SD4S101 - Professional Practice 01 Jul 2023 - 31 Aug 2029 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | SD4S101 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Professional Practice | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Education, Early Years and Social Work | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Youth and Community | ||
| Module Leader: | Kelly McCarthy | ||
| Module Team: | Mark Iggulden, Paul Lewis | ||
| First Intended Intake: | Final Year of Intake: | ||
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 7 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100466 - youth and community work | 101277 - work-based learning | |
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 50 | 50 | |
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Jul 2023 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2029 |
Module Aims
To enable students to further develop and consolidate their Youth and Community Work skills, knowledge and competencies through engagement in constructive professional learning (300 hours) and related critical reflection.
To promote the ethical, legal, and professional requirements of Youth and Community Work, promoting equity, fairness and inclusion, and valuing diversity in their work with young people aged 11 to 25 years.
To relate Youth and Community Work practice with a wide range of concepts, ideas and theory, developing and demonstrating confident Youth Work professional identities, reflective of the JNC qualifying stage and underpinned by the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work (CLDSC, 2019).
Content Summary
This module encompasses learning and teaching underpinning students’ practice experiences. It provides an opportunity for students to learn about and understand the theoretical concepts that make sense of their professional ‘face to face’ delivery of Youth and Community Work across settings. 300 hours of professional placement are the PRSB pre requisite for JNC qualifying students.
Personal:
Professional and ethical expectations of Youth Workers on practice (Education Workforce Council (EWC) Code of Professional Conduct and Practice (2022) and ETS Cymru Wales/YMCA Code of Occupational Ethics and organisational codes of conduct and policy).
Induction to placement related learning, teaching and assessment, sharing good practice and professional challenges.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Unicef, 1989)
Child protection and Safeguarding.
Strength based approaches.
Applied professional ethics.
Trauma and ACE informed practice (TrACE).
Engaging in supervision.
Mentoring, advocacy and the use of communication and counselling skills in work with young people.
Critical reflection and reflexivity within a practice context.
Cultural:
Well-being of children, young people, families, communities and colleagues.
Leadership and management theories and practice.
Youth Work values, ethics, practice and professional identity.
Health, safety and risk management.
Employability within a Youth and Community Work context involving USW Careers, Student Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.
Networking, relationships and building effective partnerships.
Development of policy and procedures.
Youth Work methods and models: digital, informal and non-formal education, advocacy, detached, outreach, online, interdisciplinary and centre based.
Structural:
Fairness, inclusion, power, equality, equity and diversity.
Anti oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice.
Inequality, social inclusion and social justice.
Quality assurance of practice, results based accountability, self assessment, management information systems, monitoring and evaluation and the role of EWC and ESTYN.
International, national and local strategic development of Youth and Community Work policy and/or practice.
Curriculum for Wales 2022.
The ethical, legal and professional requirements of Youth Work.
Youth Work National Occupational Standards (CLDSC, 2019).
Community Development National Occupational Standards (CLDSC, 2015).
Contemporary issues facing children and young people including the cost of living crisis, children’s rights, participation and representation, social media and digital technology, identity, sexualisation and pornography, current political and Social Policy contexts, i.e. Brexit, Austerity; migration, globalisation, migration and global conflict.
Module mapped to the National?Occupational Standards for Youth Work (CLDSC, 2019) YW01, YW02, YW03, YW04, YW05, YW06, YW07, YW08, YW09, YW10, YW11, YW12, YW13, YW14,YW15,YW16,YW17,YW18, YW19,YW20,YW21,YW22,YW23, YW24,YW25, YW2.
Module mapped to the following course learning outcomes: A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4,C1, C2, C3, C4.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 30 |
| Tutorial | 6 |
| Independent Study | 80 |
| Directed Study | 24 |
| Formative Assessment - Scheduled | 30 |
| Formative Assessment - Independent | 30 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Engage in constructive, professional learning (300 hours) and critical reflection on this learning, linking theory to practice and developing and consolidating relevent skills, knowledge and competencies reflective of JNC qualifying stage and underpinned by the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work (CLDSC, 2019). |
| LO2 | Evidence a critical understanding of the ethical, legal, and professional requirements of Youth and Community Work, promoting equity, fairness, inclusion and valuing diversity through work with young people aged 11 to 25 years. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Self Reflective Assessment 1 | A personal record of a student's learning experiences. It requires students to record and reflect upon their observations and responses to situations, which can then be used later to explore and analyse ways of thinking and being in context. Generally involves critical diaries, learning logs and written / visual journals. Produce a digital reflective workbook (EWC Professional Learning Passport) accordance with instructions and contents detailed in the level 7 Placement Manual. Evidence the 300 hour placement experiences, referenced to the Youth Work NOS (CLDSC, 2019) through reflective recordings. The placement learning agreements, directed tasks, observations, reflective recordings, supervisions and final Supervisor’s report will also be included. | 0 | 4000 | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Self Reflective Assessment 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |