Week 9
Community Context
Resources
Readings
• Garthwait, C. L. (2017). The social work practicum: A guide and workbook for students (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
o Chapter 7, “The Community Context of Practice” (pp. 76- 86)
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Week 9
Community Context
Averett, P., Carawan, L., & Burroughs, C. (2012). Getting “tillerized”: Traits and outcomes of students in a rural community field placement. Journal of Social Work Education, 48(1), 75–91.
Hawkins, J. D., Shapiro, V. B., & Fagan, A. A. (2010). Disseminating effective community prevention practices: Opportunities for social work education. Research on Social Work Practice, 20(5), 518–527.
Regehr, C., Bogo, M., Donovan, K., Anstice, S., & Lim, A. (2012). Identifying student competencies in macro practice: Articulating the practice wisdom of field instructors. Journal of Social Work Education, 48(2), 307–319.
Media
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Laureate Education. (Producer). (2013). Community context [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.
Assignment 1
Week 9 Blog
Post by Day 3 a blog post that includes:
• An explanation of the community context in your field education experience
Be sure to support your blog posts with specific references to this week’s resources and provide full APA citations for your references. For more information about posting your blog assignment, click on the Field Education
Please not that this is a MSW program. I am doing my field ED at Walton County Division of Family and Children Services is GA. what I do is complete intakes for food stamps and medicaid. interviewing clients for renewal and recertification. Facilitating resource development orientation for new foster/adoptive parents Groups. Participation in community partnership meetings and contributing to development of a grant that is being developed in the community.