Social Work Internship Guidance (Fourth Edition)

Author: (USA) Lois
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book is called the "survival manual" for internship by social work students abroad. Its guiding function can be described as follows: It can be your "eye," with the entire book written in a Q&A format, allowing you to see various problems and solutions in social work internships; It can be your "hand," with small case studies throughout the text, teaching you step by step how to collaborate with clients, agencies, departmental internship coordinators, and agency supervisors during social work internships; It can be your "foot," with the author's experience in teaching and internship supervision, guiding you through social work internships to successfully complete your studies; It can be your "brain," assisting you in easily applying theoretical knowledge to practice, sparking reflection, and facilitating breakthroughs. This book focuses on the basic problems social work students may encounter during internships and provides readers with methods to address these issues. The book is roughly divided into three parts: The first part introduces the relationship between internship supervision and social work courses, covering topics such as the necessity of internship supervision, its historical development, and the responsibilities of all parties involved; The second part discusses six aspects of finding internship agencies, starting internships, the intern's role awareness, the professional boundaries to be followed, the clients of the internship, and the necessary skills for internships. It is rich, detailed, and highly practical; The third part includes peripheral issues related to social work internships, such as law and ethics, as well as other practical problems that may arise. This book is called the "survival manual" for internship by social work students abroad. Its guiding function can be described as follows: It can be your "eye," with the entire book written in a Q&A format, allowing you to see various problems and solutions in social work internships; It can be your "hand," with small case studies throughout the text, teaching you step by step how to collaborate with clients, agencies, departmental internship coordinators, and agency supervisors during social work internships; It can be your "foot," with the author's experience in teaching and internship supervision, guiding you through social work internships to successfully complete your studies; It can be your "brain," assisting you in easily applying theoretical knowledge to practice, sparking reflection, and facilitating breakthroughs.