Practice Educator Placement Cheat Sheet- your essential guide to supporting student social workers on placement

Practice Educator Placement Cheat Sheet - Your Essential Guide to Supporting Student Social Workers on Placement

Supporting a student social worker on placement is one of the most rewarding things you can do as a qualified practitioner. It is also one of the most demanding. This cheat sheet was designed to sit alongside you throughout the placement journey — giving you the key information, frameworks and tools you need, all in one place.

Whether you are a first-time practice educator or an experienced one refreshing your practice, this resource covers everything from setting up placement to writing your final report.

What is included:

The PE Placement Cheat Sheet covers the full placement journey, including what a practice educator is and does, the difference between onsite and offsite roles, the PE's role in supervision, key placement meetings from the Placement Learning Agreement through to the final review, a before placement checklist so nothing gets missed, what the student needs to know from day one, how to make supervision creative, developmental and meaningful, supervision tools and reflective models including MAPS, GROW-TH, the KIT Model, Social GRACES, the Mandela Model and more, how to write the practice educator report, how to plan and conduct direct observations of practice, PE observation prompts adapted from Siobhan Maclean's Social Work Pocket Guide to Direct Observation, recommended books and resources with direct links, and fillable sections for placement details, learning needs, key contacts and personal teaching goals.

Who is this for:

This cheat sheet is for qualified social workers who are practice educators or are working towards their PEPS, onsite supervisors supporting students on placement, and anyone involved in social work practice education.

Format:

This is a fillable PDF. You can type directly into it, save it and return to it throughout placement. Print it out and write on it. Use it however works best for you.

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