SD1S103 - Safeguarding 01 Jul 2023 - 31 Aug 2029 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | SD1S103 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Safeguarding | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Education, Early Years and Social Work | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Youth and Community | ||
| Module Leader: | Alun Prosser | ||
| Module Team: | Alun Prosser, Mark Iggulden, Lise Jacobsen, Louise Simpson, Philippa Watkins | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2023 | Final Year of Intake: | |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 4 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | |||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | |||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Jul 2023 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2029 |
Module Aims
To enable students to recognise the signs and gain an up to date understanding of different types of harm, abuse and neglect occurring across contexts.
To enable students to understand their professional and ethical responsibilities in response to harm, abuse and neglect and apply the legislative context, policies and procedures for safeguarding young people in social care settings.
Content Summary
The legislative context and history of child protection and safeguarding (The Children Act 1989; UNCRC 1989, Human Rights Act 1998, Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, The Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014);
Children and young people, well-being and mental health.
Safeguarding and child protection – what’s the difference?
Definitions and professional language: Abuse, neglect and harm, Categories of abuse: physical, sexual, emotional, financial, psychological and neglect, Child at risk, Adult at risk, Significant harm.
Types of abuse: child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, radicalisation, gangs, trafficking, FGM, ACEs, domestic abuse, forced marriage, peer abuse.
The vulnerability of groups - including children and young people who are asylum seekers / refugees, children who are looked after, LGBTQ+ young people, children with disabilities, children with vulnerable parents and young carers.
Safeguarding in an online/digital context.
Contextual safeguarding.
Recognising, responding, recording, and reporting.
Information sharing protocols and multiagency work.
Data protection.
Policy, process, and procedures on placement.
Child Practice Reviews.
Personal, professional boundaries and confidentiality.
Awareness of own limitations.
Reflective practice, social pedagogy values and ethics.
Links between safeguarding, reflection, reflexivity, supervision, and anti-oppressive practice.
Children’s rights and young people’s voices.
Strengths-based approaches.
Advocacy.
Content has been mapped to level 2 Understand How to Safeguard the Well Being of Children and Young People (PR43CY048)’ enabling additional accreditation to be claimed via Agored Cymru if the colleges wish to provide this added value certificate (the organisation of this will sit with the colleges not USW).
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 36 |
| Seminar | 2 |
| Tutorial | 4 |
| Independent Study | 78 |
| Directed Study | 50 |
| Formative Assessment - Independent | 20 |
| Groupwork | 10 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Understand and recognise different types of harm, abuse and neglect and the factors which may contextualise this. |
| LO2 | Describe the main aspects of safeguarding policy and procedures and their responses to harm, abuse and neglect reflecting health and social care values and ethics in application. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synchronous Onsite Oral Assessment | Presentation (Synchronous Onsite) 1 | Group presentation with a response to case studies of young people at risk. | 15 | N/A | 50 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Field Folio 1 | An individual safeguarding manual/workbook that systematically and incrementally tests the student’s understanding of key aspects of terminology, profession, and reflection, as well as agal legislation, types of abuse, signs and indicators, codes of conduct, reporting, recordingencies and other agencies for signposting. The completion of the workbook will run alongside teaching that links to it, supporting the application of theory and policy to practice. | 0 | 2000 | 50 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Presentation (Synchronous Onsite) 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Field Folio 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |