Resources

Written for Learning at Work week, this is a list of resources about supervision.

Written for Learning at Work week, this is a list of resources for research

Supporting struggling students on placementA new book by Jo Finch is published next month: Supporting struggling students on placement, a practical guide.

Jo draws on both her own experience training Practice Educators, and international multi-disciplinary research and literature. Chapters examine the signs and symptoms…

Writing for Learning at Work week, Jo Finch talks about the importance of keeping up with the latest social work research.

Written for Learning at Work week, this is a list of resources about reflection.

Written for Learning at Work week, this is about a tool which enables wider feedback on a student's practice.

This article is about use of self and the our analysis of the SiSWE standards/ the Degree Review so particularly relevant just now.

'Use of self' was a central concept in social work in the middle of the twentieth century. Since then its emphasis in social work education has declined as more managerial, procedural and task-focused approaches have prevailed. A review of the degree and postgraduate diploma in social work in Scotland, initiated in 2014, incorporated a comparative…

Writing for Learning at Work week, Gillian Muir talks about supervision being a key plank of support in social work learning and development.

Written for Learning at Work week, this is a list of resources about the law and social work.

ALPS is the Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

This is a suite of generic assessment tools for use in practice. The formative assessment tools were mapped to three identified Common Competences; Communication, Team Working and Ethical Practice.

Across multiple health and social care professions, these tools allow students to gather feedback from practice assessors of their own profession and from other occupations,…