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Direct observations, gathering feedback and reporting progress training for Practice Assessors

Part of BASW's Taught Skills Development Programme for Practice Assessors

***Session for Practice Assessors & Supervisors of Newly Qualified Social Workers only***

***Special offer price of £10 + VAT (£12) for BASW Practice Assessor/ Supervisor of NQSW members***

This 3-hour session is designed for Practice Assessors (PA’s) & Supervisors of Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW’s) nationwide undertaking their initial post-qualifying year in practice. The session outlines the requirements of Practice Assessors in terms of assessing the progress of their NQSW via observations of practice, written work, service user and professional feedback.

This course explores how to ensure the NQSW is developing as a well-rounded practitioner, able to work with their own team, other professionals, their primary service user and the service user’s wider network. Assessors need to be able to undertake a holistic assessment process and triangulate the evidence and use this to support the NQSW in their learning journey.

This session is the second of 4 sessions and can be accessed as a standalone session or as part of the series. The other topics are: 

  • Professional development, reflective supervision, managing expectations and workloads.
  • Assessing the quality of evidence and addressing concerns 
  • Wellbeing in the workplace and professional leadership 

Learning Outcomes: 

  • Understand what to look for when undertaking observations, how to record this and how to support the NQSW to draw learning from the experience.
  • Understand how to gain meaningful feedback from the team, other professionals, service users and their families. 
  • Understand how to report progress against the NQSW’s requirements and support them to identify their learning. 

Learning Methods: 

A combination of learning methods will be used throughout the session, including lecture, workshop and group work. Interactive and experiential methods, group and pair work, and interactive activities in the form of quizzes, polls, case studies, and reflection dilemmas will be used, to inform participant learning and support application to practice.  

Resources Required: 

This course will be delivered by MS Teams, please ensure your IT equipment is updated and is running audio/visual and the latest version of Teams – please use the joining instructions provided. 

Programme Outline: 

9 am - Please log on to MS Teams and join the meeting in the general channel  

9. 30 - Introductions, ground rules & Explanation of online methods 

9.45 What do we want to assess?

  • Practice skills with service users and their families
  • Ability to work with colleagues
  • Ability to work with other professionals
  • Skills of analysis, decision-making & recording
  • Values, ethics and self-reflection.

COFFEE / SCREEN BREAK 

11:00 How do we assess and feedback?

  • Observation
  • Feedback from Service Users/Professionals
  • Analysis of written work
  • Feeding back to promote self-reflection
  • Capturing learning needs and a plan to achieve them.

12.15 Feedback & Evaluation 

12.30  CLOSE 

The Trainers:

The programme will be facilitated virtually on MS Teams by Daisy Bogg from Daisy Bogg Consultancy Ltd (DBC), a BASW and OCN accredited training provider.

Daisy Jackson-Bogg, Chief Executive

Daisy is a recognised national social work specialist and established academic author and trainer, with qualifications in both social work and training. She has nine social work texts and numerous chapters and articles included in her credits. Daisy has been involved in the design, development and delivery of a wide range of learning and development and consultancy programmes, for example, Daisy was the lead author on the Department for Educations Return to Social Work learning materials and the Department of Health Mental Capacity Act for social workers materials, among others. She continues to lecture and practice in several social work roles and is a practice educator for social work students and both children and adults social work ASYE candidates.

Daisy oversees the content and quality of all our delivery programmes and projects. She is a registered SWE social worker, holding additional qualifications in Mental Health (AMHP), Mental Capacity (BIA), Training and Practice Education (PEPS 2). Prior to establishing her own company, Daisy had worked within and managed Substance Use Services and Mental Health Services to Director level. She was an Executive Director within the local NHS health and social care partnership trust (2008 – 2010), accountable to three local authorities, including BBC, for the delivery of a section 75 arrangement and working within health-based delivery and governance systems.

In addition to leading DBC, Daisy maintains a number of national leadership roles. Until recently she held the Chair position of both the Mental Health Committee and the Mental Capacity Act working group within BASW, she is Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University and BIA teaching lead for the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust BIA programme. 

As well as holding post graduate qualifications in Social Work and practice education, she is an ILM trained mentor, holds the PTLLS level 4 teaching qualification and holds a number of leadership qualifications, including – strategic social care leadership (PG Dip Modules – University of Birmingham) and International Healthcare Management (Yale University / SEPT).

Daisy has significant experience of coaching and mentoring at management levels.  Daisy is a passionate advocate of excellent Values and Ethics in the field and as such has an interest in strengths-based approaches and their application to supervision practice.

BASW members book via this link to obtain your discounted place (log-in required)

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