ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the background and experience of the particular trainee population involved and discusses some of the implications of marital interaction as a focus for casework teaching, relating both to the content and design of short residential teaching programmes. It is based on experience acquired by the Family Discussion Bureau in residential training projects with social caseworkers who were both experienced and had received some professional training. The model has been developed over a period of ten years in annual three-week courses for experienced Probation Officers, but particular reference will be made to recent work with a group of senior caseworkers from a wide variety of settings. What emerges clearly is that projects such as this are a stimulus to local developments and to local demands; both reflect the need for an expansion of training at a post-graduate level if the projected extension of community services is to become effective.
