Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6416286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sera Harris (0000-0001-6295-8239, University of Southern Queensland, corresponding author), Rosemary Qummouh (0000-0003-4316-2811, Western Sydney University), Matt Victor Dalziel (Western Sydney University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-82 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0312407x.2023.2284171 |
| OpenAlex | W4389520833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 43 |
Self-care is a beneficial practice for social workers to both maintain their general wellbeing and to perform their professional role efficaciously. For students, field education is a prime opportunity to put their newly acquired skills and knowledge of social worker self-care into practice. This article reports from a broader study on the ways social work students construct and practice self-care, with the focus of this article on a student cohort who completed placement during Covid-19 restrictions. To explore how Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students at an Australian university situated their understanding and practice of self-care within their final year placement, a textual analysis of 26 BSW student assessments, a 600-word critical reflection, was conducted. Two themes emerged from the student reflections. First, while engagement with Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) proved crucial for students to participate in student placement, it also created fresh challenges for their self-care practice. Second, students’ understanding and practice of self-care were critically shaped by their professional and academic peer environments. Knowledge of how social work students understand, and practice self-care is vital for social work educators to critically support student development during field education
Bachelor · Construct (python library · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Situated · Sociology · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |