Social Work Practice Education

Entry requirements

Applicants need to be registered social workers with 2 full years post qualifying experience in social work prior to the start of the course and demonstrate that they are practising at BASW (2018) PCF Experienced Social Worker level.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The Postgraduate Award in Professional Development: Social Work Education, is designed to provide you with a framework in becoming a Practice Educator.

The course will enable you to advance your skills in providing an effective learning environment. You will be given the opportunity to supervise, teach and assess social work degree students who are on placement and to demonstrate your competence in meeting the 4 domains of the Practice Educator Professional Standards for Social Work (PEPS).

The course provides a continuous professional development framework for social care professionals. Graduates from this programme will be highly competitive candidates for further postgraduate study at MSc, MPhil and PhD level.

Key features

• A blended learning experience to enable you to engage in face to face teaching and virtual learning, alongside your busy practice
• Develop fundamental skills required in Practice Education including adult teaching theory, effective supervision, constructing feedback and assessment principles
• Contemporary theory combined with the competencies needed to undertake complex practice and advance your practice in relation supporting and developing others
• Modules to develop and challenge your critical reflection, critique and synthesis to inform evidence-based practice
• Opportunities to explore social work values and develop innovative thinking in a supported environment
• Develop and demonstrate your competence and capability at an enhanced level
• Opportunities to evidence your continued professional development as required by Social Work England

Teaching

A blended learning approach will be adopted, using both face-to-face teaching and online seminars. Online learning will provided via Blackboard, using Collaborate, an interactive learning tool, Camtasia pre-recorded video lectures and discussion boards. Modules will include lectures, seminars and tutorials that are intended to enable the application of learning through discussion and small group activities. You will have the opportunity to learn in partnership with people with lived experience through the University’s IMPACT group. All students will be allocated a named Personal Academic Tutor.

The University places emphasis on enabling students to develop independent learning capabilities that will equip them for continued professional learning and development and future employment, as well as academic achievement. A mixture of independent study, teaching and academic support from Student Services and Library Services, and also the Personal Academic Tutoring system enables students to reflect on progress and build up a profile of skills, achievements and experiences that will help them to flourish and besuccessful. Students will be assessed by way of essays and portfolios (Pebblepad) which provide the opportunity for the demonstration of learning in practice.

Employability

This award will enable you to take on the role of Practice Educator for social work students. This may lead you to progress into senior roles in social work, including leadership and management and learning and development. Graduates from this course will also be highly competitive candidates for further postgraduate study at MSc, MPhil and PhD level.