CM2S060 - Public Services Work Experience 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2030 | Version 0

Associated Module Information

Module Code: CM2S060
Module Title: Public Services Work Experience
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Leadership and Public Services
Faculty Sub Group: Leadership and Public Services
Module Leader: Jennifer Law
Module Team: Hayley Jenkins
First Intended Intake: SEP 2024 Final Year of Intake: 2029
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100647 - public policy
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 0
Valid From 01 Sep 2024
Valid To 31 Aug 2030

Module Aims

To enable the student to gain skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the public sector by undertaking a period of work experience or a ‘live project’. 

To enable the student to critically reflect on their skills, the attributes needed for employment, and the learning achieved during the work experience. 

Content Summary

The requirements, competencies and attributes needed for a career in the field of public and emergency services 

Career options and job searching 

Public service culture and ethics 

Identification and evaluation of personal skills – skills audit 

Personal development planning 

Presenting your skills and abilities – CVs, applications, interviews, assessment centres, Linked in profiles, STAR technique, demonstrating evidence of meeting organisational values  

Action learning sets 

Critical reflection

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 4
Seminars 20
Practical Classes and Workshops 16
Work-based Learning 70
Independent Study? 50
Directed Study (including online learning) 40
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically reflect on the nature of professional practice in the field of public services, identify the gaps between their work?related capabilities and these expectations and prepare for work experience
LO2 Critically reflect upon the way their?work?experiences or role has contributed to their professional practice, using this to develop future personal/professional development.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 Portfolio which asks the learner to reflect on their experiences during their work placement using a structured format (log book). 0 1500 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Student Choice 1 Students choose to submit/ undertake 2 out of three options which communicate their skills/ attributes (e.g. CV, Interview, Assessment centre task). 0 N/A 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Portfolio 1
Student Choice 1

Reading List

Doel, M. 2009, Social Work Placements. A Traveller’s Guide, London: Routledge 

Atfield, G, W. Hunt, D. Luchinskya, 2021, Employability Programs and work placements in UK Higher Education,  

Holmes, C, 2017, What Employers want. The Employability Skills Handbook, Bath: Trotman Publishing 

Mullins, L.J, G. Rees and J, Mclean, 2023, Management and Organisational Behaviour, Harlow: Pearson  

Farrell, C and J. Law, 2021, Values for public servants in Wales: Putting them into Practice?, in H. Sullivan and H. Dickinson (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Springer International Publishing