Testing satisfaction with a group-based social work field liaison model: A controlled mixed methods study

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Cleak, Helen and Venville, Annie. (2018). Testing satisfaction with a group-based social work field liaison model: A controlled mixed methods study. Australian Social Work. 71(1), pp. 32 - 45. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2017.1398263
AuthorsCleak, Helen and Venville, Annie
Abstract

Social work field education programs rely on the liaison process to oversee and support students during their placement and to assist them to integrate theory and practice. However, the role and importance of liaison has been threatened as social work programs seek alternative and cost-effective ways to undertake these functions. This paper presents findings from a pilot study investigating levels of satisfaction among students and field educators with an innovative group liaison model compared to a control group who experienced the standard liaison practice. Fifty-three students and 47 field educators completed the survey. Twenty-one of the students and 10 of the educators received the intervention (the group liaison); the remaining 32 students and 37 educators received the standard liaison process (the control group). Students in the intervention group reported significantly higher levels of satisfaction with all aspects of the liaison experience than students who received the standard liaison process. Field educators were more positive about liaison than students. This study reaffirms the contribution of face-to-face liaison contact to the student learning experience on placement and suggests that strengthening, rather than devaluing, the liaison role could be a useful strategy to encourage the field’s ongoing commitment to provision of quality placement-based learning opportunities.

Year2018
JournalAustralian Social Work
Journal citation71 (1), pp. 32 - 45
PublisherRoutledge
ISSN0312-407X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2017.1398263
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85038557913
Page range32 - 45
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Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
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