CYP7043 - Safeguarding and Supervision in Practice

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate critical awareness of the key factors of risk and vulnerability within the family.
Engage critically with the safeguarding issues for CYP with mental health issues in a contemporary context, including vulnerability to abuse and exploitation.
Identify and evaluate key practice skills (including the need for professional supervision) in assessing and intervening where children are in need or at risk of significant harm.
Demonstrate critical awareness of protective factors and the importance of resilience for CYP and their families.

Content:

This module will focus on the safeguarding needs of CYP who have SEMH needs including the impact of SEN, vulnerable families, child sexual or economic exploitation. There will also be an opportunity to investigate the impact on aCYP with mental health needs and the types of support strategies which are effective. The practice of safeguarding within a setting will be examined and best practice methods evaluated.

Learning and Teaching Information:

There will be a mix of lead lectures, visiting speakers and workshop sessions to secure the learning outcomes and integrate with the assessment strategy. These will be supported by individual tutorial support.

There will be a focus of active collaborative groupwork, enquiry-based learning and problem-based learning linked to case study development.

Lead lectures, visiting speakers
Hours: 30
Intended Group Size: Whole cohort

Workshops
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 8-10

Tutorials
Hours: 4
Intended Group Size: 4

Guided independent study
Hours: 256

Further details relating to assessment
Having engaged with a range of issues within contemporary safeguarding in relation to CYP and mental health, students will complete two tasks.

Each participant will choose a contemporary safeguarding topic linked to an aspect of the module covered and investigate and critique the chosen area. This will be researched and presented by groups of students.

Assessment:

001 Presentation; 2,000-3,000 flexible words equiv.; end of 50%
002 Essay; 2,000-3,000 flexible words ; end of semester 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Tracy Laverick
Level - 7
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 7PGS2

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