Table of Contents

Part 1: Pre-placement planning 1. Preparing for placementstudent 2. Preparing for placementsupervisor Part 2: Beginning placement 3. Getting startedstudent 4. Getting started supervisor 5. Charting the course for placement contracts and agreements Part 3: Teaching and learning on placement 6. Critical reflection for teaching and learning 7. Developing good supervisory practices 8. Teaching and learning tools 9. Linking learning and practice in placement Part 4: Methods and contexts of practice 10. Community work 11. Research and policy 12. Rural and international placements Part 5: Keeping on course 13. Challenging issues in supervision 14. Working with difference 15. Ethical and legal issues Part 6: Evaluating, assessing and finishing placement 16. Assessment and evaluation students and supervisors 17. Finishing well Appendix Useful weblinks

About the Author

Professor Jill Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Social Work in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Queensland. Her research background is in aged care issues and disability. Currently she is the lead Investigator on an ARC grant exploring hospital social work responses to elder abuse. She has had extensive practical experience as a field educator and in teaching supervision and practice skills to students and field educators. Dr Helen Cleak is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Allied Health, Human Service and Sport, La Trobe University, and has been a Visiting Fellow at Trinity College, Republic of Ireland and Queens College, Northern Ireland. She has a strong practice and research background in field education and was the Director of Field Education and International placements for over 20 years. She is on the Editorial Board of Australian Social Work and is a member of the accreditation Panel of the AASW and a member of the Expert panel to review the ASWEAS guidelines on field education. She is an active researcher in field education with colleagues in Australia, Ireland and United Kingdom and collaborates with health practitioners to research aspects of domestic and family violence.