'Nothing new under the sun': using sculpts in post-qualification child care social work groups
'Nothing new under the sun': using sculpts in post-qualification child care social work groups
The post-qualification social work context is undergoing enormous change. What remains clear amidst the turmoil, is that the delivery of the new programmes will be to groups of social work practitioners with varying degrees of interest in, ambivalence about or resistance to engaging in further professional development This paper explores the use of sculpting, a creative technique that originated in family therapy as a means of countering some of the resistance to learning that can characterise such groups. Encouraging practitioners to explore 'embodied understandings' of families with whom they work or group contexts in which they find themselves has the potential to offer holistic, anti-oppressive and energising learning opportunities.
child care, social work, PQ training, sculpting, resistance
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Ruch, G.
094595f8-b576-4a41-991a-16b8edb26747
2006
Ruch, G.
094595f8-b576-4a41-991a-16b8edb26747
Ruch, G.
(2006)
'Nothing new under the sun': using sculpts in post-qualification child care social work groups.
Groupwork: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Working with Groups, 16 (2), .
Abstract
The post-qualification social work context is undergoing enormous change. What remains clear amidst the turmoil, is that the delivery of the new programmes will be to groups of social work practitioners with varying degrees of interest in, ambivalence about or resistance to engaging in further professional development This paper explores the use of sculpting, a creative technique that originated in family therapy as a means of countering some of the resistance to learning that can characterise such groups. Encouraging practitioners to explore 'embodied understandings' of families with whom they work or group contexts in which they find themselves has the potential to offer holistic, anti-oppressive and energising learning opportunities.
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Published date: 2006
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child care, social work, PQ training, sculpting, resistance
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ISSN: 0951-824X
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