Who is this course for?
This course is for those in appropriate roles as practitioners or managers who wish to supervise and assess trainee social workers in the workplace during a Level 1, 2 or, in some cases 3, Practice Learning Opportunity within social care related organisations.
Course overview
The Enabling Others Module is an academically accredited programme, offered at Postgraduate, Graduate and Undergraduate levels. It provides knowledge and skills for supervising, mentoring and assessing social work students on Practice Learning Opportunities in your organisation.
The Module sits within the Post Qualifying Framework for Social Workers in that it is also delivered as an integral element of all specialist level post qualifying programmes. It is therefore delivered both on a free-standing basis for applicants not currently undertaking a post qualifying aware, and with the post qualifying programmes for current PQ Specialist Award candidates only. In both settings, it also forms Stage 1 of the proposed Practice Educator Framework and within the next 12 months, will reflect the starting point for a Diploma level Practice Educator Award and Higher Specialist Post Qualifying Programme in Practice Education.
Entry requirements
You need to be working in a social care or social work setting of any nature - often multidisciplinary. You may be a qualified social worker, but you may also be qualified in other or different areas within social care.You need to be able to study at Undergraduate level or above, so should have some professionally related qualifications which are either externally accredited or accredited within your organisation.
How to apply
This course equips you specifically to supervise and assess social work students in the workplace. Most people are sponsored by their organisations, who are wishing to offer practice learning opportunities to University Social Work Degree programmes.
For this reason you will normally need to liaise with the Learning and Development Department of your organisation and will normally be sponsored by your organisation.
Course structure
A Module of 5 days duration, this programme meets the teaching requirements for the GSCC Guidance for Assessment in the Workplace (2004) including those recently updated - Domains A to C.
The first 2 days of this module provide the basic knowledge and skills needed to set up and manage a Practice Learning Opportunity and to mentor, support and assess a student social worker.
Days 3 to 5 offer a deeper exploration of:
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The Practice Educator role in the organisation.
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Supervision for developing reflective practitioners.
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Working anti-oppressively with student social workers and supporting their ability to work in an anti-discriminatory way with diverse service users and colleagues.
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Enabling student to link theory to practice effectively.
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Preventing and dealing with problems and developing programmes of teaching and learning int he workplace for student social workers.
The module is academically assessed through an assignment, and practically assessed through a work-based assessment surrounding a learning programme devised by the candidate during a Practice Learning Opportunity. The assessment includes a requirement for the candidate to undertake a direct observation and to obtain feedback from the student social worker with whom they are working.
Further information
Start date: September each year (runs 6 times per year on a single module basis).
Duration: 5 days split into two and three day blocks.
Fees: £517.00
Contact
Lesley Richards
Programme Administrator
Email: l.richards.3@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)121 414 5711
Alison Paris
Director of Professional Practice Programmes
Email: a.m.paris@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)121 414 5715