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Latest Update:
Now Available:
Social Care the Common Knowledge Base:
A Pic 'n' Mix Guide.
Designed as a Pic ‘n Mix Guide it will assist assessors working at
all levels across the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) to be clear about the common
knowledge base in the following areas:
- The value base
- Principles of social care
- Communication
- Safeguarding
- Social Care Processes
- Health and safety
- Evidence Based Practice
- Continual professional development
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details.
Making the Most of Your Practice Learning Opportunities or...... Everything you
ever wanted to know about social work
placements.
Practice
learning makes up half of the social work degree so successful placements
are vital for social work students.
This
guide seeks to reduce any anxieties students might have about
practice learning. It provides advice to help students get
the most out of their placements whatever the setting.
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details.
Developing a Practice Learning
Curriculum: A Guide for Practice Educators.
Developing a clear practice learning curriculum
for social work students is a key aspect of a practice educator’s role. This publication is
designed to help with this task.
The first part of the
publication provides advice on setting the learning agenda, developing a learning curriculum, using
adult learning theory and facilitating a student’s learning.
Part two provides ideas for
learning activities to facilitate a student’s learning in relation to theory, legislation, values
and each of the units of the National Occupational Standards.
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for further details.
Recent Articles:
Making the Most of Your Social Work
Placement
Practice learning
makes up half of the social work degree. Many social work students, however, are often most
anxious about this aspect of their studies. The general shortage of placements and concerns
about the quality of some practice learning opportunities simply heighten these
anxieties.
There is no doubt that where students are well
prepared for their placement and where they clearly understand what is required of them, they get
more from their practice learning opportunities. Students certainly get out of practice
learning.......
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this article.
Developing a Learning Curriculum for
Social Work Placement
Social work education and training
has rarely been under so much scrutiny and the quality of practice learning is now very much in the
spotlight.
The current scrutiny of the social
work degree has led to an increased interest in the idea of a curriculum for social work
practice learning. The GSCC recently called for an
agreed National Curriculum for the social work degree, arguing that a National curriculum will
improve quality in the degree and will mean that employers can be clearer about what to expect
of newly qualified social workers.
Only a small number of Universities
actually require practice educators to devise a practice learning curriculum, although most do
encourage their use in recognition of the many benefits of a curriculum for practice
learning.
In our experience, once they have
found a framework, most practice educators are keen to develop a practice learning
curriculum. There are various reasons for
this........
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the rest of this article.
Other Recent Articles
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Managing Director: Siobhan Maclean
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