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First published in 2016 by Critical Publishing Ltd.,
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Meet the authors
Pam Field is a registered social worker with a background in probation, youth offending and substance misuse work. Having become a Practice Educator in 1998, she was Practice Learning Coordinator for a NW Local Authority from 200509, when she moved to the School of Social Work, Care and Community at UCLan as part of the Practice Learning Team. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Work-based Learning Team Lead. Pam holds the Practice Teaching Award and is a Stage 2 Practice Educator. She has been on the Committee of the National Organisation for Practice Teaching since 2007.
Cathie Jasper is a registered social worker and has practised with children and families, mainly with young people leaving care. While working as a practitioner, Cathie gained the Child Care Award and the Practice Teaching Award and was a Practice Educator of social work students. Since leaving direct social work practice, Cathie has been involved in the training of others, as a training officer for a NW local authority, a voluntary organisation, and as a member of MMUs social work department since 2009. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Social Work where she teaches qualifying and post qualifying students.
Lesley Littler is a registered social worker with a professional background in the Probation Service, Youth Offending and Family Court Welfare. Lesley has been a Practice Educator since 1986 and, while working in professional practice, took on the role of Specialist Practice Educator demonstrating her longstanding commitment to the professional development of others. She holds the Practice Teaching Award and is currently a Stage 2 Practice Educator. Lesley has worked in Higher Education for over 17 years. She is currently an Academic Advisor at the University of Central Lancashire.
Liz Munro is a registered social worker with a background in local authority fieldwork, having worked in both generic, and children and families social work teams. Liz gained experience of working as a Practice Educator for social work students while employed as a children and families social worker, and in 2004 was appointed as a University Lecturer (Practice Learning) and off-site Practice Educator for Salford University. She currently works as an Associate Lecturer for both Salford and Manchester Metropolitan Universities and as an off-site Practice Educator, Stage 2 Assessor and Second Opinion Practice Educator. Liz is a Practice Teaching Award holder and is also the current administrator for the National Organisation for Practice Teaching (NOPT).
Chapter 1 | Introduction and overview |
Welcome and thank you for reading this book. This is a book for Practice Educators (PEs) in social work education. It offers guidance on the key skills and knowledge that PEs need in order to support and assess social work qualifying students, to enable their learning, and to manage their placements. It has been written by practising PEs, all of whom have the Practice Teaching Award (CCETSW, ) and who have been involved in Practice Education and developing and delivering Practice Education courses for a number of years.
The book was initially prompted by the pleasure and satisfaction the authors gained from teaching and delivering Practice Educator training courses and witnessing the enjoyment and learning that participants demonstrated. We wanted to ensure that such learning was nurtured and developed when the participants went back to their day jobs, as newly trained PEs and facing the responsibility for their first student. This book is meant to equip such PEs to be a handy guide to all that Practice Education and working with a student involves and a reminder (with a little more detail) of what they have covered in their initial Practice Education training course.