Be Ready for the Field from Day One.
About This Text
Designed for BSW and MSW students, this authoritative guide helps you integrate classroom learning with field experiences in a purposeful, reflective, and unified way. Chapters map activities to the nine CSWE professional social work competencies and build skills through field reflections, critical-thinking questions, case summaries with discussion prompts, learning activities, and QR-linked electronic resources. Instructor materials are available.
What's New in the Second Edition
- Fully updated to the 2022 CSWE EPAS
- New chapter on understanding agency organizational culture and its community context
- Added guidance on creating a performance improvement plan in supervision
- Current research on policy, practice, and updates on social welfare policies, including NASW priorities
Why Students Love This Text
- Clear, competency-based structure that links field tasks to CSWE outcomes
- Learning activities for each competency to organize your placement work
- Downloadable student resources, including a competency reflection log for data-driven evaluations
- QR-coded electronic resources for each chapter
- Attention to interprofessional writing, collaboration, and self-care
Autorentext
John Poulin, PhD, MSW, is a professor emeritus and adjunct professor at Widener University's Center for Social Work Education in Chester, Pennsylvania, currently teaching the foundation field seminar in Widener's online MSW program. In 2016, he retired from Widener University, where he taught generalist practice, research, and policy courses for 32 years.