Practicum companion for social work (3rd ed )

Each chapter includes 'Introduction,' 'Summary,' and 'Student Scenario Postscript' .
Preface.

1.Getting Started on Your Social Work Practice Career.

Practice Connection

Getting Started in Your Practicum.

Practice Application 1.1: 'Learning and Teaching Style Exercise.'

Practice Application 1.2: 'Self-Assessment: What Do I Know and What Do I Need to Know?'

Practice Application 1.3: 'Watch Your Body.'

Practice Application 1.4: 'Becoming a Reflective Practitioner'

What Can I Expect from the Integrative Practice Seminar?

Practice Application 1.5: 'Seeing My Practicum Site and Field Instructor with Different Eyes.'

2.Socialization into the Social Work Profession.

Practice Connection

Me? A Social Worker?

Practice Application 2.1: 'Often-Asked Client Questions.'

Strategies for Your Socialization as a Social Worker.

Practice Application 2.2: 'Social Work from Your Own Perspective.'

Practice Application 2.3: 'Social Work from Many Perspectives.'

Pulling It All Together How Can I Juggle All the Roles?

Setting Professional Boundaries.

Stress: Bane or Boon?

How Well Is Your Well-Being?

Self-Care as Professional Development.

The Transitions of Professional Socialization.

Practice Application 2.4: 'A Social Worker's Day.'

Practice Application 2.5: 'Thinking Like a Social Worker.'

3. Safety in Social Work Settings.

Practice Connection

The Scope of Personal Safety Risks in Social Work.

Safety in the Practicum Setting.

Reasonable Concerns and Caution.

Practice Application 3.1: 'Gathering Information.'

Practice Application 3.2: 'Gaining Skills.'

Practice Application 3.3: 'Assessment and Reflection.'

Assessment of Potentially Violent Clients.

Specific Guidelines for Safety within the Office.

Interacting with Clients within the Home and the Community.

Practice Application 3.4: 'Role-Play: Off-Site Safety Rules.'

Working with Angry, Resistant, or Aggressive Clients.

Follow-Up to Crises.

Ethical Dilemmas Involving Safety Issues.

Harassment.

Defining Features of Harassment

Practice Application 3.5: 'Safety: Your Comfort Zone.'

Practice Application #6: 'Role-Play: Harassment.'

Helping to Ensure Client Safety.

4. Making the Most of Your Practicum Supervision.

Practice Connection

What Is Practicum Supervision?

Who Provides Practicum Supervision

The Practicum Supervision Approach

What Can I Expect from Practicum Supervision?

Expectations of your Field Instructor

Practice Application 4.1: 'Forewarned Is Forearmed.'

What Should I Expect from Myself in Supervision?

Practice Application 4.2: 'Supervision from the Other Side of the Desk.'

Ethical and Interpersonal Issues in Supervision.

Practice Application 4.3: 'What Are You Saying and What Are You Really Saying to Your Field Instructor?'

Strategies for Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Practicum Supervision.

Practice Application 4.4: 'Supervision: Expectations and Assessment.'

Practice Application 4.5: 'Use of Self: Finding Trends in Interactions?'

Practice Application 4.6: 'Questions to Consider.'

Practice Application 4.7: 'A Student's Worst Fear.'

5. Organizational Context.

Practice Connection

The Importance of Organizational Knowledge.

Internal Elements of an Organization.

Governmental (Public) Organizat