Practice Learning and Professional Development

SOWK60666 Practice Learning and Professional Development 0 Full year Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Claire Harnett Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 0.0 The student will spend 70 days in an approved social work setting where s/he will undertake direct practice with service users. Prior to this the student will complete a defined number of skills days and be required to pass 'Assessed Readiness for Direct Practice'. This will be assessed through the Observed Structured Assessment, which includes simulated interviews and written work. <ul> <li>Development of basic practice skills, including communication, recording and use of supervision</li> <li>Development of understanding of social work values and ethics in practice</li> <li>The use of theory and methods in practice</li> <li>Development of reflective skills in relation to own work</li> <li>Basic understanding of anti-discriminatory practice</li> <li>Working as part of a team</li> <li>Development of professional attitude and demeanour for example in managing professional boundaries, managing workload</li></ul> <ul> <li style="margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 72px; text-align: justify;">Ensure that students understand and develop the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the <a href="https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/standards/professional-standards/">Social Work England Professional Standards</a> by the time they complete the course.</li> <li>Enable students to achieve and demonstrate the Professional Capability Framework (PCF) domains for the <a href="https://www.basw.co.uk/professional-development/professional-capabilities-framework-pcf/the-pcf/first-placement">end first placement</a> held by British Association of Social Workers (BASW).</li> <li>To provide a social work experience that facilitates the integration of theory and practice.</li></ul> <ul> <li>Demonstrate a systematic understanding of current research and advanced scholarship and apply it to social work practice.</li> <li>Understand and with guidance, apply in practice, the principles of social justice, inclusion and equality. </li></ul> <ul> <li> Demonstrate the ability to reflect critically on own and others’ professional practice</li> <li> Inform decision making through the identification and gathering of information from more than one source and, with support, question its reliability and validity</li> <li> Evaluate and review hypotheses in response to information available at the time and apply, with support, in practice.</li></ul> Demonstrate the Social Work England Professional Standards and the PCF domains for the end of first placement. SWE Professional Standards:<ul> <li>Promote the rights, strengths and wellbeing of people, families and communities. </li> <li>Establish and maintain the trust and confidence of people. </li> <li>Be accountable for the quality of my practice and the decisions I make. </li> <li>Maintain my continuing professional development.</li> <li>Act safely, respectfully and with professional integrity. </li> <li>Promote ethical practice and report concerns.  </li></ul>Professional Capability Framework domains: <ul> <li>Professionalism </li> <li>Values and ethics </li> <li>Diversity </li> <li>Rights, Justice and Economic Wellbeing </li> <li>Knowledge </li> <li>Critical Reflection and Analysis </li> <li>Intervention and Skills </li> <li>Contexts and Organisations </li> <li>Professional leadership </li></ul> <ul> <li> Build good working relationships with a variety of service users and carers and use appropriately a range of communication skills.</li> <li> Work effectively with others within the organisational context</li> <li> Recognise personal and organisational discrimination and oppression and the importance of respect for diversity</li> <li> Communicate effectively information, advice, instruction and professional opinion</li> <li> Build and conclude compassionate and effective relationships appropriate to the placement setting</li></ul> <ul> <li> Shadowing experienced practitioners</li> <li> Supervised and/ or observed work with service users</li> <li> Supervision with practice educator</li> <li> Peer supervision.</li> <li> Reading of case work undertaken by experienced practitioners</li> <li> Specific agency/ service user group related training provided by the agency</li> <li> Use of agency intranet as a resource for information.</li></ul> 5 Portfolio 100% Students will normally have the opportunity to receive feedback on formative work submitted to the online portfolio - Practice Assessment Record & Evaluation (PARE) prior to the summative assessment. Online summative feedback is provided in PARE. Provisional feedback based on internal marking will be made available prior to the Exam Board on the basis that these marks are yet to be ratified at the Exam Board and therefore may be subject to change. PARE provides detailed and constructive feedback on each component and aspect of the assessment and identifies areas of strength and those aspects which could be enhanced. Student feedback is obtained via the online student Quality Assurance Practice Learning (QAPL) and the University unit evaluation forms at the end of the unit. MA Social Work MA Social Work PGDT Taught Component Mandatory PG Dip Social Work (DipSW) PG Dip Social Work (DipSW) PGDT Taught Component Mandatory N 0 Placement 490 0