The Social Work Portfolio: a Student's Guide to Evidencing Your Practice

1st Edition
0335245323 · 9780335245321
Creating a practice portfolio is a challenging but essential part of every social work student’s placement experience. This book shows students how to get the best results from their practice portfolio, by demonstrating their learning and evidencin… Read More
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Chapter 1 – Getting started (Kate Howe)
Chapter 2 – Evidencing your capability using the Professional Capabilities Framework (Kate Howe)
Chapter 3 – Making sense of yourself as a learner (Lee-Ann Fenge)
Chapter 4 – Working with your practice educator (Gill Calvin Thomas)
Chapter 5 – Evidencing the use of theory in your practice (Mel Hughes)
Chapter 6 – Visibility of self within your portfolio (Mel Hughes)
Chapter 7 – Meaningful service user and carer involvement in student placements (Gill Calvin Thomas)
Chapter 8 – A continuum of lifelong learning (Lee-Ann Fenge)

Creating a practice portfolio is a challenging but essential part of every social work student’s placement experience. This book shows students how to get the best results from their practice portfolio, by demonstrating their learning and evidencing areas of practice such as meeting the National Occupational Standards, reflective practice and the involvement of service users and carers in their practice. Packed with practical tips, case studies, action points, activities and diagrams, the book is an indispensible guide for social work students on placement.