Becoming Effective Communicators with Children
Developing Practitioner Capability through Social Work Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10896885 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle Lefevre (0000-0003-0166-9788, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 204-224 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bct109 |
| OpenAlex | W2140841159 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 24 |
Social workers employed within statutory settings in countries such as the UK are subject to legal and policy requirements to communicate directly and effectively with children and young people. Qualifying social work education is expected to prepare students so that they can practice competently. However, in England at least, practice and education are both falling short. While active attention is now being given to ways of facilitating improvements in practice, almost nothing is known about how qualifying courses might best promote student learning. This paper reports some of the findings from a UK-based empirical study into factors and processes which support students in developing the self-efficacy and ‘applied understanding’ they need to undertake effective direct work with children. A superficial focus on the ‘doing’ of communication (techniques and skills) appears to be inadequate: courses must additionally provide a range of experiential, participatory, didactic and critically reflective learning opportunities which can enable deep learning of the underpinning knowledges, ethical commitments and personal qualities also needed. A model is presented of an integrated and coherent learning sequence which could be used by programmes to ensure students develop the necessary generic, child-centred and ‘applied child-specialist’ capabilities in communication with children.
Library science · Medical education · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Engineering · Family and Disability Support Research · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Law · Medicine · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
What social workers do in performing child protection work
Children's Participation, Childhood Publics and Social Change
Video-Shorts
Using programme theory to identify the key elements of the Frontline programme
Embodied social work in Zimbabwe
Listening to care experienced young people and creating audio-bites for social work education
From communication to co‐operation
Who has naming rights? The framing of children's mental health issues in discursive therapy with their caregivers
Learning and development journeys towards effective communication with children
Views and Experiences of Children and Social Workers About Communication in Social Work Exchanges
She Made You Feel like There’s Hope’
Self-Efficacy and Outcomes
Outcomes of Social Work Education
Enhancing Wellbeing in Social Work Students
Enhancing the development of effective one-to-one skills for practice
Satisfying Students' Requests for Skills
Process Recording in Supervision of Students Learning to Practice with Children
Developing social work students' communication skills with children and young people
Relationships matter
Counseling Troubled Adolescents
Performing 'Initial Assessment
See the Practitioner, See the Child
A Friend and an Equal
Using thematic analysis in psychology
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |