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Summative assessment
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Essay:
Students will critically reflect on
their professional development
from first to final
placement. Students
will critically analyse 1 case
example from each placement
to evaluate their development of
professional knowledge, skills,
and values from first to final
placement.
Students will need to consider
within their analysis the role of
critical reflection and address the
perspectives of service users,
families and carers, and different proffesionals.
Assessment brief/s:
The summative assessment for this module is a 4,000-word essay as follows:
Students will critically reflect on their professional development from first to final
placement. Students will critically analyse 1 case example from each placement
to evaluate their development of professional knowledge, skills, and values from first to final
placement.
Students will need to consider within their analysis the role of critical reflection and address the
perspectives of service users, families and carers, and different professionals.
The focus of the assessment is your professional development rather than a critical reflection on
a case. Therefore, you are asked to identify 1 case example from your 70-day placement and 1
case example from your 100-day placement that enables you to critically reflect on how you
have developed professionally.
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For example,
– you may have developed your ability to build rapport with a person;
– you may have developed your time management skills;
– you may have developed your ability when reflecting on cases to include external factors
that may impact on a person’s situation; or
– you may have had your values challenged.
As such, you are not required to have finished a case from referral to closure in order to
complete this assessment. It is about selecting critical incidents within your chosen cases that
demonstrate your professional development.
It is suggested that you do not commence this assignment until day 25 of your 100-day
placement, to ensure you have sufficient practice experience to draw on. If you commence your
placement later than timetabled, please see the student programme handbook for details of
how to seek an extension on your summative assessment.
What you must include within your critical reflection is an analysis of how critical reflection has
supported your professional development and consider how the perspectives of service users,
families, carers and other professionals have impacted on your professional development.
Within your critical reflection you should also analyse how your professional development has
been influenced by current and emerging issues related to social work practice and explore any
ethical dilemmas or tensions that arose during your placements. You should also provide a
legislative/policy context for your two cases and how your decision-making was influenced at an
individual, team, organisational, and societal level.
Learning Materials/Resources:
Books and policies:
Banks, S. (2021) Ethics and values in social work, London: Red Globe Press
BASW (2021) Code of Ethics for Social Work, Available at:
https://www.basw.co.uk/about-basw/code-ethics
BASW (2018) Professional Capabilities Framework, Available at:
https://www.basw.co.uk/social-work-training/professional-capabilities-framework-pcf
Bolton, G (2018) Reflective Practice: writing and professional development (5th Edn), London:
Sage
Department for Education (2018) Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Work,
Available at: https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/knowledge-and-skills-statement-child-andfamily-practitioners
Department of Health (2015) Knowledge and Skills Statement for Social Workers in Adult
Services, Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411957/KSS.pdf
Dyke, C. (2019) Writing Analytical Assessments in Social Work (2nd Edn) St Albans: Critical
Publishing
Fook, J and Gardner, F (2007) Practicing Critical Reflection: A resource handbook, Maidenhead:
Open University Press
Fook, J (2016) Social Work: A critical approach to practice (3rd Edn) London: Sage
Gray, M. and Webb, S. (ed.) (2010) Ethics and Values Perspectives in Social Work Basingstoke:
Palgrave Macmillan
Howe, D. (2008) The Emotionally Intelligent Social Worker Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Koubel, G. and Bungay, H. (2012) (Eds) Rights, Risks and Responsibilities: Interprofessional
Working in Health and Social Care Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
O’ Sullivan, T. (2011) Decision Making in Social Work 2nd Edition Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Rutter, L. and Brown K. (2015) Critical Thinking & Professional Judgement in Social Work (4th Edn)
London: Learning Matters
Schon, D (1991) (2nd Ed) The reflective practitioner: How professionals think in action. Aldershot:
Ashgate
Taylor, B. (2017) Decision making, assessment and risk in social work London: Learning Matters
Webber, M (2015) Applying Research Evidence in Social Work Practice, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan
Websites:
British Association of Social Workers: www.basw.co.uk
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: https://www.nice.org.uk/
Social Care Institute of Excellence: www.scie.org.uk
Social Work Toolkit: https://www.socialworktoolkit.com/
Journals:
British Journal of Social Work
European Journal of Social Work
Journal of Social Work Practice
Practice Social Work in Action
Module learning outcomes: By the end of this module, students should be able to:
1. Critically analyse current and emerging issues related to the role of the social worker in the UK,
exploring the tensions and ethical dilemmas of contemporary social work practice.
2. Identify the influence of contexts at individual, team, organisational, and societal levels on
professional decisions and judgements within the legal and ethical boundaries of social work.
3. Demonstrate awareness of the different perspectives and needs of service users, carers, families,
professionals and agencies and the ability to balance competing needs and rights.
4. Critically reflect on their own practice, articulating how critical thinking and reflexivity are
significant for making judgements in social work in relation to work with individuals, groups,
families, and communities.
5. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the relationship between theory, research evidence
and practice (generic and specialised application) when making judgements in practice.
INFORMATION
I am a student social worker ( MA) my first placement was with baby and mother residential assessment unit where mother are on 14 weeks assessment if they can still parent their babies . They are at the residential unit for staffs and student social workers and other professionals to see if they can still parent their babies or not. It is the local authority that sent babies and mothers to the residential unit for parenting assessment.
For more information about the placement place, please google The Chariteens residential family centre London. PLEASE DONT MENTION THE NAME OF THE ORGANISATION IN THE ESSAY PLEASE.
My final placement is with adult learning disability ( Forensic)
It is a low secure inpatient service for forensic services. They specialise in the assessment and treatment of adult with complex mental health needs and learning disability, who require care in a low secure setting, in response to offending, risky and or challenging behaviours
The ward includes a high dependency area for the assessment and treatment of those exhibiting disturbed behaviours focusing on assessment , treatment and rehabilitation
Our large multi disciplinary team consists of health care assistant, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers, speciality doctors , a family engagement and liason lead.
Care and treatment is designed on an individual basis, and we encourage the involvement of ourpatients, their relatives and carers decisions making process as much as possible.
I attend hand overs in the morning, attended ward rounds and CPA meetings.
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