SHN5692 - Volunteering in SHN

Objectives:

Content:

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

Tutorials - module co-ordinator
Contact hours: 2 per student

Tutorials - Volunteering supervisor
Contact hours: 1 per student

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 word equiv (sem 1) 30%
002 Placement report 1 x3000 words (1 week after placement) 70%
003 Practical performance 0%


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