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Supporting Social Work Employment-Hosted Practicum Placements: Challenges and Recommendations

April 26, 2023 @ 3:10 pm - 4:10 pm EDT

Supporting Social Work Employment-Hosted Practicum Placements: Challenges and Recommendations
Mary Desha Scanlon
In 2022, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) altered its policy regarding field education placements within a students’ place of employment. For the first time ever, students can now count their paid work as field learning if they can demonstrate how that work connects to the social work competencies. Employment-hosted practicum (EHP) placements present specific challenges for both students and field educators. To explore this issue within social work education a capstone project was completed that consisted of a systematic literature review, a conceptual paper, and a practice implications paper. In this presentation, the findings of those capstone products will be reviewed. Topics of the presentation will include an overview of the evidence on social work EHP placement learning outcomes, the introduction of a conceptual framework that incorporates stage-based learning theories and how it supports an understanding of how learning takes place within EHP placements, and an Inquiry-based learning tool is proposed as a potential support for students to successfully frame their EHP placement learning by the nine social work competencies. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of implications for social work educators and an exploration of potential next steps.
April 26, 2023 3:10 PM – 4:10 PM EDT
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April 26, 2023
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3:10 pm - 4:10 pm EDT
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