CYP4052 - Professional Placement - Working with Children, Young People and Families

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Evaluate the employability skills required to work in this field and analyse current personal skill sets;
Successfully conclude a professional placement demonstrating appropriate skills;
Reflect on the relationship between university-based learning and the placement experience; have analysed their performance and planned for personal/professional development.

Content:

This module will involve three stages: preparation, work placement and reflection.

3 phases of preparation to:
(a) Identify and enhance their current skills for learning from university, placement and employment;
(b) Address generic employability skills and professionalism;
(c) Address employability skills and professionalism particularities regarding the field of ‘working with children, young people and families’. Professional placement: students will be supported in finding themselves a placement and undertake a period of professional placement in an appropriate setting.
Reflection: students will complete a report reflecting upon the practical skills gained through the professional placement and what they have learnt about the application of theoretical understanding in a practical setting. They will also create a development plan for their personal, academic and professional development.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Series of workshops, followed by a 6-week block of work. Placement evaluation will take place during the first workshop of Level 4.

Workshops
Contact hours: 14

Additional assessment information
Students must pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Other relevant matters
Placement performance is assessed by the progress tutor, in liaison with the placement provider.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio 1 x 2000 word equivalent (end of semester 1) 50%
002 Placement performance 1000 word equiv (Pass/Fail) end of sem 2 0%
003 Reflective report 1 x 1000 words (end of sem 2) 50%


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