SP12017: Readiness for direct practice
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100%, CWPF 0%, CWRA 0% |
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By the end of the unit students will be able to:
1. Identify the range of essential communication skills that social workers need and apply these skills when they engage with service users and carers. (PS * 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.7; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 3.1; 3.2; 4.1; 4.2) 2. Learn from feedback given by service users and carers (PS 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.7; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 3.1; 3.2; 4.1; 4.2; 4.6; 6.3) 3. Explain social work values, knowledge and skills in order to make effective use of first practice placement (PS 1.3; 2.2; 2.4; 2.6; 2.7; 3.1; 3.7; 3.9; 4.6; 4.7; 4.8; 5.5) 4. Explain models of critical reflection and be able to apply them in practice to inform professional decision-making (PS 2.5; 2.6; 3.2; 3.3; 3.5; 3.7; 3.9; 4.1; 4.2; 4.6; 4.7; 5.2) 5. Recognise the importance of diversity in human identity and experience, and the application of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles in social work practice (PS 1.1; 1.3; 1.7; 2.4; 2.5; 3.7; 4.6; 4.7; 5.1; 6.1; 6.2) 6. Understand the profession's ethical principles and their relevance to practice, demonstrate awareness of own personal values and how these can impact on practice (PS 2.2; 2.4; 2.6; 2.7; 3.1; 3.7; 3.9; 4.6; 4.7; 4.8; 5.5) * Social Work England's Professional Standards (PS) |
| Synopsis: | You will prepare for your first professional practice placement and assess your readiness to go out on placement the following semester. The unit includes workshops delivered by people who use social work services and their carers. |
| Content: | * Social work values and ethics * Diversity, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles in practice * Rights, Justice and Economic Wellbeing * Communication Skills teaching (empathy, listening, reflection, paraphrasing, feedback, communicating in difficult situations) * Service User and Carer Participation theory & practice * Critical reflection and analysis * Observation theory and practice * Evaluation & Reflection theory and practice * Building relationships with other professionals, service users and carers * Organisational context of social work |
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SP12017 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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