Posvet Rejništvo v Sloveniji (marec 2022)

Reflexive Practice Learning as the Potential to Become a Competent Future Practitioner

“…Moreover, social work is a profession and science in which it cannot be said that the development is complete, that we have arrived at definitive theories and methods, or that we have created a body of knowledge with which to work henceforth. What is true of social work knowledge today may change tomorrow, as may the society in which we live and the needs of the people with whom we work (Jivanjee et al, 2015;Kodele & Mešl, 2015;Lam et al, 2006;Marquez, 2016). Indeed, social work operates in the field of people with complex psychosocial problems, so knowledge should be constantly evolving and new responses to people's real everyday challenges should be developed together.…”

“…Moreover, analysis of the results of three focus groups 5 with students who participated in the project Helping Families in the Community clearly showed that, although the number of hours devoted to practice learning was not increased in comparison to the hours of practice learning in the master's programme, the students felt equipped to competently perform social work with families facing multiple challenges. The results showed that: • the students who chose this type of practice learning had an opportunity for the first time to apply social work concepts in practice completely independently and without the presence of a field mentor (although they did, of course, have a faculty mentor to help them apply these concepts in practice); • by testing the concepts independently in practice, the students overcame the common fear of working with families and gained experience in competently conducting conversations with a family; • the students applied all of the basic concepts of social work with a family as well as applying additional knowledge in practice, thus coming to the important realisation that theory is actually useful in practice and provides reliable support for social work with families; • during the year-long independent work with a family, the students, with intensive support from their faculty mentors, learned how to apply knowledge in practice and how to face concrete challenges in working with a family, as well as acquiring a vocabulary to help them verbalise their work processes (Kodele & Mešl, 2015).…”

Supervision in Social Work: Learning from Success

“…In Chapter Four, I present reflection as a fundamental element of social work that facilitates experiential learning in supervision. Since the profession of social work has existed, reflection has been described as the basis for the development of the individual as a professional, which is why reflection is also an essential part of teaching and training at the Faculty of Social Work (Mešl, 2008;Kodele and Mešl, 2015;Šugman Bohinc, 2020;Videmšek and Kodele, 2019). Even though it is initially only reluctantly carried out by students, it enables us to consider what we do and how we do it.…”

The Families of Special Needs Children from the Perspective of Vulnerability

“…By practitioners, we refer to all professionals who support families of children with special needs in a specific setting, such as social workers or social pedagogues. Kodele and Mešl (2016) are of the opinion that working with families with multiple challenges brings risk and uncertainty, which can be overcome by creating opportunities to co-create new outcomes. In contrast, Starčević et al (2016) argue that it is necessary to act as engaged as possible, striving to be sensitive to the specifics of individuals.…”