The body's publication A Report on Social Work Education in England 2009-10 has identified significant trends in social work education, including a decline in the number of local authority placements being provided to students.
In 2009/10, 44 per cent of practice placements were provided by local authorities, down from 47 per cent in 2007/08. Following the GSCC’s monitoring of social work degree courses in 2009/10, two-thirds of higher education institutions were asked to make some improvements to the quality of practice placements.
Hannah Prescott, a social work student in the second year of her masters degree at the University of Central Lancaster, said: "There is a limit to what you can learn in tutorials and at lectures. Good communication, the ability to form relationships and an understanding of people’s needs are essential parts of being a social worker and these can only be learned through good practical experience."
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