Practice Placement in Social Work: Innovative Approaches for Effective Teaching and Learning

Involved in educating social work professionals? Overwhelmed and demoralised by the current climate of cuts to services and over-regulation? This unique book written by practice educators, students and academics offers hope.

This collection of innovative approaches to social work placements addresses subjects including sustainability, student-led services, overseas placements, the value of the third-sector, supporting students from minority groups and the visual arts. The international and diverse contributions offer practical guidance and challenge conventional approaches to placement finding, teaching and assessment in field education.

Written from a global social work perspective this is essential reading for anyone responsible for ensuring quality placements for future professionals.

Avril Bellinger, Honorary Associate Professor in Social Work at University of Plymouth and academic activist, is the founder and Chair of Students and Refugees Together (START).

Deirdre Ford is a registered social worker, associate of Research in Practice and trustee of Students and Refugees Together (START).