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What professional language do you speak? : Exploring inter-disciplinary communication with nursing and social work students via SADRAS Project initiative.
Get PDFThe inter-disciplinary learning project invited undergraduate adult nursing and social work students from a London university to take part in a research activity focusing on communication between the two disciplines. The project aimed to provide a direct contribution to the students’ retention and progression, and to enhance students understanding of inter-disciplinary working at early stages of their professional careers. Students were observed during a table-top exercise in which they jointly worked on deciding priorities of care for a complex family situation. They reflected on the activity afterwards, sharing an interesting outlook on their interactions. The project confirmed the significance of inter-disciplinary learning and teaching. Most importantly however, it recognised that effective, collaborative inter-disciplinary working requires time to develop, maintain and grow. The study demonstrated that we do not all speak the same professional language. It emphasised the need for sustainable longitudinal approach with opportunities for inter-professional interactions and collaborative learning and teaching. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the project findings with a brief consideration of its impact. While contemplating ‘professional language’ relevant to each discipline, we aim to revisit conversation on teaching and learning for inter-disciplinary communication in the Higher Education setting.
Keywords: inter-disciplinary communication, interprofessionality, nursing and social work students, interprofessional working
 
An exploration of issues affecting the assessment of social work students on practice placement in England
Get PDFAbstract;This PN explores issues affecting assessment of social work students on practice placements in England. The authors have many years of experience in this area of social work and aim to highlight concerns about the complexity of assessment in practice settings. The PN reports on research presented by (author) at the 12th International Conference on Practice Teaching and Field Education in Health and Social Work, September 2018 to consider student perspectives. These highlight a sense of feeling powerless and judged. The PN also explores the wider issues potentially impacting on the assessment of students practice. Acknowledging the challenges of all assessments the PN considers how assessment of student practice may be further complicated by factors including the role and demands of universities, the impact of training and support for practice educators and pressures within current social work practice. The PN highlights longstanding inequalities within social work assessment on placements for some student groups, including BAME students. The authors draw on Brookfields (1998) reflective lenses and encourage the social work profession to reflect and consider how current practice might be improved. The authors invite ideas and feedback to stimulate a professional debate and new ideas
From selection to registration, and beyond: Supporting the student diagnostic radiographer in becoming a compassionate professional.
No full textThe National Health Service (NHS) Constitution aims to safeguard the underpinning principles and values of the NHS. Whilst employers are obligated to recruit staff whose values and behaviours align with those of the Constitution, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are also expected to select students who demonstrate an understanding of those values and behaviours and potential to use them with their working practices. From the point of selection, HEIs assume a pivotal role in promoting and embedding those values and behaviours into curricula, and thus supporting individuals in the transition from student to professional.The purpose of this paper is to discuss how values-based practice has been embedded in undergraduate radiography education at our HEI. It describes how the HEI utilises values-based recruitment and selection processes, and explores the strategies employed to develop that foundation prior to entering practice placement. Key issues will be discussed including the importance of acknowledging and valuing the early experiences of students prior to being socialised into the established culture of the diagnostic imaging departmentThe role of the lecturer in supporting the transition from student to compassionate professional cannot be underestimated. This is multi-faceted and acting as a professional role model to students is an essential part of this whilst helping students to develop their own professional development throughout the course.
Groupwork books published in Britain 1980-86
No full textThe article reviews 13 books on groups and groupwork by European writers published in Britain during the years 1980-1986, It ranges from *self-help’ and growth-group approaches, through mainstream social groupwork, and applications to specialist settings. It provides a brief mime of the main concerns of each writer, and offers a lightly critical look at ‘homegrown groupwork literature’ during a particularly flourishing period.Publisher’s note: We are now putting all back issues of Groupwork on line. Articles in this issue have been scanned to pdf files as viable original typesetting files no longer exist. Though they may not look it, these files are searchable. This issue was published nearly 30 years ago. We have stated author professional details as received at time of publication
Regressive and precarious: analysing the UK social security system in the light of the findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights
No full textIn November 2018 the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights visited the UK. The report that followed his visit delivered a damning verdict on the UK welfare benefits system and the government’s record on poverty alleviation. This article analyses three important themes from the UN Rapporteur’s statement. First the ways in which the economic and social well-being of welfare benefit claimants is negatively impacted by the values-base that underpins current social security policy, second the disproportionately negative impact that welfare reform has on key vulnerable groups, and third the multiple design and implementation problems that are evident as the government moves towards a digital welfare state. The article concludes that the UK social security system is in a precarious position and considers changes which could be implemented to produce a more equitable system including the adoption of a rights-based approach such as the one established by the Scottish Parliament.Keywords: welfare reform, social security, universal credit, poverty, human right
Supporting the Surviving Parent to Support their Bereaved Children: a psycho-educational group for parents
Get PDF This paper describes the rationale for developing a psycho-educational group about supporting bereaved children. The group is for surviving parents following the death of their partner. As social workers in a specialist palliative care setting, we noticed a similarity in the concerns and questions raised by the surviving parents the social work team met with. It is broadly recognised that there are distinct difficulties for children losing a parent and caregiver, as this is often the person that previously was central in the provision of love, security and daily care. It is well documented that the adjustment of the surviving caregiver and the quality of care received by the child after the loss, are substantially related to how children cope (The Harvard Child Bereavement Study, 1996). Studies revealed that when parents are supported, they can demonstrate an enhanced capacity to support their children. The group provided guidance on how to support their bereaved children. The importance of creating a support network for families by connecting them with others who have experienced similar events is well documented in the literature and was also a significant rationale for developing the programme. Keywords: parental death; childhood bereavement; surviving parent; psycho-educational grou
Meeting the challenges of the 21st century: Social change and the family
Get PDFThe article recounts major changes in the European family and challenges it creates in accounting and supporting families. Fragility and diversity of family relationships, individualization and shrinking size of households are seen both as a result of change in the system of values and the processes of economics. Statistical tools used to assess the family dynamics increasingly become inadequate to monitor and interpret the change and situation in families. Statistical figures also construct the way families are imagined in policies. Fertility, marriage and divorce rates are connected to reproductive functions of the society while employment figures feature the productive needs in societies. Europeans thus not only face the actual change to families but also have to deal with problems of understanding i
Social distancing and social work field placements
Get PDFThe impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on social work practice placements around the world and in the United Arab Emirates is of concern to students, social work educators and service users. In this practice note, I focus on the impact of the interruption to social work practice learning for students at the United Arab Emirates University and reflect on the introduction of 'social distancing', a health and safety strategy aimed at reducing the likelihood of the spread of the coronavirus. I propose ways in which students in school placements can continue to develop their social work knowledge and skills ‘from a distance’ and while physically absent from their practice learning setting