SP12017: Readiness for direct practice
[Page last updated: 23 May 2025]
Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
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: | Prepare for your first professional practice placement. This 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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