Resumen
The Master of Social Work (MSW) Program at HAN University of Applied Sciences educate social work professionals into social practice developers who want to improve their practice from within by conducting practitioner research.\ An important goal of the MSW is to bridge the gap between practice and science and to bend the anti-intellectual current in social work by concentrating on practice improvement (Van Pelt et al., 2015).\ The Master of social work program revolves around three integrated programmes: Social Work Theory, Research \& Improvement and Professional Leadership.From the start of the study, students work on practice improvement project within their own organization in which taking multiple perspectives is mandatory.In the program Professional Leadership, we aim to educate and inspire students for leadership in connection and co-creation at three levels:The connection with yourself\ The connection with de client, the social system and the stakeholders\ The connection with the surrounding organizations and societyThe presence of different perspectives strenghtens the exploring attitude and helps avoiding false assumptions and blind spots among students, teachers, social workers and other stakeholders.\ By including these different levels of connection they become leaders in connection who pursue supported social change and development by all stakeholders involved.\ \ The goal is: Making a difference by embracing differences.\ We would like to introduce one of the tools we introduce during the master social work, the protective wraps model (Tjin A Djie \& Zwaan, 2021).\ Everyone, regardless of personal or professional background, can make use of it. Apart from care workers, also police officers, theater makers, midwives, civil servants and university college teachers. It’s all about safety at the workplace, knowing your history, doing justice to yourself and establishing relationships with others based on your contact with yourself. We are curious about your ‘bridge’. Let's inspire each other!
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Creativity, co-creation, professional leadership, diversity, respect, action, diversity, connection, bridge the gap, identity, protective wraps, background, safety, relationship, history, inspiration