TRS5782 - Professional Development and Placement

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate the application of religious concepts and theories in the workplace.
Demonstrate reflective evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses across a range of key employability skills.
Develop further employabilkity skills, including digital skills; apply employability skills in the workplace and perform to a satisfactory standard.
Write an action plan for developing employability skills.

Content:

A professional development programme comprising:

- Introduction to Professional Development Planning and placements at Level 5

- Workshop sessions including:

- Working in contexts of religious significance and involving application of religious awareness
- Team work
- Assessment centre tasks
- Digital skills development

- Briefings on EPO procedures skills and preparation for attachment/assessment
- Interview with Placement Tutor
- Placement with suitable organisation(s), normally of 4-6 weeks in duration
- Reflection and evaluation of the placement.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Learning and teaching takes place through tutor-led discussion amongst placement tutees, and through a day conference and workshop sessions, covering (as may be applicable to specific placement plans): researching future careers (through Prospects website http://www.prospects.ac.uk/); production of curriculum vitae, including instruction on using CV Builder database by members of the Careers Service; practical activities exploring how to get a Placement, advice on the Placement experience and planning for this, blogging and the digital humanities. Individual tutorials with Placement Tutor/Progress Tutor are provided before the placement starts. Students to write a blog while on Placement (to feed into the final Report). A day conference will be held soon after students complete their placements.

Induction Meeting
Hours: 2
Intended Group size: 40

Day Conference
Hours: 4
Intended Group size: 150

Workshops
Hours: 26
Intended Group size: 40

Tutorials
Hours: 0.5
Intended Group size: 1

Guided Independent Study
Hours: 17.5

Work Placement
Hours: 150

Further details relating to assessment
The portfolio comprises an up-dated CV and an action plan based upon self-evaluation in terms of team-work skills, digital skills assessment and other aspects of the preparation for the placement.

It is expected that students will maintain a blog to underpin the reflective Report; the first week's diary is important in allowing tutors to assess whether or not a student needs some form of additional support/intervention by the University.

Employers submit their own report on the Placement (P/F) to the EPO for consideration, and this is passed to the tutor supporting the student - this may be shared with student on completion of the module, in order for them to undertake further reflection re their skills for employability, (Employer does/does not give permission for this to happen).

The tutor who supported the student on placement normally marks the Placement Report.

Other relevant matters
Students are encouraged to undertake a placement abroad, if they wish and as long as it is approved by the EPO. The University cannot pay for travel abroad.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio 1500 words equiv: CV, Skills audit) 30%
002 Placement Pass/Fail 0%
003 Report 1 x 3000 words semester 2 70%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Josh Poklad
Level - 5
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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