The importance of action learning for a newly qualified social worker and the impact this has on frontline practice

ABSTRACT

This journal will look at action learning during my assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE), and the importance of this, I will reflect on how action learning informed practice issues I faced and how this helped me to develop and become a more confident practitioner. I will discuss and reflect on the process of action learning, group dynamics and the effect this has had on me as a newly qualified social worker (NQSW).

KEYWORDS:

• Action learning
• reflection
• critical reflection
• learning
• social work

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes on contributor

Georgina Baines is a registered social worker at Hertfordshire County Council having completed her Assessed year in Practice, as a newly qualified social worker in 2019.