As a child protection professional you are immersed into the often complex and emotional world of not only the children, young people and families with whom you work, but also the working practices and culture of your employing organisation. Professional supervision provides a critical reflective space for processing your emotions but how genuinely does this support you to process your conscious and unconscious feelings and thoughts about a home visit, an organisational decision about a family or your own unexplained feelings about risks to a child or young person? This module includes a breadth of practical and theoretical learning, integrating research on neuroscience which evidences the impact of emotions on the brain. It is designed to centralise you in your workplace and provides a rare and invaluable experience of navigating the often-unspoken aspects of child protection organisations. Through critically reflecting on and discussing these dynamics and exploring key concepts through the Centre's child protection simulations, you will re-enter your workplace with a more holistic and healthier perspective on organisational life.
Online Lectures, Audios, Readings, Video clips and other resources- 80
Discussion Forums- 20
1-1 Academic support -10
Live teaching at induction/study day -10
Advanced Child Protection (Distance Learning) MA
Written- Reflection- Online posts. -2 substantive posts between 250-300 words each. Each post is worth 10%- Weighting 20%- This Assessment is Pass Compulsory.
Written -Extended writing -Essay- 3,500 words- Weighting 80%.- This Assessment is Pass Compulsory.
Reassessment methods- Like-for-like
Amado, G. and Ambrose, A. (eds.) (2001) The Transitional Approach to Change, Karnac. Czander, W.M. (1993), The Psychodynamics of Work and Organisations: Theory and Application, Guilford. French, R. and Vince, R. (eds.) (2000) Group Relations, Management and Organisation, Oxford Press. Hinshelwood, R.D. and Chiesa, M. (eds.) (2002) Organisations, Anxieties and Defences: Towards a Psychoanalytic Social Psychology, Whurr Publications. Hinshelwood, R.D. and Skogstad, W. (2000), Observing Organisations: Anxiety, Defence and Culture in Health Care, Routledge. Hirschhorn, L. (2000), The Workplace Within: Psychodynamics of Organisational Life, MIT Press.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module, students will:
1) Critically evaluate the impact of organisational culture, leadership styles, and power dynamics on decision-making processes and outcomes in child protection settings.
2) Apply theoretical frameworks, including psychodynamic theory, to critique the effectiveness and efficiency of child protection organisations, considering factors such as communication, collaboration and resource allocation.
3) Investigate and appraise approaches and models for strengthening organisational resilience and capacity-building in child protection contexts, generating solutions to address challenges such as staff turnover, burnout and organisational change.
4) Critically reflect on conscious and unconscious factors such as personal biases and values and appraise how these may affect decision-making, appraising your own professional growth and development.
5) Appraise models of supervision and apply these to your own work context and practices, generating solutions for both the supervisee and supervisor.
6) Through discussion of themes with diverse audiences, you will critically analyze and evaluate diverse perspectives, and synthesize complex ideas strengthening collaborative learning.
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