paper from a research study exploring student experiences of learningon placement. Data were gathered from 263 social work students about 14 key learningactivities they experienced …
Mapping Social Work Field Education in the 21st Century: A National Survey of the Australian Context
Field education is a key curriculum component in social work programmes and students identify their placement as central to their transition to practice. Globally, changes in higher education, increasing the complexity of practice and an increasingly diverse student body, are challenging field education programmes to meet these professional and resource challenges. This article reports on Australian research which surveyed social work field educa…
The Inside Story: A Survey of Social Work Students' Supervision and Learning Opportunities on Placement
Practice learning accounts for half of the content of the bachelor of social work degree course requirements in Northern Ireland in their field education programmes and share a professional and ethical responsibility with practice teachers to provide appropriate learning environments to prepare students as competent and professional practitioners. The accreditation standards for practice learning require the placement to provide students with reg…
Health care in the 1990s: Practice Implications For Social Work
The Australian health care system is experiencing major changes as it struggles to adapt to demographic shifts, technological advances and changing treatment philosophies against a background of fiscal restraints. Current health policies and the planned introduction of casemix funding are supporting the development of a market-driven health care system which is challenging social work in health care to redefine its services. This paper reviews th…
Health Inequality: An Introduction to Theories, Concepts and Methods
Getting started, getting feedback, and getting finished’— practice research in action
This article outlines the purpose, definition and usefulness of social work practice research and then describes a training program conducted by a group of social workers in the Australian Association of Social Workers (Victorian Branch) Practice Research Special Interest Group. These workshops offered practitioners the opportunity to explore a research idea with a group of colleagues which acted as a reference group over a period of six months. …
On a Wing and a Prayer! An Exploration of Students’ Experiences of External Supervision
Field education is a core component of social work courses globally and has been recognised as providing significant learning opportunities to develop professional practice. Evidence highlights the strong correlation between student satisfaction with their supervisory relationship and their satisfaction with placement, but current practices have resulted in more reliance on placements with a variety of supervisory arrangements, which may be compr…
Health Staff Responses to Domestic and Family Violence: The Case for Training to Build Confidence and Skills
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a serious, worldwide public health concern and the literature suggests that women who have experienced violence identify health care providers as the professionals they would most trust with disclosure of abuse. Social work is well positioned to respond to women presenting in hospitals after experiencing DFV and in advocating for systems and policy initiatives to support health staff in becoming adequately tr…
Is Housing a Predictor of Autonomy and Quality of Life of People with Severe Mental Illness? Implications for Social Work
For people with severe mental illness (SMI), housing type based on the level of professional input and support is an important factor in maintaining health. Housing impacts on quality of life (QOL); however, studies have not comprehensively explained the relationship between the types of housing and QOL. This scoping review investigates the relationship between the quality of life of people living with severe mental illness, housing, and objectiv…
A cultural assessment of family dispute resolution: Findings about access, retention and outcomes from the evaluation of a Family Relationship Centre
The cultural appropriateness of human service processes is a major factor in determining the effectiveness of their delivery. Sensitivity to issues of culture is particularly critical in dealing with family disputes, which are generally highly emotive and require difficult decisions to be made regarding children, material assets and ongoing relationships. In this article we draw on findings from an evaluation of the Family Relationship Centre at …
It’s up to you: The need for self-directed learning for social work students on placement during Covid-19
COVID-19 in 2020 took social work programmes by surprise and for many students an e-placement was offered as the only alternative learning opportunity to complete their placement that year. In this article, we report on a mixed method study with data collected via an online survey with quantitative and qualitative questions exploring students’ experiences in e-placements. Eighty-two students who had undertaken an e-placement responded to the surv…
Elder Abuse Identification by an Australian Health Service: A Five-Year, Social-Work Audit
For hospitals and other health-care services, identifying older people experiencing abuse remains a challenge. Social workers at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) used a clinical data mining approach to retrospectively audit electronic medical records containing 466 episodes of care over a five-year period where elder abuse was identified based on a system of alerts. The findings highlight key characteristics of the vulnerable older persons,…
Holistic Approach to Curriculum Development to Promote Student Engagement, Professionalism, and Resilience: Commentary on “Mature-aged Social Work Students: Challenges, Study Realities and Experiences…
Baglow and Gair (2019), Newcomb, Burton, and Edwards (2019), and Moorhead (2019) provide an interesting trio of papers upon which to comment and draw links that could be helpful for a reader. The s
Testing Satisfaction with a Group-based Social Work Field Liaison Model: A Controlled Mixed Methods Study
Social work field education programs rely on the liaison process to oversee and support students during their placement and to assist them to integrate theory and practice. However, the role and importance of liaison has been threatened as social work programs seek alternative and cost-effective ways to undertake these functions. This paper presents findings from a pilot study investigating levels of satisfaction among students and field educator…
Creating a Standardised Teaching and Learning Framework for Social Work Field Placements
Mapping and evaluating a student's progress on placement is a core element of social work education but there has been scant attention to indicate how to effectively create and assess student learning and performance. This paper outlines a project undertaken by the Combined Schools of Social Work to develop a common learning and assessment tool that is being used by all social work schools in Victoria. The paper describes how the Common Assessmen…
How Power Dynamics and Relationships Interact with Assessment of Competence: Exploring the Experiences of Student Social Workers Who Failed a Practice Placement
Students have identified practice placements (or practice learning) as the single most important factor of social work education, but it is usually where issues of professional suitability become apparent. Whilst most students successfully complete their placements, a number experience difficulty and a minority ultimately fail. Protecting the profession from students not deemed suitable for professional practice requires a rigorous gatekeeping fu…
Exploring the Potential of a Collaborative Web-based E-portfolio in Social Work Field Education
In most Australian workplaces that provide placement opportunities, social workers are unlikely to receive reductions in their workload for supervising students and completing the administrative requirements of field education subjects. Associated time costs lead to reluctance to supervise social work students. This article investigates the potential for a web-based e-portfolio tool to support and streamline social work field education and assess…
A model of social work classification in health care
The introduction of casemix funding for Australian acute health care services has challenged Social Work to demonstrate clear reporting mechanisms, demonstrate effective practice and to justify interventions provided. The term ‘casemix’ is used to describe the mix and type of patients treated by a hospital or other health care services. The National Allied Health Casemix Committee was established in 1991 as the peak body to represent allied healt…
Caution - helping may be hazardous: Client abuse, threats and assaults
The shooting of a social worker by a client on the Gold Coast in 1991 graphically illustrated the issue of physical assaults and violence by service users against social workers. In this article we look at the incidence of physical assault, threats of violence, abuse of agency property and verbal abuse to social and other welfare workers by clients, using data from a survey in Melbourne. We then look at probable causes of menacing behaviour, such…
Social Work in a Hospital Emergency Department
This paper describes how a Hospital Social Work Department's Emergency Team has attempted to provide a crisis and out-of-hours service to its Emergency Department. Through a staffing commitment to extensive evening and weekend cover, the Emergency Team's social worker is able to provide an immediate intervention and assessment service to problems. This has resulted in early detection and treatment of the non-medical aspects of a patient's problem…
Caution - helping may be hazardous: Client abuse, threats and assaults
The shooting of a social worker by a client on the Gold Coast in 1991 graphically illustrated the issue of physical assaults and violence by service users against social workers. In this article we look at the incidence of physical assault, threats of violence, abuse of agency property and verbal abuse to social and other welfare workers by clients, using data from a survey in Melbourne. We then look at probable causes of menacing behaviour, such…
Health care in the 1990s: Practice Implications For Social Work
The Australian health care system is experiencing major changes as it struggles to adapt to demographic shifts, technological advances and changing treatment philosophies against a background of fiscal restraints. Current health policies and the planned introduction of casemix funding are supporting the development of a market-driven health care system which is challenging social work in health care to redefine its services. This paper reviews th…
Practice Notes
In this opening set of practice notes, contributors share with readers observations from a broad range of practitioner interests. They all represent practitioners reflecting on their work, but they range remarkably. The first is one from within our editorial group. Mark makes a theory to practice observation on the underaddressed issue of termination in work with clients. This is followed by two contributions from the relationship counselling and…
Practice Notes
Contributors to practice notes in this issue cover a wide spectrum of activity but all connect in some way with the theme of this special addition. Relationships with others impact enormously on both our perceptions of self and our physical and emotional capacity to make our way in the world. A positive family and the opportunity it affords to connect to wider social networks cradles and expands the depth and breadth of relationships. When loss o…
Case management in action: An examination of two cases in the area of alcohol related brain damage
‘Practice Forum’ provides a forum for social work practitioners to share their practice with others; to describe what they are doing and assess its effectiveness. The practice of case management is applied in a wide range of service delivery models to meet complex client needs. Unfortunately, cost containment and lack of clarity of the role of the case manager has blurred the definition and practice of case management for both the consumer and pr…
Practice Notes
In this set of practice notes there are two contributions from the field. We commonly encounter some enthusiasm from practitioners about contributing to practice notes. Few however factor doing such things into the process of managing their time. All allocate time for relating to clients and most seem to manage the case notes that go with that task. Most complain about doing their statistics and fulfilling agency accountability requirements. Quit…
Getting started, getting feedback, and getting finished’— practice research in action
This article outlines the purpose, definition and usefulness of social work practice research and then describes a training program conducted by a group of social workers in the Australian Association of Social Workers (Victorian Branch) Practice Research Special Interest Group. These workshops offered practitioners the opportunity to explore a research idea with a group of colleagues which acted as a reference group over a period of six months. …
Practice Notes Supplement
Practice Notes Supplement
A model of social work classification in health care
The introduction of casemix funding for Australian acute health care services has challenged Social Work to demonstrate clear reporting mechanisms, demonstrate effective practice and to justify interventions provided. The term ‘casemix’ is used to describe the mix and type of patients treated by a hospital or other health care services. The National Allied Health Casemix Committee was established in 1991 as the peak body to represent allied healt…
A model of social work classification in health care
The introduction of casemix funding for Australian acute health care services has challenged Social Work to demonstrate clear reporting mechanisms, demonstrate effective practice and to justify interventions provided. The term ‘casemix’ is used to describe the mix and type of patients treated by a hospital or other health care services. The National Allied Health Casemix Committee was established in 1991 as the peak body to represent allied healt…
Health Inequality: An Introduction to Theories, Concepts and Methods
Family Mediation and Women’s Services: Towards Effective Referral
Central to Government’s strategy for separating families is the management and resolution of disputes away from courts and litigation processes wherever this is achievable. A key group of players in facilitating this vision are workers within the wide range of women’s services. This study surveyed workers at a number of Victorian women’s services that provide advice, support, and referral for women and explored their understanding of mediation pr…
A cultural assessment of family dispute resolution: Findings about access, retention and outcomes from the evaluation of a Family Relationship Centre
The cultural appropriateness of human service processes is a major factor in determining the effectiveness of their delivery. Sensitivity to issues of culture is particularly critical in dealing with family disputes, which are generally highly emotive and require difficult decisions to be made regarding children, material assets and ongoing relationships. In this article we draw on findings from an evaluation of the Family Relationship Centre at …
Student Satisfaction with Models of Field Placement Supervision
Field placements provide social work students with the opportunity to integrate their classroom learning with the knowledge and skills used in various human service programs. The supervision structure that has most commonly been used is the intensive one-to-one, clinical teaching model. However, this model is being challenged by significant changes in educational and industry sectors, which have led to an increased use of alternative fieldwork st…
A cultural assessment of family dispute resolution: Findings about cultural appropriateness from the evaluation of a family relationship centre
The cultural appropriateness of human service processes is a major factor in determining the effectiveness of their delivery. Sensitivity to issues of culture is particularly critical in dealing with family disputes, which are generally highly emotive and require difficult decisions to be made regarding children, material assets and ongoing relationships. In this article we draw on findings from an evaluation of the Family Relationship Centre at …
A Cultural Assessment of Family Dispute Resolution: Findings about Access, Retention and Outcomes from the Evaluation of a Family Relationship Centre
The cultural appropriateness of human service processes is a major factor in determining the effectiveness of their delivery. Sensitivity to issues of culture is particularly critical in dealing with family disputes, which are generally highly emotive and require difficult decisions to be made regarding children, material assets and ongoing relationships. In this article we draw on findings from an evaluation of the Family Relationship Centre at …
A Cultural Assessment of Family Dispute Resolution: Findings about Cultural Appropriateness from the Evaluation of a Family Relationship Centre
Making the Most of Field Placement
Efficacy of family mediation and the role of family violence: Study protocol
Family violence is a major risk to the physical and mental health of women and children. This study will inform debates about the role of family violence and how to manage it in the family mediation context. It will also inform decision-making about mediation practices by better understanding how mediation impacts on parenting agreements, and the implications for children, especially in the context of family violence
What Are They Really Doing?” An Exploration of Student Learning Activities in Field Placement
Social work students consistently identify their field placement as having the mostimpact on their learning. Despite this, research on learning activities used duringplacement and the impact on practice competency and social work identity is limited.This is the second paper from a research study exploring student experiences of learningon placement. Data were gathered from 263 social work students about 14 key learningactivities they experienced …
Creating a Standardised Teaching and Learning Framework for Social Work Field Placements
Mapping and evaluating a student's progress on placement is a core element of social work education but there has been scant attention to indicate how to effectively create and assess student learning and performance. This paper outlines a project undertaken by the Combined Schools of Social Work to develop a common learning and assessment tool that is being used by all social work schools in Victoria. The paper describes how the Common Assessmen…
Asking the Critical Questions: An Evaluation of Social Work Students' Experiences in an International Placement
Preparing social work students for the demands of changing social environments and to promote student mobility and interest in overseas employment opportunities have resulted in an increasing demand for international social work placements. The literature describes numerous examples of social work programmes that offer a wide variety of international placements. However, research about the actual benefit of undertaking an overseas placement is sc…
The Inside Story: A Survey of Social Work Students' Supervision and Learning Opportunities on Placement
Practice learning accounts for half of the content of the bachelor of social work degree course requirements in Northern Ireland in their field education programmes and share a professional and ethical responsibility with practice teachers to provide appropriate learning environments to prepare students as competent and professional practitioners. The accreditation standards for practice learning require the placement to provide students with reg…
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