Practice Educator’sBriefing Workshop

334SW

September 2014

Paulo Freire:Praxis

• Time eventually arrived to engage, apply, exercise, realize and go forward into practice.

• “ Reflection and action upon the world, in order to transform it.” ( Freire, P, 1986 Pedagogy of the Oppressed, New York Continuum, p.36).

Practice Placement

• 100 day placement- 15th September – 6th February 2015

• Induction- 11th, 12th September- Placement days• Full time placement- 5 days per week inc ½ day study• Expectation to attend placement during working

hours of agency- 7- 7 ½• 3 Recall Days- 10th Oct, 5th Dec, 23rd Jan

Practice Placement Handbook

• Introduction including calendar and key dates• Module Descriptor- Assessment Guidance• Guidance to completion of Portfolio( in green)• Roles and Responsibilities• Difficulties in Placement• Practice Placement Evaluation• Appendices including Proformas

Placement Cycle• Practice Placement Agreement- sets out Induction

process, learning objectives, workload, supervision arrangements, assessment, generating evidence, power issues, shared expectations, time scales

• Midway Review- review of progress, any issues, is the student on track to pass the placement, strengths, focus and development for remainder of placement

• End of placement- collation of evidence, practice educator makes final recommendation.

• The PCF was developed by the Social Work Reform Board in response to new and changing circumstances.

• Introduced as the single way social work should think about and plan their careers and professional development.

• Serves as a backdrop to both social work education and continuing professional development.

• Developed by social workers for social workers (TCSW).

Professional Capabilities Framework

• Professional rather than occupational framework• Will replace previous standards not an additional set

of expectations• Includes independent social workers• Increasing skills of PE to provide a professional

opinion, judgement of assessor considered central to making a holistic decision about performance

• Unified structure for lifelong learning

What is its Purpose?

It is a “ living” document and

“sets out the professions expectations of what a social worker should be able to do at each stage of their career and professional development”

http://www.tcsw.org.uk/pcf.aspx

What is its purpose?

• 9 domains and 9 levels of capabilities• Domains are interdependent• Overlap between the capabilities• Not evidencing every part, understand the relevant domain

and refer to in discussion of practice.• Many issues will be relevant to more than one capability• Relevant to social workers in all settings and with all service

user groups.• First attempt to provide a professional framework linked to

career progression.

PCF Domains

• Professionalism• Values and Ethics• Diversity• Rights, Justice and Economic Well being• Knowledge• Critical Reflection and Analysis• Intervention and Skills• Contexts and Organisations• Professional Leadership

The 9 Domains

• Upholding the reputation of the profession… honesty, reliability

• Effective and active use of supervision• Managing Time• Impact of Self• Recognising and Maintaining Professional

Boundaries

Professionalism

• Individual’s Identity…. Culture, economic status• Challenge personal and organisational discrimination• Recognise and manage impact of power invested in

social work role

Values and Ethics

• Impact of poverty and social exclusion• Promotion of enhanced economic status• Work within principles of human rights

Rights, Justice and Economic Well Being

• Critical understanding of application of social work theory, knowledge of legal, policy framework

• Knowledge of human growth and development• Key concepts of attachment, separation, loss, change• Expertise of service users/carers

Knowledge

• Apply imagination, creativity, and curiosity to practice

• Evidence informed judgments and justifiable decisions

• Inform decision making, rigorous questioning

Critical Reflection and Analysis

• Range of verbal and non verbal and written methods of communication

• Ability to engage with people, build and manage compassionate and effective relationships

• Holistic approach to identification of need

Intervention and Skills

• Social work operates and responds to changing economic, social, political and organisational contexts

• Legal obligations within organisations and how impacts on policy

• Demonstrate effective partnership working…… inter- professional and inter agency dimension

Contexts and Organization

• Recognise importance of professional leadership as a social worker

• Recognise value of and contribute to supporting the learning and development of others

Professional Leadership

• Entry Level• Assessed Readiness for Practice• End of first placement• End of last placement/qualification• ASYE• Social Worker• Experienced Social Worker• Advanced Practitioners Pathways

PCF Progression

• Progression between levels is characteristically,“ development of people’s ability to manage risk,

ambiguity and increasingly autonomous decision making across a range of situations”

• http://www.tcsw.org.uk/uploadedFiles/PCFNOVprogression-between-levels.pdf

PCF Progression

• By the end of the first placement students should demonstrate :

• Effective use of knowledge, skills and commitment to core values in social work in a given setting in predominantly less complex situations with support and supervision.

• Demonstrate capacity to work with people and situations where there may not be clear cut solutions.

First Placement

• By end of qualifying programmes newly qualified social workers should have:

• Demonstrated the knowledge, skills and values to work with a range of service user groups.

• The ability to undertake a range of tasks at foundation level.

Final Placement

• The capacity to work with more complex situations, be able to work more autonomously, whilst recognising that the final decision will rest with appropriate support within supervision.

• The capabilities will have been demonstrated through the last placement together with the final assessment of other work.

Final Placement

• This is a different conceptual approach• Previous interpretation of NOS suggests and

reinforces a segmented or “ partial” approach. ( tick box).

• Thus assessors need to exercise judgement, yet also pay attention to detail where necessary.

Holistic Approach

• Support judgements about readiness to progress in an holistic way

• Not a micro focus on competence• Holistic Assessment is progressive leading to final

assessment, formative or summative• In progressive assessment everything that takes

place counts towards the assessment decision.• Staged learning, including work undertaken on

qualifying programme.

Holistic Assessment

Standards of Proficiency (SOPS)

• Important Standard as set by HCPC• Developed alongside the SWRB• PCF and SOPS have different roles• SOPs are thresholds of standards• Incorporates and extends the PCF• PCF describes the capabilities required• See Appendices in Placement Handbook

Assessed Tasks

• Practice Analysis- 23rd Jan 2015• Portfolios ( 2 copies bound) to be submitted by 6th

March 2015• Not to go through university online system (Turnitin),

due to confidentiality of material.• Practice Educators asked to have final report

completed in advance of the deadline, 20th Feb 2015

Portfolio: Generating Evidence

• Practice Placement Agreement• Practice Placement Summary• Midway Review ( approx mid Nov)• Observations of Practice x 3• Service User/Carer Feedback x 1• Practice Analysis x 1• Professional Recording x 3• Critical Reflection• Self Evaluation• Practice Educator’s Evidence/Recommendation