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Practice Learning 1 (L5095)

45 credits, Level 5

All year

On this module, you'll complete a 70 day placement and attend practice development workshops and group reflection sessions, designed to help connect theory to practice.

The placement provides an opportunity to gain a strong understanding of the knowledge, skills, and values required for practice. Placements are offered in a variety of settings, including Private, Voluntary, Independent, and Statutory organisations, with a range of client groups.

Key experiences during this module include:

• direct practice experience with service users and carers, including handling cases, understanding the needs, multiplicity of needs, and complexity within the specific placement context
• practicing within organisational policies, structures, and processes, aligned with relevant social work legislation
• regular supervision, support, and guidance from a designated Practice Educator, who is a qualified social worker experienced in work-based learning and assessment
• purposeful reflection on the process and content of practice, linking direct practice, theoretical learning, and research
• practicing independently while knowing when to seek advice and supervision
• timely, honest, and constructive feedback on your practice, including direct observations by the practice teacher or assessor, and feedback from service users
• regular feedback on your performance from social work professionals, other professionals, as well as service users and carers.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 450 hours of work. This breaks down into about 121 hours of contact time and about 329 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.