PSY4072 - Professional Development and Placement in Psychology

Objectives:

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

(1) Demonstrate knowledge of the full range of psychology communication and employability skills including writing a presentable CV and effective letter of application.
(2) Demonstrate knowledge of job/career entry analysis for a named job/career in psychology.
(3) Demonstrate reflective evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses across a range of key employability skills
(4) Apply employability skills in the workplace and perform to a satisfactory standard.

Content:

A professional development programme comprising:
1. Introduction to Professional Development Planning and Placements module including
- Job/career entry analysis
- Developing psychology communication and employability skills
- CV drafting and presentation
- Interviewing skills
- Briefings by EPO and careers service
2. Meeting with Placement tutor
Placement with suitable organisation(s) normally six weeks in total
Reflection and evaluation on the placement

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures: instruction on full range of psychology communication and employability skills including discussions and practical exercises relating to the requirements of the preparatory portfolio.
Meetings with Placement tutor and EPO staff before the placement starts.

Lectures, workshops * guided activities
Hours 3 x 10
Intended Group size: 140

Individual meetings with progress tutor as required
Hours: 1
Intended Group size: 1

Individual meetings with EPO as required
Hours: 1
Intended Group size: 1

Placement (normally 6 weeks)
Hours: up to 225

Further details relating to assessment
A pass is required in components the first three components.
Portfolio includes action planning & information gathering, career path reflection, CV, cover letter

Other relevant information
Directed activities: These consist of regular tasks that must be completed and submitted for inspection at timetabled sessions each week. The assessment will be on a pass/ fail basis with a pass requiring at least 75% of all weekly tasks successfully completed. A pass mark will lead to the full award of 10% towards the final mark. A fail in directed activities will contribute 0% to the final mark. They will also be required to submit their registration and Placement information details by the advertised deadlines in order to be eligible for resit in this module.

The Placement section of the assessment consists of the 2 week intensive preparation block & the 5 week placement & in addition students will submit a weekly log (template supplied) and associated evidence/example folder via Dropbox or Google Drive (or similar). A full briefing on all these tasks will be given out at the start of the academic year and templates will be provided where applicable.

Assessment:

001 Placement Period 7 weeks end of semester 0%
002 Weekly work reflections end of semester 20%
003 Portfolio 3000 words During semester 70%
004 Directed Learning during semester 10%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Ben Morris
Level - 4
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4YL

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