THE CONTRIBUTION OF OBSERVATION TRAINING TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIAL WORK
This paper first describes a range of uses of observational training and the learning to which it can give rise. It goes on to describe in detail a specific project that was undertaken by the authors with a selected group of social work trainers. The range of observations undertaken by the participants is described and their own comments provide first-hand evaluations of the experience. Observation is seen by the authors as one of the most important foundation skills in social work practice. They conclude by sketching out the possible place of such training in the social work career continuum in the UK.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: is a Consultant Child Psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic in London. Address : Child and Family Department, Tavistock Clinic 120 Belsize Lane London NW3 UK 2: is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Social Work at the Tavistock Clinic in London. Address : Child and Family Department, Tavistock Clinic 120 Belsize Lane London NW3 UK
Publication date: 01 March 2004
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