Overview
Supporting students in practice settings is important. As a practice supervisor or practice educator, you are responsible for ensuring that social work students who graduate as registered practitioners are competent for their role.
By completing this short course, you will gain experience in supervising social work students, and meet stage 2 of the Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) for social work. You will develop the knowledge and skills needed to supervise a learner in a practice environment, and you will also reflect on your own practice, developing skills as a positive role model.
Course Details
Structure
- Mode of study: Face to face
- Duration: 5 days (with at least 80% attendance expectation)
- Start and end dates: The course starts in September with monthly training days until January.
Cost
- Single bookings: £1,200 (Offset for the bill payer by the payment received for supporting a student)
What You'll Experience
On this short course you'll cover:
- The role of the practice educator
- Facilitating and enhancing learning opportunities
- Principles of Assessment and Evaluation
- Adult learning theory
- How students learn
- Critical evaluation of the influence of power and authority in the supervisory relationship
- Working with struggling and failing students
Assessment
You'll be assessed through:
- Practice-based teaching observations and written reflection
- Support and assessment of one 100-day student placement
- Submission of a portfolio of evidence matched against the Standard of Practice Education (Practice Educator Values statements and PEPS domains).
Entry Requirements
This course is offered to UK registered social workers who are registered through Social Work England, have at least two years post post-qualifying experience (including ASYE) and are operating at the experienced social worker level.
Candidates must have supervised one student (at pre-qualification level) prior to the course and have the capacity to supervise another student whilst undertaking the course.
Candidates must be able to commit to at least 80% attendance on the course.