The Department of Health requires students on the social work degree to undertake at least 200 days in direct practice learning during their course. Practice learning often raises great anxieties for students, agencies and those who supervise and assess it. This book tackles those anxieties, explaining the ways the experience can deliver a unique learning opportunity for the student. It is ideal for students undertaking or about to undertake practice learning, student supervisors and practice assessors, as well as trainers and policymakers within social care agencies and health care profession    Read more...      Content: Values and anti-oppressive practice in practice learning; Integrating theory and developing reflective practice in practice learning; Preparing for practice; Using supervision to enhance practice learning and practice competence; Assessment of practice learning, gathering evidence and demonstrating competence; Developing skills and communicating effectively; Tying it all together Abstract:                           This book offers an introduction and a guide to the processes involved in practice learning, and offers suggestions to students on how to maximise their own learning and minimise anxieties.                 Read more...

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