Clinical Social Work Practice and Education: What Would Flexner Think Now?

Tosone, Carol

doi:10.1080/10437797.2016.1174649

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“…Addressing the National Conference of Charities andCorrections in 1915, Flexner (2001) concluded that social work did not meet the defining criteria of a profession. His claim, in part, was based on the breadth of roles that social workers fill and on the interdisciplinary nature of the field (Flexner, 2001;Tosone, 2016). Flexner's landmark attestation served as a catalyst that pushed the social work field toward professional stature and away from its communitybased roots (Austin, 1983;Gelman & Gonzalez, 2016).…”

Section: Literature Review Higher Education Professional Practice Pro...mentioning

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Field Education as the Signature Pedagogy of Social Work

Amy Skeen

2023

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As the social work profession emerged, the primary method for training social workers was the apprentice model, now referred to as field education. In 2008, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) declared field education the signature pedagogy of social work education in the Educational Policies and Standards (EPAS), thus connecting it to accreditation. Despite this prioritization over other areas of social work education, debate continues as to whether field education meets the criteria of signature pedagogy. This study applied a contextual analysis to determine the extent to which a sample of 16 undergraduate social work programs demonstrate alignment with the signature pedagogy designation. The tool for analysis was the EPAS self-study, a primary document required in the CSWE accreditation process. The selected criteria for examination were two defining features of signature pedagogy: evidence of widespread recognition and routine inclusion across the curriculum. Findings revealed significant variation in both criteria areas among the sample group, likely influenced by ambiguity regarding signature pedagogy found within the EPAS. While data within the EPAS self-studies substantiates the important role of field education, additional themes revealed an opportunity to re-define and expand the signature pedagogy of the profession that could benefit both social work education and the practice community.

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Field Education as the Signature Pedagogy of Social Work

Amy Skeen

2023

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“…Tosone (2016) compared definitions of CSW as defined by NASW, CSWE, and ABECSW. Tosone (2016) explained that the ABECSW definition was perhaps most fitting, due to its focus on mental health practitioners who were educated in graduate school and trained under the supervision of an experienced social worker in order to develop mastery of key skills in serving people of all ages and backgrounds.…”

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Dismantling Structures That Impede Clinical Social Work Practice

Cooper-Bolinskey

2022

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The current study examined the relationship between pre-licensure supervised experience requirements and license violations in order to ascertain whether jurisdictions requiring higher numbers of hours of supervised experience to obtain clinical social worker (CSW) licensure had fewer violations. The purpose of the study was to explore if there is a measure of “enough” supervised experience without compromising protection of the public. Three data files were used to complete the study: National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)’s Supervision Requirements per Jurisdiction Data, and ASWB’s U.S. Social Work Licensee Data. Results indicated that jurisdictions requiring less than 4,000 hours of supervised experience reported fewer violations than would be expected, whereas jurisdictions requiring 4,000+ hours of supervised experience reported more violations than would be expected given the number of CSWs within the respective groups. Results question the practice of requiring higher amounts of supervised experience as a regulatory standard. Implications for social work regulation include support for nationally standardizing the required amounts of supervised experience outlined by Groshong (2011) and the ASWB (2018) Model Social Work Practice Act.

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Why Not Consider a Research Career? From Direct Practice to Doctorate

Mendoza

2023

Clin Soc Work J

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Clinical Social Work Practice and Education: What Would Flexner Think Now?

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Field Education as the Signature Pedagogy of Social Work

Field Education as the Signature Pedagogy of Social Work

Dismantling Structures That Impede Clinical Social Work Practice

Why Not Consider a Research Career? From Direct Practice to Doctorate

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