Finding Your Way Through Field Work

Urania Ernest Glassman, MA, MSW, DSW, LCSW Dr. Glassman's role as director of field instruction spans 30 years. Her social work specializations are field education, group work, and clinical practice. She is currently Principal Investigator of a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - HRSA for Wurzweiler School of Social Work Yeshiva University to train 2nd year students in clinical field placements with high risk adolescents and transitional age youth. Her recent volume with Sage, Group Work: A Humanistic and Skills Building Approach 2nd Ed., provides underpinning for the training design. Dr. Glassman maintains a long-standing clinical practice with individuals, families, and groups. She has written and presented papers on field education processes and experiential learning, training field educators, group work, and clinical practice. Dr. Glassman served on the Council on Social Work Education Commission on Educational Policy during the time when social work competencies were defined and field education as social work's signature pedagogy was branded. She was instrumental in the development of CSWE's field education symposium - now the field education track, co-founder of NANFED - North American Network of Field Educators and Directors, and of the NYC Red Apple Chapter of the International Association of Social Work with Groups, and has served as chair of these initiatives.

Chapter 1: Introduction To Field Work: Experiential Education Developing Competency in Field Work How to Maximize Experiential Learning in the Field Framework of This Text 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 Roles of Students 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 Roles of Students Chapter 8: Timelines for Student Development BSW Program Field Work Timeline MSW Program Timeline for Field Work Challenges For All Students Progression of Learning Block Placement Designs 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 Getting Started 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

"Glassman helps BSW and MSW social work students navigate the field placement component of social work education." -- Janet Tyler "Use of the nine core competencies makes this an excellent choice for the Practicum instructor." -- Herbert I. Burson "The importance of self-awareness and one's own history is highlighted in a way that makes sense." -- Staci Jensen-Hart