Download ‘Towards a Psycho-Social Model of Reflective Practice’ seminar
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Professor Stan Houston from the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at Queen’s University Belfast has presented a seminar for the Northern Ireland Social Service Council (NISCC).

‘Towards a Psycho-Social Model of Reflective Practice’ outlined a model of critical reflection in social work that is relevant to a range of contexts including family and child care, social work with adult services and social work in youth justice, probation and education.

Professor Houston described how the model can be used in a range of enabling contexts such as practice teaching, supervision, education and training and mentoring.The model is based on five domains: Psycho-Biography; Relationship; Organisation; Politics/Economy; Culture.  

It will help social workers in tackling bias, challenging oppression, connecting empathically with service users, enhancing insights into risk and need.  

This will help to strengthen supervision and promote good governance and best practice.

The Powerpoint Presentation from the event is available to download here: http://www.niscc.info/files/News/Towards_A_Psycho-Social_Model_for_Reflective_Practice_in_Social_Work.pdf

A DVD recording from the event will be available at http://www.niscc.info shortly.