Dempsey Anne, Lanzieri Nicholas, Luce Virge, de Leon Cora, Malhotra Juhi, Heckman Aminda
Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY USA.
Clin Soc Work J. 2022;50(1):11-21. doi: 10.1007/s10615-021-00787-y. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
The field placement process has become increasingly challenging for schools of social work, particularly for large graduate programs situated in urban centers with competing schools. The unprecedented circumstances created by the COVID-19 public health crisis further strained the placement process, revealing a delicate balance of interdependent systems that schools must address when confronted with an unforeseen disruption of field education. This paper reflectively examines the steps taken by the field faculty and department of one large school of social work to address the impact of the pandemic on field education and its placement process. Utilizing crisis and shared trauma perspectives, the field disruptions, continuity of learning, contingency plans, and the attendant anxiety caused by COVID-19 are discussed, as are the lessons learned. Though COVID-19 has significantly altered the placement process, this reflective frame allows faculty to take the lessons emerging from the crisis and use them to improve services and learning opportunities for students in the future.
对于社会工作学院而言，实地实习安置过程变得越来越具有挑战性，尤其是对于位于城市中心且面临竞争院校的大型研究生项目来说。新冠疫情公共卫生危机所造成的前所未有的情况进一步加剧了实习安置过程的压力，揭示了相互依存系统之间的微妙平衡，而当面临实地教育的意外中断时，学校必须应对这一平衡。本文深入探讨了一所大型社会工作学院的实地教员和系部为应对疫情对实地教育及其实习安置过程的影响所采取的措施。运用危机和共同创伤视角，讨论了新冠疫情造成的实地干扰、学习的连续性、应急计划以及随之而来的焦虑，还讨论了所吸取的教训。尽管新冠疫情极大地改变了实习安置过程，但这种反思框架使教员能够吸取危机中出现的教训，并利用这些教训在未来改善为学生提供的服务和学习机会。
