Highlights from NI Practice Teaching Symposium

The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) have published details of their 2014 Practice Teaching Symposium which was attended by Practice Teachers, On-site Supervisors, Tutors and Service Users with an interest in social work training and development.

A selection of highlights is now available from the event. Click on the links below to download speaker presentations from the event: 

• Broadening Horizons: Integrating Critical Thinking into Social Work Supervision – Dr. Katharine Dill, Lecturer in Social Work, School of Sociology, Social Policy & Social Work, QUB
• Practice Learning in the Voluntary Sector – Joanne Lytle (Extern), Siobhan Wylie (Bryson Care), Cheryl McMullin (Bryson Care West)
• Reflective Practice Model for Social Work – Professor Stan Houston – Professor of Social Theory and Social Work, School of Sociology, Social Policy & Social Work, QUB
• Enhancing Supervision and Assessment Records to aid decision-making in practice learning – Evelyn Magee, NI Degree in Social Work Partnership & Pauline Graham, SEHSCT

Below is a Bryson/Care West Video featuring social work students sharing their experiences of practice learning in the voluntary sector.