Enabling and Assessing Social Work Learners 23/24

Target group

Practice educators, practice assessors and onsite student supervisors (adults and children) 

Aims 

This joint session with Merton social care aims to refresh and enhance the knowledge and skills of professionals who support and contribute to the assessment of social work students and trainee practice educators, and will focus on:

• Assessing and developing the professionalism of social work learners in practice
• Values, ethics, and anti-oppressive and anti-racist social work practice
• Critical analysis and reflection, and practical tools to support student learning:

The content of the session draws on the learning from Practice Assessment Panels (PAP) and Quality Assurance in Practice Learning (QAPL) Reports. 

Learning objectives

After completing the session, the learner will have:

• An increased understanding of what students are expected to demonstrate on placements in respect of PCF requirements, BASW code of ethics for social workers, and Social Work England Practice Standards (SWEPS);
• An improved understanding about the practical elements of professionalism in social work practice
• Explored practice tools to aid discussion, development and assessment of students.
• Revisited the elements of practice educator practice that relate to power, anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice
• Enhanced their knowledge and understanding of reflection in social work,  including any barriers to reflective practice; and
• Explored the application of appropriate tools to enable reflection in supervision
• Enhanced their knowledge and understanding of analysis in social work, and the application of appropriate tools to enable analysis.