Practice Education in Social Work

Achieving Professional Standards

Sue Taplin author Paula Beesley author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:31st Mar '25

£135.00

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This best-selling book is an invaluable guide for social workers undertaking learning and assessment to gain and maintain Stage 1 or 2 qualified practice educator status and for those involved in facilitating the mentoring, learning, support, assessment and CPD of practice educators.

Now fully updated to reflect the changing social work placement landscape and the BASW refreshed (2022) Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS), it covers all key areas within Practice Educator training and offers guidance on the application of key skills and knowledge in supporting, assessing and teaching social work students and managing the placement. It will particularly assist Practice Educators to:

  • Understand, prepare for and provide appropriate learning opportunities
  • Supervise and develop social work students effectively
  • Understand holistic assessment of practice; assessing in line with capability levels expected at the end of first and final placement
  • Deal with weaker or failing students
  • Prepare for the PEPS qualification process.
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“Whatever academics may believe about the brilliance of their teaching or research, the fact is that what most matters to qualifying social work students is the quality of their placement opportunities - the quality of practice educators, the support offered to students with diverse learning needs, the practice environment, and the fairness and transparency of assessment. This accessible, coherent, logical guide helps all of those engaged in the practice learning process to achieve the very best for students and therefore, implicitly, for those in need of social work services. The book makes a major contribution to assuring the future of social work by ensuring that students are given the best opportunities within practice learning contexts.

Nigel HornerVisiting Professor for Social Work and Interprofesssional Education, University of Lincoln

ISBN: 9781041056546

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 600g

240 pages

3rd edition