Kingston University · Part-time
Practice Education
Reasons to choose Kingston - This course is designed to prepare social workers to teach, support and assess social work students on practice placements. - It is aligned with the Post-Qualifying Standards for practice leaders and practice supervisors. - In succ…
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Reasons to choose Kingston - This course is designed to prepare social workers to teach, support and assess social work students on practice placements. - It is aligned with the Post-Qualifying Standards for practice leaders and practice supervisors. - In successfully completing this course, you will demonstrate Stages 1 and 2 of the BASW Practice Educator Professional Standard. About this course Stage 1 of the course prepares you to work with a social work student on their first placement. You will learn to develop a curriculum, manage the placement, support learning, and assess achievement. You will put this into practice through providing a student placement (usually a 70-day placement). In Stage 2, you will provide a placement for a second social work student (usually a 100 day Final placement). If you have significant experience in practice education or have taken an Enabling Others’ Learning (Social Work) course, you may be able join Stage 2 directly. From this PgCert, you may progress to the Advanced Social Work MA, depending on your module choices. Example modules - Practice Education, Stage 1 - Practice Education Stage 2 For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage. Career opportunities Graduates have become specialists in practice education and progressed to teaching, learning and management roles.
Getting in
As the university states it
Applicants must be Social Work England registered social workers who are currently employed in the sector. Applicants for the Stage 1 module must have two years' post-registration experience as a social worker. Direct applicants for the Stage 2 module must have three years' post-registration experience as a social worker. Applicants must be in a position to offer a social work placement in their workplace. They should have the consent of their employer to do this.
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