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Objectives in Social Work Profession

To provide opportunity to student to work in professional setting to develop and demonstrate skills in social work:  This means that through field work enable a student to know and understand how his or her profession is done in realistic way or real life situation during service provision. for example through  studying field work  practice to student  it can help to be aware about all area that can be placed  to apply their knowledge and skills  that get in the  class room, also due  to studying integrated field work practice can enable  a student be aware about  different agency, and their responsibility during service provision.(Mohammad,1970)

To enable  a student learn on how  to apply social work method: This is done through the situation of helping individual, group, and community to solve  their difficulty in social work profession  integrated field work practice it's important because  in social work a social worker it must be work  with people in the society so as to solve  the problem  so through studying integrated field work  practice to student which aim  to prepare  a student for  doing field work  where by a student go to transfer the knowledge and skills of  social work profession that get  in the class  to practice in real  life  situation. For example in class room  a student learn  the social work  method  which are  case work , group work, and community work  method  that used  in assisting the society to solve  his or her  problem  which done in the society for practical training or learning.(Corliss, Lupe and et al ,1998)

To enable  a student be able  to make  connections between theories and actual realistic, Through this the  student will be able to connect the theories or knowledge that get in classroom to actual realistic because in social work  a social worker work with  community to assist to solve  his or her problem so through field work  practice enable  student to transfer the knowledge get in class to outside  so as  to solve  the problem, for example during classroom  a student teach  us how  can handle  client which come  with different situation without discriminate it so when  come in field  work  help them  to transfer something studying to real life.(ISWR1996)

To prepare a student  become competency  in social worker profession: It’s to prepare a student to be good  professional  social worker  because  through  studying integrated field work  practice to student is direct to go to field  for doing or practice in practical which enable  a student to become a competent social worker . For example  in institute of social work  have subject  which involves field work practice which aims  to prepare  student  to go field  for doing activities or apply  the knowledge have into  practical way on how  to solve  different  problem  of people in the society.(Gambrill,2003)

To promote practice competence to students by learning to apply the knowledge values, and skills of social work profession: The field work practice helps the student to have competence when he solves various problems faced by society and uses his profession that he studied in class and goes to practice in real life situation. For example, a marital conflict social worker becomes a professional in that area and has a high level of competence to resolve or help people to leave conflicts that are what makes the social worker suitable to handle the case and complete the termination. Integrated field work practice also the student can have the skills and knowledge to be able to have a sense of confidence during the field work practice in various agencies or organizations. Also when a student volunteers in various agencies, it leads to having knowledge and skills to be able to solve a problem without referring to a colleague. (Barker, 1995)

Enable  a student to get familiar with different administration system: is another objectives which aims  to help a student when going to real  practice to be easy to interact with  other  members  in the organization that has  been placed  for doing actual work .for example  me  in school  I learn different knowledge that among  of them  is on how  can interact with other  people  especially who are  members of administrative system so when  I go to field  it enable me to be easy to collaborate and be familiar with them.(maidment,2000)

Conclusion The integrated field work practice is important to social work profession because  it gives a chance   student  to work in practical way enable  us to be competency and be have confidence to work  with people direct in kind  of individual, group, and community in order to solve  their problem , but  when  there is  no field  work practice in social work  it can lead  to incompetent social worker  because  they have  knowledge that is not tried to apply in real life before which  can lead difficulty to them  during service provision due to lack  of experience. The overall objective of field work practicum is to give students an opportunity to apply theories and knowledge leant in class room into real life setting.

 

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Gambrill, E., 2003. Evidence-based practice: Implementation for knowledge development and  use in  social  work. In  A.  Rosen &  E.  Proctor  (Ed.).  Developing  practice guidelines for social work intervention.  New York:  Columbia University Press. p. 37-58. Hossain, N.  and  Mohammad A.,  1970.

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