ISBN: 978-1-73845-453-2‍ ‍

An essential guide for social care students, placement supervisors/educators and lecturers engaged in practice placement; from initial preparation through to engagement in learning from practice.

THE AUTHORS:

Áine de Róiste (PhD) is a senior lecturer in social care in MTU (Cork). She has co-authored academic texts, including Young People in Contemporary Ireland and Social Care Practice in Ireland: An Integrated Perspective, as well as research in the fields of social care and psychology in Ireland.

John McHugh (PhD) is Programme Director of Professional Social Care programmes at Carlow College, St Patrick’s. He has researched and published in the areas of professional identity, learning in practice and social care professional development.

Aoife Prendergast currently leads the Careers & Employability Department at TUS and is responsible for increasing work placement and pathways into graduate employment at TUS. She is actively involved in European professional associations and has also held positions as a Lecturer in Social Care in both TUS and TU Dublin.