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Your Student?”
by ICSW
Six out of the eight excluded participants with 1 to 2 years of field experience,
responded “all of the above” to the question “How do social workers learn how to be a
social worker?” The “all of the above” response included the CSWE competencies.
Remarkably, only 2 respondents out of the 8 noted only “coursework” , “direct clinical
field placements” or the “relationship with the field instructor,” excluding “CSWE
competencies.”
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Excluded Participants' Responses to "How do You Understand Your Role With Your Student?" N=8
Provide supervision in a practice setting Teach concrete skills Modeling how to be a professional social worker
Provide mentoring All of the above
Figure 16. Excluded Participants’Responses to “How do You Understand Your Role
With Your Student?”
For the question, how do you understand your role with your student, 7 out of the
excluded 8 participants noted “all of the above” with “providing supervision,” “teach
concrete skills,” “modeling, ” and “mentoring” all being a part of the role. One participant
put all options except “teach concrete skills” or “all of the above.” Of note, all of the
interviewed participants replied “all of the above” to this question which will be reviewed
in the next section.
Summary of Interviewed Participant Responses
Sixty percent of the 10 interviewed participants had over 10 years of experience
as a field instructor, followed by 20% for both “3 to 5” years and “6 to 10” years. Eighty
percent of the interviewed participants were “white,” and 20% bi/multiracial. Ninety
percent of the participants identified as “female,” with one as “transgender/non-binary.”
Those interviewed were a mix of ages, with most in the “46 to 64” age range at 40%, “31
to 45” and 65 or older age ranges at 30% each.
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Interviewed Participants' Demographics Age - Gender - Race - Employment - Years Supervise N=10
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-… n o r / N d e n s g e a n T r i a n A s a n r i c A m e a t i v e N a n r i c A m e a r i c A f k / l a c B i t e W h i c a n i s p / H o a t i n L r e n d s l a I i c i f a c P i a l a c R l t i u i / M B e t i c a c P t r r i v a t e P l n t a m e r n o v e G f i t r o p n o N m i a e a d A c
Figure 17. Interviewed participants’ demographics.
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