Principles for Assessing and Quality Assuring Provisions and Practice
Part of BASW's Taught Skills Programme for Experienced Practice Educators and Practice Assessors
Delivered by BASW’s accredited training partner DCC-i via MS Teams. Suitable for Experienced Practice Educators – (PEPS / PE Assessors, PEPS / PE Mentors, PEPS / PE Coordinators, Practice Mentor Assessors) and Experienced Practice Assessors (ASYE Assessors, NQSW Assessors, PAs of NQSWs, PAs of ASYEs, Supervisors of NQSWs, Supervisors of ASYEs), plus L&D/Placement Coordinators, ASYE/NQSW Leads
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Quality Assurance processes for assessing Students, NQSW’s and PEP’s Trainees need to ensure they are compliant with all the frameworks governing qualifying and post qualifying standards in your country, including codes of ethics, conduct and/or practice. In addition to this best practice and the voice of both the trainee and the end service user need to be considered. There maybe numerous organisations and individuals in the process (HEI’s, Employers, Managers, Supervisors, Assessors) and these need to be coordinated effectively.
This half day course explores how to recognise all the relevant elements to ensuring the very highest of standards for our profession, whilst trying to minimise repetition, increased workload and framework fatigue! The course will explore ideas for assessment, audit and applying learning across a range of roles and settings.
Learning Outcomes:
This course will provide participants with the following learning outcomes:
• To have an understanding of how to use frameworks to underpin assessment.
• To consider where frameworks and guidance overlap and/or what differences there are and be able to ensure nothing is overlooked without excessive repetition.
• How to integrate the standards into practice using learning agreements, personal development plans, supervisions and reviews – to make everyone’s lives easier at the final assessment stage!
Programme Outline:
9.00 Log-in – Check your connection, camera & mic (the get a cuppa)
9.30 Introduction to the session and the tech
9.45 Multiple SW Frameworks:
• What are they?
• Why do we have them?
• How do they fit together?
10.20 Similarities, differences and providing evidence
• Being clear on purpose
• How to use evidence for multiple requirements.
10.50 SCREEN-BREAK
11.10 Ways of integrating Assessment & QA into practice
• At the beginning – The role of learning agreements, PDP’s.
• Ongoing – The role of supervision & reflection.
• At key points – reviews, probationary periods, appraisals.
• formative and summative assessment.
11.40 Good Practice for Assessment and quality Assurance
• Self-Assessing & reflecting on our own competence.
• Identifying and addressing gaps.
• Embedding and maintaining learning.
• Ensuring it’s not just a tick-box exercise.
12.15 Final reflections and questions
12.30 Close
The Trainer :
Lizzie Furber
Lizzie is a Social Work England registered social worker, warranted Approved Mental Health Professional, qualified BIA and active Practice Educator. Lizzie has a decade's experience in a range of statutory mental health settings and specialises in working with people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness. Prior to joining the crew, Lizzie worked in a rough sleepers' mental health team in East London and has a expertise in multiple exclusion homelessness.
Lizzie has particular interest in Care Act 2014 s42 enquiries and self-neglect, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and executive capacity, Mental Health Act assessments for street homeless people and trauma-informed care. Lizzie has experience providing training for Social Work students, ASYE social workers and front-line practitioners in health and social care with the aim of promoting legal literacy and best practice when working with marginalised and "challenging to engage" populations.
Learning Methods:
This training is delivered using an online interactive classroom approach and all delegates will be expected to take part to ensure an effective adult learning experience. Using whiteboards and breakout rooms, a combination of learning methods will be used throughout the day, including trainer presentation and group work in the form of case studies and reflection dilemmas to support application to practice.
Resources Required: All delegates will need a laptop with a functioning Microphone and Camera to allow effective participation and a strong stable internet connection. Where possible delegates should be using the Microsoft Teams Desktop App and have ensured it is fully updated. Zoom can be used as an alternative by agreement. Laptops should have an upto-date Browser such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.