TS2D002 - Professional Practice (2) 01 Sep 2019 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: TS2D002
Module Title: Professional Practice (2)
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Therapeutic Studies
Faculty Sub Group: Professional Learning in Education
Module Leader: Heloise Godfrey-Talbot
Module Team: Becky Davies, Emily Bull, Alexis Jones, Dan Bowers, Leigh Attwood, Kirsty Richards
First Intended Intake: SEP 2018 Final Year of Intake: 2023
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 40 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100495 - counselling
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Sep 2019
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

To explore the complex skills and strategies necessary to be an aware, responsible, ethical, reflective and safe Creative Arts Practitioner with diverse participants in an array of settings.

To use a range of models of reflective and ethical practice.

To examine a range of competencies and professional standards that can be modelled to develop professional practice.

To encourage reflective thinking and analysis in writing responsively to the information provided and researched.

Content Summary

This module will be delivered through a combination of work-based learning, seminars, practical workshops and taught lectures. The lectures and workshops will comprise:

An introduction to diverse community settings and the systemic context in which the students may work.

An introduction to the importance of using the current terminology around concepts and conditions within diverse settings.

Delivery of ethical and safeguarding content – the importance of health and safety, child protection, safeguarding, protection of vulnerable adults within the wider understanding of social institutions.

Application of Models of Reflection.

Professional standards and competencies.

Session planning and placement documentation - assessing creative and therapeutic group participants’ needs and make appropriate interventions and choices.

The participant and facilitator journey - Evaluation and developing workshop practice over time.

Develop a wider understanding of social institutions, and demonstrate an understanding of ethical and safeguarding issues.

Assess creative and therapeutic group participants’ needs and make appropriate interventions and choices.

Seminars will provide opportunities for students to reflect upon and discuss elements of their ongoing practice.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Practical classes and workshops 48
Independent Study 182
Placement (Not taught) 50
Directed Study 104
Directed Study (Online) 16
Total Hours Selected 400

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Generate and evaluate ideas and practice, based on a developed understanding of theory, ethical practice and context.
LO2 Reflect upon the way their work experiences or role has contributed to their professional practice, using this to develop future personal/professional development.
LO3 Reflect on the nature of professional practice in their discipline and identify the gaps between their work related capabilities and disciplinary expectations. Communicate & articulate these ideas clearly through a range of methods.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 Professional practice portfolio of evidence documenting the initial project design at the start of the placement experience as defined in the module handbook. 0 N/A 10 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 2 Professional practice portfolio of evidence documenting the placement experience as defined in the module handbook. 0 N/A 90 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3
Portfolio 1
Portfolio 2

Reading List

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, (2017), Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing, All-Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing

Artworks Cymru (2015) Artworks Cymru Quality Principles. Available at: http://artworks.cymru/quality-principles (Accessed: 23 May 2019).

Benson, J. (2019), Working more creatively with groups (4th Edn), Oxon: Routledge

Deane, K. (2014) ArtWorks code of practice. Available at: https://www.artworksalliance.org.uk/awa-resource/artworks-code-of-practice/ (Accessed: 23 May 2019)

Gauntlett, D. (2018), Making is connecting: The social meaning of Creativity, from DIY and Knitting to Youtube and Web 2.0 (2nd Edn.), Cambridge: Polity Press

Matarasso, F. (2019) A Restless Art, London: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Content available online at A Restless Art (2019) A Restless Art. Available at: https://arestlessart.com/ (Accessed: 23 May 2019).

Swindells, R.Lawthom,, R. Parkinson, C., Clennon, O. , Kagan, C. and De Bezenac, C. (2016) ‘‘I’m not a therapist you know…I’m an artist’: Facilitating Well-being and basic psychological needs satisfaction through community arts participation’, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 7 (3), p. 347 -367.

The Journal of Arts & Communities – Intellect Ltd