Practice Learning Placement 2 - SPY00178M

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Prerequisite - Practice Learning Placement 1

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 1 2025-26 to Semester 2 2025-26

Module aims

Module aims:

During the final placement students will acquire professional capabilities across 9 domains at qualifying level. In attaining these capabilities, the national (Social Work England) expectation is that students will gain practical experience of at least 200 days. This should include three elements –

• 30 days of skills practice

• 70 days first placement

• 100 days final placement

This module is the 100 day final placement. Details of the Professional Capabilities Framework are at: https://www.basw.co.uk/pcf/. “The Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) is the profession-owned backbone of social work education and professional development in England” (BASW 2018).

Students will also gain an understanding of the role of the Knowledge and Skills Statements (post-qualifying standards) as a framework for post-qualifying practice, in preparation for future employment. Details of the KSS for adult social work can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/adult-social-work-knowledge-and-skills

Details of the KSS for child and family social work can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/knowledge-and-skills-statements-for-child-and-family-social-work

Module learning outcomes

During the final placement students will demonstrate ‘professional capabilities’ across 9 ‘domains’ at the level appropriate to the End of Final Placement.

LO1: Professionalism

LO2: Values & Ethics

LO3: Diversity & Equality

LO4: Rights, Justice & Economic Wellbeing

LO5: Knowledge

LO6: Critical Reflection & Analysis

LO7: Skills & Interventions

LO8: Contexts & Organisations

LO9: Professional Leadership

Details of professional capabilities expectations for each domain at: https://www.basw.co.uk/pcf/capabilities/?level=8

Module content

Placement will start any time from Semester 1 (potential to start P/T in September and full time from Week 3) through to January, dependent on placement provider capacity. While on placement, students will be supported by a Practice Educator (Registered Social Worker with at least 2 years’ post-qualifying experience and a ‘Practice Education’ qualification) and a University Liaison.

Students will be out in practice for 100 days altogether. Any days that students miss (e.g. for vacation or illness) will be added to the end of the placement.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Special assessment rules

Pass/fail & Non-compensatable

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100

Module feedback

Students receive feedback from their Practice Educator as part of the report writing process. Students are informed about their grade (P/F) within 4 weeks of submission.

Indicative reading

Banks, S. (2021) Ethics and Values in Social Work, (5th Edn.). London: Red Globe Press. Beesley, P. (2019) Making the Most of Your Social Work Placement, London: SAGE Publications Doel, M. and Shardlow, S. (2016) Modern Social Work Practice: Teaching and Learning in Practice Settings (3rd edn.). London: Routledge. Lomax, R. (2010) Surviving your social work placement. New York : Palgrave Macmillan. Rogers, M., Whitaker, D., Edmondson, D. & Peach, D. (2020) Developing skills for social work practice. (2nd Edn.). London: Sage. Teater, B. (2014) An Introduction To Applying Social Work Theories And Methods. (2nd Edn.). Basingstoke: Open University Press. Thompson, N. (2021) Anti-Discriminatory Practice: Equality, Diversity and Social Justice, (7th Edn.). London: Red Globe Press.