Field Instruction in Social Work Settings

Field Instruction in Social Work Settings explores the relationship between field instruction and the setting in which it occurs. The book asserts that certain aspects of social work, including laws, funding, political climate, organizational policies, and values, affect the relationship between student and field instructor and shape teaching and learning. The book explores dimensions of the student/field instructor relationship such as goals and expectations, development of professional identity, uses of the self, issues of diversity, authority, dependency, autonomy, value dilemmas, and the structure of supervision. It presents a framework for teaching field instruction and uses the framework to explore its relevance, meaning, and use in the following settings:
• perinatal AIDS program
• public child welfare
• child advocacy agency
• public school
• occupational health and safety project
• family service
• psychiatric hospital
• case management program for the elderly
• day center for the elderly