SD4S103 - Ethics, Reflection and Safeguarding 01 Jul 2023 - 31 Aug 2029 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | SD4S103 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Ethics, Reflection and Safeguarding | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Education, Early Years and Social Work | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Youth and Community | ||
| Module Leader: | Paul Lewis | ||
| Module Team: | Kelly McCarthy, Mark Iggulden | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2023 | 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 | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Jul 2023 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2029 |
Module Aims
To provide students with the tools to think independently, sensitively and critically about the role that ethical values play, and how ethical challenges are negotiated, in work with children and young people.
To consider the challenges involved in simultaneously working with children and young people to protect and safeguard them, promote their well-being and empower them.
Content Summary
Values and ethics that underpin work with children and young people.
Personal and professional values and the impact of these on decision making.
Reflective practice, reflexivity and professional roles.
Exploring notions of need, well-being, autonomy, equality, diversity, discrimination, inclusion, and empowerment and the particular implications these have in this professional context.
Contested understandings of wellbeing, where the term has come from and its historic, cultural and social contexts.
The importance children and young people’s rights.
Links between well-being and safeguarding.
Potential challenges of the safeguarding relationship and the relationship between promoting young people's rights, and development, with the duty to safeguard and protect them from harm.
Social inclusion and young people.
Equality and young people.
Diversity and young people.
Information sharing and the procedures, policies and priorities which govern current practice in child protection and safeguarding.
Case studies of good practice and current/emerging research, policy and practice in the areas of child protection and safeguarding.
Module mapped to the National?Occupational Standards for Youth Work (CLDSC, 2019) YW01, YW03, YW04, YW05, YW06, YW07, YW09, YW10, YW11, YW13, YW14, YW15, YW16, YW17, YW18, YW19, YW20, YW22, YW23, YW24, YW25, YW26.
Module mapped to the following course learning outcomes: A1, A2 A3, B1, B2, B3. B4, C1, C2, C3, C4
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 30 |
| Tutorial | 2 |
| Independent Study | 80 |
| Directed Study | 28 |
| Formative Assessment - Scheduled | 30 |
| Formative Assessment - Independent | 30 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | To identify and critically reflect on the core ethical values of work with children and young people considering the contested nature of such values and the practices that derive from them. |
| LO2 | Reflect on the relationship between personal and professional values, and apply this theoretical understanding in the context of practice interventions with a particular focus on safeguarding and child protection |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Essay 1 | A written composition with a specified word length that, typically, on the basis of existing literature, proceeds to sustain a coherent argument. Drawing on examples from your practice, provide a critical and analytical examination of the ethical challenges involved in safeguarding the rights and welfare of children and young people alongside promoting their broader wellbeing. | 0 | 4000 | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Essay 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |