Abstract
What is the role and potential role of practice placements in the voluntary sector for DipSW students? Many DipSW students, either from necessity due to lack of an alternative placement, or through a positive choice are undertaking some of their training in the voluntary sector. The ideas and information which inform this article arise out of work funded by CCETSW and undertaken by Carol Hayden and Nina Swarup at the Social Services Research and Information Unit (SSRIU) at the University of Portsmouth. The main purpose of the research was to make a submission to CCETSW for approval as a practice learning agency, of a consortium of mostly voluntary agencies across the Wessex region. In writing this article we are keen to raise some of the issues about how and why the voluntary sector is and may be used in the training of future social workers.
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