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Social work placements: a traveller's guide
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 244p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is written to help social work students make the most of their practice placement learning opportunities and reveals some of the problem areas and pitfalls to avoid. It covers: preparing for a placement; getting to grips with placement documentation; understanding how and what might be learned on placement; integrating theory with practice; non-traditional placements; anticipating difficulties and dealing with them; and getting the best from assessment and evaluation. Written in an innovative and visual 'Rough Guide' style, with illustrative case studies, the book leads novice students and seasoned practitioners and supervisor explorers through the complexities of practice learning.
The impact of an improvised social work method in a school: aspirations, encouragement, realism and openness
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 22(2), April 2010, pp.69-88.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A comprehensive high school in a semi-rural area of the West Midlands, which has a total of 802 students aged 13-18 years, reduced annual school exclusions from 251 in 2006 to 6 in 2008. The school first employed a school social worker in 2007, a year after the appointment of a new head teacher. The social worker introduced a new method of brief intervention based on ‘aspirations, encouragement, realism and openness’ (AERO). One teacher summarised this as helping a conversation develop in which the young people can discuss problems that they would otherwise find difficult. All of this was established with no special pilot project status or resources. The present study evaluated the impact of the AERO method through interviews with 12 students currently in school and one parent, all of whom had direct experience of the method, and six professionals who experienced the impact of the model. The findings indicated that AERO appears to provide a model of school social work practice that is well received by students who experience it directly and well regarded by the families and staff who are in a position to note any changes in the young people. The tools are adaptable and efficient, and their effects appear to be lasting. The authors comment that it seems reasonable to infer that the method helps to sustain the school’s broader policy of social inclusiveness, which is given its clearest expression in the dramatic decrease in school exclusions. Potential applications and limitations of this social work method are discussed.
All in the same boat
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.07.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article focuses on the advantages of developing a groupwork service. The benefits are seen not just in a qualitatively different service, but also in terms of staff morale, professional development and teamwork, and in the contribution of groupwork to the agency's own learning about the people it serves. Practitioners accounts of the impact of the group, as documented systematically in portfolios, is seen as an important strategy to develop professional practice and to embed groupwork in an agency.
Effective practice learning in local authorities (1): strategies for improvement
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Publisher:
- Practice Learning Taskforce
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This guide brings together two separate strands. The first section reviews the consultation work done by the Taskforce with selected local authorities. The second section looks at the characteristics of local authorities with high performance indicators in practice learning.
Difficult behaviour in groups
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work with Groups, 28(1), 2006, pp.3-22.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article is based on work with 24 groupworkers in a Children's Services agency in the English Midlands. Focus groups to consider the training priorities for groupworkers revealed one of the most pressing issues was difficult behaviours in groups. The groupworkers were asked to present an example of difficult behaviour. Nine themes arose from the work with the Children's Services groupworkers, and the article explores each theme and its implications for groupwork practice. The article relates the topic of difficult behaviour to the wider literature and suggests that the key to understanding and working with these behaviours in groups is the ability of the groupworker to unlock the meaning of the behaviour, and to find a way to articulate this alongside group members. Groupworkers' honesty with themselves about the feelings aroused by difficult behaviours emerges as a significant factor. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Using groupwork
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 180p.
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
This book promotes greater knowledge and understanding of groupwork and group processes, particularly in social work and social care settings. Incorporating both theory and practice, it provides a practical guide to those considering groupwork, and further inspiration for those already involved. The book incorporates a number of case examples of groups run in mainstream social work, social care and multi-disciplinary settings. Skills-based in approach, this text includes: illustrative group examples; quotes from groupworkers; key learning points based on research; activities to develop practice; and suggestions for further reading.
Difficult behaviour in groups
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Groupwork, 14(1), 2004, pp.80-100.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
This article is based on work with 24 groupworkers in a Children's Services agency in the West Midlands. Focus groups to consider the training priorities for groupworkers revealed one of the most pressing issues was difficult behaviours in groups. The groupworkers were asked to present an example of difficult behaviour, some of which are reproduced here, as part of a process to understand the meaning of difficult behaviour and add context. Nine themes arose from the work with the Children's Services groupworkers and the article explores each theme and its implications for groupwork practice. The article relates the topic of difficult behaviour to the wider literature and suggests that the key to understanding and working with these behaviours in groups is the ability of the groupworker to unlock the meaning of the behaviour, and to find a way to articulate this alongside group members. Groupworkers' honesty with themselves about the feelings aroused by difficult behaviours emerges as a significant factor.
Putting the heart into the curriculum
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.1.90, 1990, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Practice teaching in social work is gaining ground and bringing about new ideas. Would a curriculum be welcomed by practice teachers? Surveys old and new models.
The Norse approach to open records
- Author:
- DOEL Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 12.10.89, 1989, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Norway's civil rights' laws encourage the good, but may not prevent the bad.
Professional social work
- Authors:
- PARKER Jonathan, DOEL Mark
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 232
- Place of publication:
- London
This text book aims to help students develop critical understanding of their own social work practice, and the tools and skills required to become a professional social worker. Its contains the following chapters: Professional social work and the professional social work identity; Being a social work professional; Practising reflexivity: nurturing human practice; Understanding contemporary social work: we need to talk about relationships; The emotionally competent professional; The new radical social work professional?; Ethical tensions in social work; Professionalism and practice-focused research; Understanding continuing professional development; Understanding and using supervision in social work; Working with the media; Fifty years of professional regulation in social work education; Professional social work in the future. (Publisher abstract)