Unit name | Supervision and Assessment of Professional Practice |
---|---|
Unit code | SPOLM0022 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Dugdale |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
N/A |
Co-requisites |
N/A |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit is designed to be delivered in collaboration with social work employers and focuses on enabling staff to support learning in the workplace. The unit will fulfil the requirements of The College of Social Work’s Practice Educator Professional Standards for Social Work – Stage 2; these Standards address the supervision, teaching and assessment of social work degree students and set out the requirements that must be met by practitioners to enable them to act as practice educators for qualifying level social work students. On achieving Stage 2, practice educators will be deemed to have “the authority and capability to recommend, on the basis of appropriate evidence, that the social work students are fit to practice at the point of qualification (TCSW, 2012).
In order to access this unit, students will have to have achieved the Stage 1 standards (normally through work-based learning within their employing agency) and must be able to meet the experience requirements outlined in the Standards. This unit will then build on participants’ knowledge and experience of supporting the learning of social work students and others, to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to teach, supervise and assess social work students up to and including their final practice placement.
This unit will enable students to:
On completion of the Unit, students will be able to:
Teaching will take place in 1.5 hour sessions, normally over a 3 day block with a further re-call day. The unit will combine lectures, seminar discussion and practical exercises.
Assessment of this unit requires students to evidence achievements against the four Domains (A-D) outlined in the Guidance Statements of the Practice Educator Professional Standards (TCSW, 2012), and to apply professional values to practice. These requirements will be met by
Cartney, P. (2000), Adult Learning Styles: Implications for practice teaching in social work. Social Work Education, 19:6, pp 609-626
Gould, N. and Baldwin, M (2004), Social Work, Critical Reflection and the Learning Organisation. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Lishman, J et al (2007)Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care: Knowledge and Theory. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Morrison, T. (2005) Staff Supervision in Social Care. Pavilion Publishing Brighton.
Schon, D. (1983) The Reflective Practitioner. London: Temple Smith.
Walker, J. et al (2008) Practice Education in Social Work: A handbook for practice teachers, assessors and educators. Exeter: Learning Matters.