POL6002 - Advanced Professional Practice

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to (in respect of their chosen specialism (response, community or investigation)):
Identify: the wider context in which the police operate, emerging issues and strategic drivers which impact on their specialism;
identify specific challenges and/ or complexities with their specialism and how this effects them in their role;
describe the skills and behaviours to be effective in their specialist role;
recognise how communication strategies are used in policing and the part that both the media and social media has within those;
be able to apply reflective practice to their chosen area to inform their future practice.

Content:

Students will have chosen their police specialism at this stage and so will have opportunity to attend teaching around either response policing, community policing or investigative policing.

Response Policing:
In this pathway students will learn about specific challenges faced by response officers in more complex response situations and contexts; key social, political and strategic drivers impacting upon contemporary response policing; and strategies for how those involved in response policing can remain effective in an increasingly challenging environment.

Community Policing:
In this pathway students will learn about a range of problem-solving approaches that can be applied to reduce community tension and promote community cohesion; key emerging issues, problems or concerns faced by the community; and the impact of potential challenges to community policing and the future role of the community constable.

Investigative Policing:
In this pathway students will learn the knowledge and skills required to conduct complex investigations; the intricacies associated with victim and witness care during a complex investigation; professional considerations relevant to specific complex investigations; complex victim/ witness and suspect interviewing; liaising with specialists in relation to complex live (or cold) cases; and how to ensure the well-being and resilience of the investigative team and self during a complex investigation.

In addition, all students will learn the principles and processes of an effective communication strategy and how to use social media as a means of informing and engaging with the community and promoting policing initiatives.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Utilising the pre live post model, students will have preparation for the taught element, with a focused lecture-based input and discussion, allowing for the development and exploration of ideas. This will be followed by additional self-directed learning to enhance their initial teaching.

Lectures (Communication content)
Hours: 36
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 164

Further details relating to assessment
Students are required to submit their Operational Competency portfolio demonstrating operational practice in line with the expectations of the employing Force, the College of Policing and Authorised Professional Practice. The entries identify reflective practice in line with Kolb, cycle of reflection. This is a direct link between theoretical underpinning and practice, establishing the necessity of learning. The assessment provides scaffolding to enable a student officer to enter the Gateway for End-Point Assessment, which is a requirement of the apprenticeship, and be granted Full Operational Competency status

Assessment:

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Kirsty Bennett
Level - 6
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NOT APPLICABLE
Semester(s) Offered - 6P19S

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