how to better prepare for fieldwork placement in school social work setting

How to better prepare for fieldwork placement in school social work setting

Chan Kwok Bong

Supervisor, BGCA

To be presented to final year social work students of HKSYU on 2 Sept 2013

What / How is the Learning in SSW placement?

School PerspectiveAgency PerspectiveDepartment PerspectiveFieldwork Supervisor PerspectiveStudent Perspective

What / How is the Learning in SSW placement?

Employer perspective !! Familiar with the

SSW services• Learn, Act, Reflect

School Social Work Placement

Primary or Secondary School“Aided” or “DSS” School“Local” or “International”

School

Secondary Setting !! ?? !? ==;

Secondary Setting?? SSWkers difficulties in

Secondary Setting??

Casework Setting ^^ ==;

Casework Setting?? Casework in Secondary Setting??

Work in Solo vs. Team Single Professional vs. Multidisciplinary Professional By Default vs. On Demand

School: Context and Content

Secondary School - New Senior Secondary 2Xs, BAFS, ICT, HMSC, M1, M2, Applied

Learning, SBA, IES, OLE, SLP, OEA, JUPAS, E-APP, iPASS Life Wide Learning Diversity Education: SEN, Non-Chinese students Crisis Management, PTA……

School Social Work - FSA Besides the family, the school is another ins

titution which helps to shape the personality and behaviour of young people.

Apart from academic pursuits, the aim of education is to help students know themselves better, maximise their own potentials and develop personal and interpersonal skills.

Guidance and help to the students are required to enhance their competence in achieving this end.

School Social Work - FSAThe aim of School Social Work is:- to help students develop their potentials to

the fullest, achieve healthy personal growth, attain adequate and proper school education, establish harmonious human relationships and elicit their concern for the community;

to help students with their personal, family and interpersonal relationship or schooling problems;

to strengthen the linkage among students, families, the school and the community.

School Social Work - FSA

School Social Work serves a preventive, developmental as well as remedial function through provision of the following services: casework service groups and programmes consultation services, and co-ordination and mobilisation on non-

school based community resources.

Professional Issues Statutory Duties: Abuses, DV Self-Harm, Life-threatening Bullying Offences, Triad Drug Abuse and Addictive Behaviour Mental Health and Mental Illness Sex-related Growth and Development, Behaviour

Problems, Peer relationship, Parent-child relationship, Leadership, ABC, Wilderness Training

Professional Issues

Gender, Gender Orientation Anti-discrimination & Diversity Education OLE, Moral and Civic Education, Career

Related Experiences, Community Services IT literacy, Media literacy Human Rights, Civil Rights, Animal Rights Life and Society / Liberal Studies related

learning experiences or activities

Professional IssuesConfidentiality : Duty-to-warn concept Rights to access data? Why, when, how to disclose to / involve

school heads, teachers ( Guidance, Discipline, Class Master) and parents

Client Self-determination

Professional Boundary with Students Mobile, Whatsapp, FB……

Placement Requirement Cases ( 2-6) Group / Project (1-2) Enquiries ……

Employer perspective !! Familiar with the

service• Learn, Act, Reflect

Thank You!

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