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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)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWES 100%, CWPF 0%, CWRA 0%
Assessment Detail:
  • Shadowing a social worker (CWPF 0%)
  • Service user conversation reflection (CWPF 0%)
  • Reflection on carers and young carers sessions (CWPF 0%)
  • Reflective essay on the learning taking place throughout the unit (CWES 100% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
  • Skills Log (CWRA 0%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: 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

Course availability:

SP12017 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • UHSP-AFB33 : BSc(Hons) Social Work and Applied Social Studies (Year 1)

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