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| Each chapter includes "Introduction," "Summary," and "Student Scenario Postscript" | |
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| Preface | |
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| Getting Started on Your Social Work Practice Career | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| Getting Started in Your Practicum | |
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| Practice Application 1.1: "Learning and Teaching Style Exercise." | |
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| Practice Application 1.2: "Self-Assessment: What Do I Know and What Do I Need to Know?" | |
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| Practice Application 1.3: "Watch Your Body." | |
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| Practice Application 1.4: "Becoming a Reflective Practitioner" | |
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| What Can I Expect from the Integrative Practice Seminar? | |
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| Practice Application 1.5: "Seeing My Practicum Site and Field Instructor with Different Eyes." | |
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| Socialization into the Social Work Profession | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| Me? A Social Worker? | |
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| Practice Application 2.1: "Often-Asked Client Questions." | |
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| Strategies for Your Socialization as a Social Worker | |
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| Practice Application 2.2: "Social Work from Your Own Perspective." | |
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| Practice Application 2.3: "Social Work from Many Perspectives." | |
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| Pulling It All Together How Can I Juggle All the Roles? | |
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| Setting Professional Boundaries | |
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| Stress: Bane or Boon? | |
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| How Well Is Your Well-Being? | |
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| Self-Care as Professional Development | |
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| The Transitions of Professional Socialization | |
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| Practice Application 2.4: "A Social Worker's Day." | |
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| Practice Application 2.5: "Thinking Like a Social Worker." | |
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| Safety in Social Work Settings | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| The Scope of Personal Safety Risks in Social Work | |
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| Safety in the Practicum Setting | |
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| Reasonable Concerns and Caution | |
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| Practice Application 3.1: "Gathering Information." | |
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| Practice Application 3.2: "Gaining Skills." | |
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| Practice Application 3.3: "Assessment and Reflection." | |
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| Assessment of Potentially Violent Clients | |
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| Specific Guidelines for Safety within the Office | |
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| Interacting with Clients within the Home and the Community | |
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| Practice Application 3.4: "Role-Play: Off-Site Safety Rules." | |
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| Working with Angry, Resistant, or Aggressive Clients | |
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| Follow-Up to Crises | |
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| Ethical Dilemmas Involving Safety Issues | |
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| Harassment | |
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| Defining Features of Harassment | |
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| Practice Application 3.5: "Safety: Your Comfort Zone." | |
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| Practice Application #6: "Role-Play: Harassment." | |
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| Helping to Ensure Client Safety | |
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| Making the Most of Your Practicum Supervision | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| What Is Practicum Supervision? | |
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| Who Provides Practicum Supervision | |
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| The Practicum Supervision Approach | |
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| What Can I Expect from Practicum Supervision? | |
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| Expectations of your Field Instructor | |
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| Practice Application 4.1: "Forewarned Is Forearmed." | |
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| What Should I Expect from Myself in Supervision? | |
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| Practice Application 4.2: "Supervision from the Other Side of the Desk." | |
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| Ethical and Interpersonal Issues in Supervision | |
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| Practice Application 4.3: "What Are You Saying and What Are You Really Saying to Your Field Instructor?" | |
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| Strategies for Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Practicum Supervision | |
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| Practice Application 4.4: "Supervision: Expectations and Assessment." | |
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| Practice Application 4.5: "Use of Self: Finding Trends in Interactions?" | |
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| Practice Application 4.6: "Questions to Consider." | |
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| Practice Application 4.7: "A Student's Worst Fear." | |
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| Organizational Context | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| The Importance of Organizational Knowledge | |
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| Internal Elements of an Organization | |
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| Governmental (Public) Organizations | |
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| For-Profit Organizations | |
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| Nonprofit Organizations | |
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| Agency Size | |
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| Practice Application 5.1: "Reflections on Practice Context." | |
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| Management in Agencies | |
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| The Role of Social Work within the Organization | |
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| Practice Application 5.2: "Gathering Information." | |
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| The Informal Organization | |
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| Practice Application 5.3: "Reflection on Explicit and Implicit Rules." | |
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| Socialization into the Social Service Organization | |
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| Practice Application 5.4: "Reflections on Your Organizational Socialization." | |
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| Uncovering Staff Violations | |
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| Practice Application 5.5: "Reflections on the Organization." | |
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| Practice Application 5.6: "Reflection through Illustration." | |
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| Practice Application 5.7: "Learning about Agency Structure through the Lens of Service Area/Client Issue." | |
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| Practice Application 5.8: "Tying Together the Agency and Social Work Values and Principles." | |
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| Social Work Practice in the Field: Working with Individuals and Families | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| Expectations for Student Learning in Practice with Individuals and Families | |
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| Learning the "Business" of Practice with Individuals and Families | |
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| Practice Application 6.1: "Documentation: Your Turn." | |
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| Learning the "Process" of Practice with Individuals and Families | |
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| Practice Application 6.2: "Application of Evidence-Based Theory to Practice: Testing Your Knowledge." | |
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| Practice Application 6.3: "How to Handle Ethical Dilemmas." | |
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| Practice Application 6.4: "Case Reenactment." | |
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| Practice Application 6.5: "Learning from the Client: When Listening Is Not Enough." | |
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| Practice Application 6.6: "Developing the Critical Self: Taking the Pain Out of Feedback." | |
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| Practice Application 6.1 Follow-Up | |
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| Social Work Practice in the Field: Working with Groups | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| Expectations for Student Learning in Practice with Groups | |
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| Practice Application 7.1: "Groups, Groups, Groups." | |
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| Learning the "Business" of Practice with Groups | |
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| Practice Application 7.2: "How Do Documentation Styles Compare?" | |
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| Practice Application 7.3: "Group Facilitator Self-Assessment." | |
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| Learning the "Process" of Group Practice | |
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| Practice Application 7.4: "Application of Evidence-Based Theory to Group Practice: Testing Your Knowledge." | |
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| Working with Task Groups | |
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| Practice Application 7.5: "Facilitating Your Own Interprofessional Group Meeting." | |
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| Practice Application 7.6: "Documenting Group Process: When the Obvious Isn't Obvious." | |
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| Practice Application 7.7: "Need a Group Work Practicum Experience? Start Your Own Group." | |
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| Social Work Practice in the Field: Working with Organizations, Communities and Policy | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| Ethics in Practice with Organizations, Communities and Policy | |
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| Expectations for Student Learning in Organizational, Community and Policy Practice | |
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| Learning the "Business" of Organizational, Community and Policy Practice | |
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| Practice Application 8.1: "Gathering Information." | |
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| Practice Application 8.2: "Socialization into Macro Practice." | |
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| Practice Application 8.3: "Professional Socialization in a Smaller Community." | |
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| Learning the "Process" of Organizational Community and Policy Practice | |
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| Practice Application 8.4: "Reflections on the Use of Conflict in Social Advocacy." | |
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| Policy Contexts that Shape Practice | |
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| Practice Application 8.5: "Community Analysis through Observation." | |
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| Practice Application 8.6: "Community Analysis through Illustration." | |
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| Practice Application 8.7: "A Macro Approach to the Educational Needs of Homeless Children." | |
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| Practice Application 8.8: "Role-Play Social Advocacy." | |
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| Practice Application 8.9: "Contact with an Influential Person." | |
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| Social Work Practice and the Legal System | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| Legal Terms | |
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| Grievance Procedures and Legal Resources for Clients | |
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| Professional and Student Malpractice Issues and Liability | |
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| Practice Application 9.1: "Agency Records as Legal Documents." | |
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| Practice Application 9.2: "Personal Notes as Legal Documents." | |
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| Special Legal Issues in Practicum | |
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| Social Work Ethical Violations and Grievance Procedures | |
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| If You Are Sued | |
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| Professional Court Involvement | |
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| Practice Application 9.3: "NonCustodial Parental Right to Review School Records." | |
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| Practice Application 9.4: "Reflections on the Legal System and Vulnerable Populations." | |
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| Practice Application 9.5: "The Courts: How Much Do You Know?" | |
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| Follow-Up to Practice Application 9.3 "Author's Suggested Resolution" | |
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| Termination: the Beginning of an End (or the End of a Beginning?) | |
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| Practice Connection | |
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| What Has This Practicum Experience Meant? | |
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| Practice Application 10.1: "What Is Social Work and Where Do I Fit?" | |
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| Beginning the Termination: Where Do I Start? | |
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| Practice Application 10.2: "Termination through Journaling." | |
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| Practice Application 10.3: "Termination through Presentation." | |
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| Practice Application 10.4: "Termination through Illustration." | |
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| Practice Application 10.5: "Termination through Simulation." | |
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| Practice Application 10.6: "Termination through Activation." | |
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| The Nuts and Bolts of Termination with Your Clients, Agency, Field Instructor, and Social Work Program | |
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| Professional Development: Where Does It Begin and Where Does It End? | |
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| Index | |