SHN5162 - Volunteering in Sport, Health and Nutrition

Objectives:

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

Identify principles of effective interpersonal relationships and team working
Demonstrate knowledge of professional skills
Reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses and understand appraisal schemes in employment
Evaluate and reflect on the contribution made through voluntary activity and demonstrate understanding of the limits of knowledge and skills in this context
Demonstrate and reflect on the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making

Content:

The detailed nature of the voluntary activity will be the subject of a learning agreement between the student, the ‘host’ organisation or project, and the College.

Students will undertake a professional development pre placement programme: interpersonal skills, team working, managing problems at work; assessment centre tasks; appraisal systems in employment.

Volunteering may take many forms and may be organised by the student, subject to that agreement, or by the College. The voluntary activity will be required to meet a set of specific criteria relating to, for example, duration, type of activity, relevance to programme of study, supervision.

Students will undertake a professional preparation programme, together with any specific training, selection or security checks (such as CRB).

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures, workshops and tutorials comprise the preparation programme.

The exact pattern will vary depending upon the nature of the activity and whether this occurs as a block or over an extended period. Within the parameters of a 20 credit/ 200 hour, and given contact time (below), private study, assessment, and specific training, the expected minimum volunteering time is around 60 hours. This could take the form of half a day per week, a block, or a series of activities of varied duration. Evidence of attendance will be required.

Students will be supported and required to use a range of established techniques to initiate and undertake critical analysis of information, and to propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis; effectively communicate information, arguments, and analysis, in a variety of forms, to specialist and non-specialist audiences, and deploy relevant techniques to solve problems; undertake further training, develop existing skills, and acquire new competences that will enable them to assume appropriate levels of responsibility within the organisation.

Lectures/workshops
Contact hours: 7
Intended Group size: 20

Tutorials - Module Coordinator
Contact hours: 2
Intended Group size: 1

Tutorials - Volunteering Supervisor
Contact hours: 1
Intended Group size: 1

Volunteering Hours
Hours: 60

Volunteering preparation, reporting and guided independent study
hours: 132

Other relevant matters
• Exceptionally, and with the agreement of the module coordinator, a student may request a change from this module to the Professional Development and Placement module. The student must have arranged a 6-week placement and had it agreed by EPO by the last Level 5 teaching week before Christmas.
• The 60 hours volunteering should be over an extended period (12-20 weeks).
• Students will be assisted to obtain CRB clearance where appropriate.
• Normally, the Progress Tutor will be the volunteering supervisor unless a department wishes to allocate a single tutor.
• Students will be required to report their progress to the Module Coordinator/supervisor at regular intervals and will be visited by the supervisor.
• Travel expenses should be negotiated with the Module Coordinator. Any expenses agreed will be less the amount of a Metro Travel Card of 6 weeks duration (equivalent to the Professional Development and Placement module).
• All students registering for this module will receive a numeric mark factored into degree classification.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio 1 x 1500 words equiv mid semester 1 30%
002 Volunteering report 1 x 3000 words 1 week after placement 70%
003 Practical Performance (Pass/Fail) during placement 0%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - KOSTAS ZERVAS
Level - 5
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5S1

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