ABSTRACT

The longstanding use of the peer-to-peer role-play offers social work students an introduction to developing their skills of intervention in a simulated client encounter. This experiential exercise permits students to practice the generalist skills involved in engaging, assessing, intervening, and terminating with clients in distress. Although the student social worker is the central player of this exercise, the client and observer have integral roles. To explore Bachelor of Social Work students’ (N = 18) perceptions of the client and observer roles, focus groups were conducted. Thematic analysis revealed the following themes for the client role: 1) Helping the student social worker; 2) Increased empathy for the character; 3) Increased vulnerability; 4) The need for feedback; and 5) Coping with triggers. The themes for the observer role include: 1) Learning through observing; and 2) Placement of observers. Implications for social work educators who use the peer-to-peer role-play are offered.

摘要

对等角色扮演的长期使用为社会工作学生提供了在模拟客户遭遇中发展他们的干预技能的介绍。这种体验式练习允许学生练习参与、评估、干预和终止遇险客户的通才技能。尽管学生社会工作者是这项工作的核心参与者，但服务对象和观察者却扮演着不可或缺的角色。为了探索社会工作学士学生（N = 18）对客户和观察者角色的看法，我们进行了焦点小组讨论。主题分析揭示了客户角色的以下主题：1）帮助学生社会工作者；2) 增加对角色的同理心；3) 脆弱性增加；4）反馈的需要；5) 应对触发器。观察员角色的主题包括：1）通过观察学习；2) 观察员的安置。提供了对使用点对点角色扮演的社会工作教育者的启示。