What is Field Work

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Field Work Supervision:The function of the Supervisor


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FIELD WORK THE FUNCTION OF THESUPERVISOR

Field education constitutes an integral and necessarypart of social work education. It is every bit as importantas other parts of the curriculum and its purpose is

fundamental to a sound education in social work. Fieldeducation, the field placement, is the opportunity forstudents to "try out" or "practice" the practice of socialwork. Under the direction of a well-versed andcompetent social worker who enjoys working withstudents, student social workers are given theopportunity-- sometimes forced to seize the

opportunity--to try out their ideas and skills, to testthemselves, to find out how to practice social work, howto "be" a social worker. Through the field educationpartnership, the right opportunities must be found forstudent learning, assuring that students have a varietyof experiences and that there is some growing depth towhat students do and to what is expected of them.

Introduction


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What is Field work?

Field work education constitutes an integral

and necessary part of social work education

and its purpose is fundamental to a soundeducation in social work.

Field work training should be considered

learning through doing.

The students are generally required to put in

12 to 16 hours ofSUPERVISION practical work

per week during the 2 years training .


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What is Field work?

Practical work with people

Individuals

Groups

Community


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What is Supervision?In field work the term supervision is used

for the process of watching and guidingthe students in their practical work.

In field work the term supervision is used

for the process of watching and guiding thestudents in their practical work.


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Supervision is an educational,

administrative and helping process which

is concerned with enabling, teaching and

guiding a supervisee to developprofessional skills, knowledge and attitude

based on the objectives of an educational

programme and the needs of the

supervisor.

The core of the supervisory process is the

relationship between the supervisor

and supervisee .

What is Supervision?


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Methods of Supervision

Individual conferences

Group conferences

Seminars

On-the-spot instruction


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Objectives of Supervision

Enabling the student in thedevelopment of knowledge, skillsand attitudes;

Create self awareness and growth

Helping the students to assess hisstrengths and weaknesses.

To provide opportunity for learning. To facilitate the achievement of

learning goals.


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Administrative Responsibilities of FieldSupervisor

The onThe on--site community based instructorsite community based instructor

or other agencies like medical,or other agencies like medical,factories, correctional setting for thefactories, correctional setting for the

student weekly for at least one morestudent weekly for at least one more

hour and prepares written midhour and prepares written mid--termterm

and evaluationand evaluation


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Administrative support forAdministrative support forparticipation in social work educationparticipation in social work education

Sufficient flexibility in administrativeSufficient flexibility in administrativestructure,program and servicestructure,program and servicedelivery to provide a sound learningdelivery to provide a sound learningatmosphere.atmosphere.

Conducting orientation visits. TheConducting orientation visits. Thevisits provides an understanding ofvisits provides an understanding ofthe objectives of field education.the objectives of field education.


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Administrative support for participation inAdministrative support for participation in

social work educationsocial work education

Sufficient flexibility in administrativeSufficient flexibility in administrativestructure,program and service delivery tostructure,program and service delivery to

provide a sound learning atmosphere.provide a sound learning atmosphere.

Conducting orientation visits. The visitsConducting orientation visits. The visitsprovides an understanding of the objectives ofprovides an understanding of the objectives of

field education.field education.



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Provide the agency with a calendar of school related activities includingthe students first and last days in placement, school holidays, and datesand times of Field Integration Seminars when the student will be oncampus.

Field supervisor maintaining ongoing contact withField supervisor maintaining ongoing contact with

agencies through site visits, phone calls, mail etc,.agencies through site visits, phone calls, mail etc,.

Assign the student to the field agency after the selectionAssign the student to the field agency after the selection

has been agreed upon by the social work department,has been agreed upon by the social work department,

the agency and the student.the agency and the student.



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Provide a manual for field instruction in social work to guide thefield practice experience.

List the field agencies and maintain a departmentalList the field agencies and maintain a departmental

resource file containing pertinent information on fieldresource file containing pertinent information on field

agencies.agencies.



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Teaching and training Responsibilities ofSupervisor

The field supervisor will be providedinformation related to the studentsacademic background to facilitate a focuson the students learning needs

The learning contract is developed as ajoint process between the student andsupervisor. Clearly defined learning andactivities, including professional behaviorsand practice skills.

Conduct a field seminar at least once in

every two weeks to facilitate the integrationof classroom knowledge with field learning

A field supervisor gives a useful tool tostudents in the discussion of educationaland work expectations is the Evaluation offield placement instrument itself.


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The field supervisor is responsible forsubmitting evaluations within the

prescribed time periods.

The field supervisor is also expected to

provide the students with a copy of thewritten evaluation.

Field supervisors are encouraging

students to attain professional

development. Through these experiences,

foundation knowledge is reinforced and

changed and students are further

socialized in the social work profession.


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The field instructor will contact theappropriate faculty liaison immediately ifany problem arise in the field areas that

impair the student's ability to functioneffectively.

Assists the student with questions and/orconcerns about the academicexperience.

complete a mid-term and final evaluationof the students performance



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Service or Helping

Serves as a link between the School of Social Workand the field placement agency. The faculty liaison willassist the field instructor in updating requests forstudents, updating placement information, andkeeping the field instructor and student apprised oflearning opportunities associated with the School

When problems occur during the field internship,appropriate channels of communication and resolutionshould take place. Ideally problems can be resolvedbetween the person directly involved without a formalprocess student should discuss problems with theirfield supervisor.

The field instructor will contact the appropriate facultyliaison immediately if problem areas arise that impair

the student's ability to function effectively.


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After completion of the course field

supervisor try to get a better

placement to their students in

various agencies.

Service or Helping


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Conclusion

As regards to the nature of supervision in socialwork education, a few difference have been

recognised. The field work programme in social

work education is based on the philosophy of

Learning By Doing. In social work educationsupervision is regarded as a helping process in

which the supervisor helps the student to learn

to do and helps him to grow in his ability to

serve people.

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