Appendix 8.4:

Appendix 8 - Guidelines for Students' Reports.
Appendix 8.1 - The Format of the Students Report.
Appendix 8.2 - The Context of the Placement.
Appendix 8.3 - Evidence of Competence.
Section 3 - A Statement About Placement Learning.

A Statement About Placement Learning
(word limit 1,000)

The student, at interim stage, should comment on what progress is being made and at final stage what progress was made over the placement, providing statements about: where s/he was at the beginning of the placement; her/his struggles with the dilemmas of practice; insight into her/his own learning, development and understanding of social work; her/his development in the transfer of knowledge, skills and values, her/his ability to be self analytical and reflective and an indication of future learning needs.

A brief section on supervision and how this process had helped the student towards competence demonstration should be included.

The grids (see Appendix 7) should be used as a working tool and these will provide a summary of the sources of evidence and as such it may be helpful to attach this to the report. Again they are in no way meant as a replacement for the written report.

Students should ensure that all identifying data in the report is deleted or disguised. (See Appendix 5)

If using cross-referencing please ensure that the method is clearly explained to the reader.

In addition to the Consortium's requirements set for the student's report, it may be helpful for the student to discuss the specific requirements of the route with her/his practice teacher and tutor. Variations in the precise form of the report for each route may be related to the academic assessment of the route's own award, which is additional to the DipSW.

The Consortium Guidelines have been produced to enable monitoring of placements and standards of practice. By following the guidelines practice teachers and students will facilitate this process.

These guidelines should be read in conjunction with the section on Requirements for Qualification.


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