4B011E - Employability Skills for Professional Practice 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2032 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: 4B011E
Module Title: Employability Skills for Professional Practice
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Education
Faculty Sub Group: Education
Module Leader: Alun Prosser
Module Team: Louise Simpson, Lise Jacobsen, Kelly McCarthy, Mark Iggulden
First Intended Intake: SEP 2026 Final Year of Intake: 2031
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 30 Credit Level: 4
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100655 - community work
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2026
Valid To 31 Aug 2032

Module Aims

  • To enable students to explore a diverse range of practice settings, while developing practical skills that support the effective engagement and participation of children, young people, and families across varied professional contexts 
     

  • To develop ethically reflective practitioners, committed to a strengths-based approach, who develop self-awareness, embrace fairness, anti-oppressive principles and inclusive practices, resulting in equitable outcomes for all.  

Content Summary

Employability Skills for Professional Practice– Working with Children, Young People & Families 

Start your degree journey with a focus on your strengths, embracing the skills needed to work effectively with children and families. This module explores how you can enhance your skills from day one with theoretical and practice-based learning. You are expected to complete 16 hours of practice learning for this module which is underpinned by the Social Pedagogy Standards and Charter (SPPA, 2022) and the PCS model (Thompson, 2021) of the personal dimension. 

You will develop the skills and confidence to work collaboratively with children, families, and professionals across sectors, ensuring you understand what a person-centred, strengths-based approach is, and how this can enhance lives, wellbeing and flourishing within communities.  

 

Grounded in the Social Pedagogy Standards and Charter (SPPA, 2022), this module encourages you to think about what it means to be a compassionate and pragmatic practitioner, by building on your current strengths. By the end of this module, you will have created stronger foundations for future work with children and families. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Seminar 49
Tutorials 7
Summative Assessment 60
Formative Assessment 5
Guided Study 65
Placement 16
Practical Class/Workshops 98
Total Hours Selected 300

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 To enable students to explore a diverse range of practice settings, while developing practical skills that support the effective engagement and participation of children, young people, and families across varied professional contexts.
LO2 Students will enhance their capacity for ethically reflective practice, and demonstrate this through a strengths-based approach, increased self-awareness, embracing fairness, anti-oppressive principles and inclusion, to enable equitable outcomes for all.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Self-reflective Assessment Reflection (600 words) that links to module content and the Social Pedagogy Framework 0 600 25 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Professional Development Planning (PDP) Securing a placement and writing a Learning Agreement (2000 words) 0 2000 75 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Self-reflective Assessment ✔ ✔
Professional Development Planning (PDP) ✔ ✔

Reading List