Chapter 1: Introduction To Field Work: Experiential Education
Developing Competency in Field Work
How to Maximize Experiential Learning in the Field
Chapter 2: Student Qualities and the Transformational Process
Elements That Students Bring to Field Work
Transformation in Field Work
Five Elements of Field Work
Chapter 3: Securing Agency Acceptance
Agency Endorsement of Student as Worker With Clients
Preparing for Initial Agency Meeting
The Initial Agency Meeting
Qualities That Agencies Are Looking For
Barriers to Acceptance By the Agency
Chapter 4: Developing Social Work Competencies
Getting Started on the Right Foot at Field Placement
Field Education as the "Signature Pedagogy" of Social Work
Social Work Competencies and Practice Behaviors
Social Work Competencies and Your School’s Curriculum: Foundation Field Work
Social Work Competencies and Your School’s Curriculum: Second-Year Field Work
Chapter 5: The Relationship Between Field Instructor and Student
Roles of Field Instructors
Chapter 6: Process Recording and Other Educational Tools
Purpose of Process Recording
Outline for Narrative Process Recording
Additional Formats for Process Recording
Further Educational Tools
Chapter 7: The Relationship Between Faculty Field Advisor and Student
Faculty Field Advisor’s Roles
Chapter 8: Timelines for Student Development
BSW Program Field Work Timeline
MSW Program Timeline for Field Work
Challenges For All Students
Chapter 9: Developing Social Work Competencies in the Foundation Year
Review of the Social Work Practice Competencies
First-Year Competency Development Exemplars
Moving Forward With Foundation Competencies
Social Work Code of Ethics as Foundation for Competent Practice
Chapter 10: Advancing Competencies in the Second Year
Second-Year Specialization Exemplars
Social Work Code of Ethics as Foundation for Competent Practice
Chapter 11: Employment and Field Placement at the Same Site
Guidelines For Developing A Field Placement Within Your Agency Of Employment
Common Problems And Pitfalls
Chapter 12: Managing Stressful Relationships and Demands
Managing Stressful Relationships With Clients
Managing Stressful Relationships With Your Field Instructor
Managing Issues At The Agency
Managing Demands Of Family And Friends
Chapter 13: Utilizing Self-Awareness in Social Work Practice
Using Your History and Issues to Enhance Your Work
When Your Personal Issues Get in the Way
Managing the Countertransference and Transference (Hepworth, Rooney, Rooney, Strom-Gottfried, & Larson, 2010)
Using Your History To Help Others
Chapter 14: Looking Toward the Future
Ending First-Year or Senior-Year Field Work
Transition from First- to Second-Year Field Work
Transition from BSW to Career or to MSW Program
Transition from MSW to Career