Community Practice: A Training Ground for Social Work Students

Authors

Mylo G. Jennings, University of ToledoFollow

Abstract

Providing services to communities while providing education and training for social work practice in communities is at the core of this paper. These activities are discussed and reviewed in the context of social work in communities. Social work field placements (internships) in communities can provide positive learning experiences for students and excellent services to communities. The Winslow Project, a two-year community-focused placement for two group of first year master of social work (M.S.W.) Students is described and the results of this project are discussed. In order to fulfill a commitment to the community concept, students need a well-defined concept of group and community practice in order to provide the range and quality of services that are required for social work practice in the 21st's century global community paradigm. Providing social work intervention practices in the community is paramount to the further development of social work as a profession. It will also provide support and encouragement for communities to provide these supportive services within the community context. Social work history is rich with the type of models necessary for this to occur.

Keywords

qualitative research

Publication Date

3-1-2001

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2001.2005

Recommended APA Citation

Jennings, M. G. (2001). Community Practice: A Training Ground for Social Work Students. The Qualitative Report, 6(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2001.2005