Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this module students should be able to:
-Know and understand the requirements for placement
-Understand the role of supervision within professional social work practice and on placement
-Understand the importance of self care within professional social work practice and on placement
The module content will begin to enable students to meet the following CORU standards:
Domain 1: Professional Autonomy and Accountability
Graduates will:
1. Be able to practise safely and effectively within the legal, ethical and practice boundaries of the profession
2. Be able to identify the limits of their practice and know when to seek advice and additional expertise or refer to another professional
3. Be able to act in the best interest of service users at all times with due regard to their will and preference
5. Respect and uphold the rights, dignity and autonomy of every service user including their role in the diagnostic, therapeutic and social care process
6. Be able to exercise a professional duty of care
7. Understand the importance of maintaining accurate up to date documentation
8. Understand what is required of them by the Registration Board and be familiar with the provisions of the current Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for the profession issued by the Registration Board
11. Understand and respect the confidentiality of service users and use information only for the purpose for which it was given
12. Understand the limits of confidentiality in the context of a variety of team settings
19. Be able to take responsibility for managing one’s own workload
21. Be aware of and be able to take responsibility for managing one’s own health and wellbeing
Domain 2 . Communication, Collaborative Practice and Teamworking
Graduates will:
3. Recognise service users as active participants in their health and social care and be able to support service users in communicating their health and/or social care needs, choices and concerns
6. Be able to produce clear, concise, accurate and objective documentation
13. Understand the need to build and sustain professional relationships as both an independent practitioner and collaboratively as a member of a team
15. Understand the role of relationships with professional colleagues and other workers in service delivery and the need to create professional relationships based on mutual respect and trust
Domain 3. Safety and Quality
Graduates will:
6. Be able to demonstrate an evidence-informed approach to professional decision-making, adapting practice to the needs of the service user and draw on appropriate knowledge and skills in order to make professional judgments
7. Be able to prioritise and maintain the safety of both service users and those involved in their care
14. Be able to establish safe environments for practice which minimises risks to service users, those treating them and others
Domain 4. Professional Development
Graduates will:
1. Be able to engage in and take responsibility for professional development
2. Understand the need to demonstrate evidence of ongoing continuing professional development and education, be aware of professional regulation requirements and understand the benefits of continuing professional development to professional practice
3. Be able to evaluate and reflect critically on own professional practice to identify learning and development needs; be able to select appropriate learning activities to achieve professional development goals and be able to integrate new knowledge and skills into professional practice
4. Understand and recognise the impact of personal values and life experience on professional practice and be able to take responsibility and manage this impact appropriately
5. Understand the importance of and be able to seek professional development, supervision, feedback and peer review opportunities in order to continuously improve practice
6. Understand the importance of participation in performance management activities for effective service delivery
Domain 5. Professional Knowledge and Skills
Graduates will:
1. Know, understand and apply the key concepts of the domains of knowledge which are relevant to the profession for individuals, groups and communities
2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of social work theory, methods and skills, social policy and social research, including consideration in a global context
4. Critically understand the importance of effective supervisory frameworks and be able to actively participate in same.
13. Be able to evaluate the effect of their own characteristics, values and practice on interactions with service users and be able to critically reflect on this to improve practice
14. Critically understand the concepts and frameworks that underpin a range of individual counselling theory and skills; theory and practice of working with children and families; community work theory and practice and group work theory and practice
19. Critically understand the role of ethics in the use of digital and social media including maintaining confidentiality and professionalism
20. Be able to write concise, accurate reports which articulate and justify professional decisions made
26. Know the basic principles of effective teaching and learning, mentoring and supervision
Indicative Module Content:
Key topics to be addressed include the role and purpose of supervision, self care, working with children, and professional writing.