Youou will be engaged in a range of practical activities to support your preparation for work in your practice placement in accord with social work regulatory standards.You will learn specific essential knowledge about the social work role, communication and interpersonal skills, social work processes and procedures. You will rehearse those skills in carefully designed simulated contexts. Individuals and families do not live in isolation, and the communities that they live in present both strengths, vulnerabilities and risk to them. Thus, you will learn the importance of holistic assessment and the practical skills of community profiling. As you work through the module you will continue learning and applying assessment skills and processes through the use of the Observed Structured Practice Assessment (OSPA). This is an opportunity to consolidate your learning using simulation to give you realistic practice experience prior to starting the 70-day placement. You must pass this module before going on to placement.
Workshop 32
Portfolio containing:
1.Personal-Professional Development Plan,
2.OSPA Initial Assessment 3.Written Reflection on OSPA feedback
4.Community Profiling Leaflet/Infographic at 50%
500 words Critical self-reflection at 50%
Reassessment Method: Like-for-like
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
Critically appraise core communication skills, using theoretical concepts, to engage with others in order to build compassionate and effective relationships, and appraise personal and professional development of those skills
Critically reflect on aspects of emotional intelligence in social work communication practice
Evaluate essential theories and models for social work assessment and intervention, including perspectives of people with lived experience, evaluating your work with individuals, families and communities.
Appraise the impact of diversity and relevance of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles in interpersonal communication and in social work theories and intervention methods.
Assess skills in working together with others, including giving and receiving feedback and contributing to the learning of others.
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