SOC5222 - Professional Placement 2

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate the ability to apply, in the workplace, knowledge and skills gained from the academic study of Criminology or Sociology
Reflect on and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses across a range of key employability skills
Apply employability skills, including a level of enterprise and initiative, in the workplace and perform to a satisfactory standard
Produce written evaluations of professional and academic employability experience as part of a team

Content:

This module follows on from SOC4222 Professional Placement 1 and enables students to prepare appropriate professional experience and networking opportunities for SOC6044 Professional Research Project. Across these modules students are expected to develop insights into potential career avenues and to identify productive ways of interrelating academic learning with relevant professional practice. Career evaluation and planning is expected to continue across all three modules and a career-action plan, identifying key skills and work-experience needs, should be continued across the placement reports.

The module aims to prepare students for the placement including seminars on: Introduction to Professional Development Planning and Placements at Level 5; Interview with Placement Tutor; Placement with suitable organisation(s), normally six weeks in total. Completion of Portfolio and Report (including Career Research project).

The workshop sessions guide and support the students through the process of choosing and applying for appropriate placements. There will be a series of sessions preparing the students for the placement. These will normally include discussion of and lectures on wider theoretical and practical reading on work, and presentations from staff in the Employer and Partnership Office (EPO) and Careers. Topics include job satisfaction, relevant fields of employment, definitions of employment, professionalism, higher-order graduate skills, team work, careers planning, employability skills, briefings on EPO procedures, and skills and preparation for attachment/assessment.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Learning and teaching takes place through tutor-led discussion amongst placement tutees, and through a one day conference and workshop sessions, covering (as may be applicable to specific placement plans): oral presentations, poster presentations, email reporting, briefings, discussions, practical activities (role play, drafting, writing), and matters relating to the requirements of the preparatory portfolio and report. Individual tutorials with Placement Tutor/Development Tutor are provided before the placement starts. Student briefing and information documentation will be provided by the Module Coordinator and Employer Partnership Manager in the induction meeting.

Workshops
Contact Hours: 29
Intended Group size: Cohort

Individual meetings with personal tutor as required
Contact Hours: 1

Placement
Hours: Upto 225

Further details relating to assessment
The portfolio normally includes a Learning Diary, Career Path Reflection and a section on employability skills developed over the course of the module.

Students must adhere to the University’s Professional Conduct Code.

Assessment:

001 Placement; pass/fail; end of semester 2 0%
002 Portfolio; 3,000 words; end of semester 2 100%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - David Temple
Level - 5
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5S2

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