Core Module Information
Module title: Safeguarding and Public protection

SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: HSC11150
Module leader: Sarah Rose
School School of Health & Social Care
Subject area group: Allied Health and Social Care Sciences
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Description of module content:

This module explores public protections within historical and comparative and global perspectives. The module examines the common principles of different forms of public protection, the socially constructed nature of abuse, and challenges the thresholds for the involvement of the State in private and family life. The module presents practitioner’s discipline-specific risk management and the tensions sometimes arising from differing priorities. The module takes a more complex approach to safeguarding and risk by addressing situations where people may be both vulnerable and present risks to others, and considers different models for professional responses, including the possibility for harm to be caused by professional intervention.

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to
LO1: Critically explore vulnerability and related concepts in the context of the safeguarding and public
protection agenda.
LO2: Evaluate the extent to which legislation, policy, the codes of practice for social service workers and employers, and different professional practices contribute to reducing risk and improving outcomes for children and adults who are vulnerable.
LO3: Examine safeguarding and public protection in social work within historical and comparative perspectives including international contexts.

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 3, BLENDED,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: BLENDED
Location of delivery: SIGHTHILL
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Sarah Rose
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Lecture 20 Contact Module Leader
Online Guided independent study 10 Contact Module Leader
Independent Learning Guided independent study 170 Contact Module Leader
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Oral Presentation 100 1, 2 & 3 7 , WORDS= 1500 Contact Module Leader
Component 1 subtotal: 100
Component 2 subtotal: 0
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
HSC11150 Safeguarding and Public Protection