- Department: Social Policy and Social Work
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
- See module specification for other years: 2023-24
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2024-25 |
This module will provide you with an opportunity to learn and practice some core social work skills, such as communication, collaboration and negotiation with others. It will prepare you for working within an organisation and introduce key aspects of organisational skills that you will draw on in the workplace. Although the module has a focus on skills required for social work, the module will be of value to anyone interested in learning more about positive working within teams and organisations, and the material is applicable to a wide range of professional situations.
The classes will include taught material but there will also be an emphasis on practising the skills in the classroom and discussing their relevance to practice. There will be input from People with Lived Experience (PLE), who will be leading one of the classes; the presentation task will also focus on various interventions to support PLE.
The module will help you to demonstrate that you have developed your understanding of the following Professional Capabilities Framework domains:
Knowledge
Values and Ethics
Contexts and Organisations
Professionalism
Skills and Interventions
Critical Reflection and Analysis
Having completed the module, students will be able to:
1: Demonstrate an ability to communicate, negotiate and collaborate effectively with others
2: Practice evaluation skills such as information management and critical reflection and understand how these can be applied to working with different social groups.
3: Demonstrate a critical understanding of a range of approaches and ideas that inform professional practice
4: Demonstrate an ability to work constructively with other students to create presentations and research and present information clearly
5: Articulate an understanding of service user knowledge and experience of receiving services
6: Identify areas of personal strength and areas requiring further development in respect to future employment
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 50 |
Groupwork | 50 |
None
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 50 |
Essay/coursework | 50 |
Feedback will be given in accordance with the University Policy on feedback in the Guide to Assessment as well as in line with the School policy.
Brandler, S (2015) Group Work: Skills and Strategies for Effective Interventions (3rd ed) Routledge
Koprowska, J. (2014) Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work, (4th ed) Learning Matters
Rogers, M. et al. (2016) Developing Skills for Social Work Practice, London: SAGE
Thompson, N and Thompson, S (2018) The Critically Reflective Practitioner, (2nd ed) Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke
Thompson, N (2021) People Skills (5th ed) Red Globe Press
Trevithick, P (2021) Social Work Skills and Knowledge: A Practice Handbook (3rd ed) McGraw-Hill/Open University Press