Practice Education in Social Work Stage II - SPY00046M

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Professional requirements

Candidates must be registered social workers with a minimum of two years' post-qualifying experience, according to the PEPS. Candidates will have either completed Stage 1, or be completing the two stages concurrently. Stage 1 must be successfully completed before Stage 2 can be awarded.

Please also see the ‘Practice Education Currency Flowchart’ in the Practice Education in Social Work Handbook, as candidates need to ensure that their Stage 1 qualification is current in order to progress to Stage 2. 

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
B	Summer Vacation 2022-23 to Autumn Term 2023-24

Module aims

The module is designed to enable candidates to acquire and consider the knowledge, value base, skills and confidence associated with enabling, supervising, teaching and assessing the practice of a student social worker, in accordance with the Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS). The module will help candidates to:

• Draw on research and professional experience to explore personal / professional values and ethical dilemmas with students at a critical level.
• Develop expertise in teaching students practice skills, theory, policy, legislation and anti-oppressive practice, including the presentation skills and confidence required to teach groups of students within the placement setting.
• Draw on knowledge of both teaching methods and professional social work knowledge / skills requirements to develop a teaching tool for students
• In light of critical knowledge and experience of supervisory models, develop an effective approach to supervision which can be adapted to individual student requirements. Support PE peers in the development of their own supervisory preferences.
• Develop further knowledge of the range of methods to assess professional competence of student social workers, up to and including final placement level. Develop skills to assess students’ written academic work and give appropriate feedback.

Module learning outcomes

The overall learning outcome of the course is that:

Candidates will be able to demonstrate that they have understood the theoretical base of practice education, applied the values set down by the HCPC, and met the PEPs guidance statements at M level equivalent. They will be able to competently supervise, teach and assess students up to, and including, the final assessed placement prior to qualification.   

1. Organise opportunities for the demonstration of assessed competence in practice (Domain A).

2. Enable learning and professional development in practice (Domain B), including the use of a range of supervisory models.

3. Manage the assessment of learners in practice (Domain C), including using a range of assessment models and marking students work.

4. Demonstrate effective continuing performance as a practice educator (Domain D).

5. Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of values for work based assessors as identified in HCPC and incorporated in the PEPS.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100.0

Special assessment rules

Pass/fail

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100.0

Module feedback

Portfolios marked within 8 weeks of hand in, and feedback provided. Candidates will be notified by email when the marks and comments are available for collection. Late submissions may be subject to a delay in marking.

Indicative reading

Various reading suggested throughout course and in module reading list, to include the following journal sources:

Journal of Social Work Practice

Journal of Practice Teaching

Social Work Education

Journal of Social Work

Journal of Social Work Practice