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This module is delivered across the first two terms of your programme. Throughout this module you will be involved in a range of activities in order to support your preparation for work during your practice placement. All of your learning across all modules helps to prepare you for practice, of course, but this module focuses on specific essential knowledge, skills, processes and procedures that you will need in order to be able to start and complete your placement successfully. The module will support you to reflect on your own values and how they impact on work with service users and carers. There is also a professional requirement that you undertake an assessed piece of work in relation to the Key Capabilities in Child Care and Protection, which will form part of the assessment of your ‘Readiness for Practice’. This module will therefore include an assessed piece of work in that regard, and you must also pass the module as a whole in order to progress to your practice placement.

Your learning on this module will include developing your understanding of the social work role and the lived experiences of service users and carers. You will undertake specific work related to the Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) National Practice model for understanding and assessing the needs of children, and you will develop your understanding of your specific role and responsibilities in relation to Child Protection, Adult Support and Protection, and Safeguarding people and communities from the threat of terrorism (Prevent). Education will be provided in the prevention and management of violence and aggression, and you will practise your social work skills in different realistic settings including the home and hospital environment. Towards the end of the module you will explore some of the ways in which you will learn during your practice placement including how to make effective use of professional supervision. You will also focus on specific policies, procedures and documentation that you will need to understand and complete in order to provide evidence of your learning in relation to the Standards in Social Work Education.

LO1: Analyse the strengths, needs of and risks to children and adults using an ecological framework, drawing conclusions for a plan for intervention
LO2: Distinguish the social work role in working in partnership with service users and carers to identify appropriate responses and resources for their support
LO3: Critically reflect on your professional developmental needs with respect to knowledge, skills and values underpinning your ability to establish effective relationships with service users and carers, making reference to the Codes of Practice for Social Service Workers and the Standards in Social Work Education