Practice Education in Social Work

Overview

Supporting students in practice settings is important. As a practice supervisor or practice educator, you are responsible for ensuring that social work students who graduate as registered practitioners are competent for their role.

By completing this short course, you will gain experience in supervising social work students, and meet stage 2 of the Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) for social work. You will develop the knowledge and skills needed to supervise a learner in a practice environment, and you will also reflect on your own practice, developing skills as a positive role model.

What you’ll experience

On this short course you'll cover:

• The role of the practice educator

• Facilitating and enhancing learning opportunities

• Principles of Assessment and Evaluation

• Adult learning theory

• How students learn

• Critical evaluation of the influence of power and authority in the supervisory relationship

• Working with struggling and failing students