Abstract
This research investigating the careers of Practice Teaching Award holders in London and the South East region drew on questionnaires to 438 PTA holders (50% response) and interviews with agency learning and development managers. A key theme to emerge was that the Award was seen as providing an opportunity to develop supervisory skills which might assist a move to management or to become a senior practitioner with staff supervisory responsibilities, and that there were many factors in their careers and organizations affecting Practice Teachers' abilities or willingness to continue supervising student social workers on placements.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Central Council for the Education and Training of Social Workers (London and South East Region) |
| Number of pages | 50 |
| Publication status | Submitted - 1998 |
Bibliographical note
Impact: Following this research, a further study was commissioned into workforce development (Lindsay J and Walton A, 2000) and the arrangements for practice supervision of social workers in training was fundamentally changed with the introduction in the new Post Qualifying Framework introduced after this of alternative routes to gaining supervisory qualifications (Enabling Others' routes).The new Social Work Reforms being introduced in 2011 are returning to the model of a fully trained practice educator as epitomized by the former Practice Teaching Award.
Keywords
- PQ
- Social work and social policy and administration
- placements
- practice teacher
- practice teaching award
- preparation for management