2019/20 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HECS3271 Working with Children and Families

20 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: David Saltiel
Email: d.saltiel@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally completion of 120 academic credits at level 1 and 120 credits at level 2

Module replaces

HECS3210 Working with Children and Families (from 2015/16)

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

- To demonstrate being a confident and safe beginning practitioner in working with children and families.
- To critically appraise historical developments in relation to work with children and families including the changing nature of childhood and family life.
- To be able to negotiate the legal and policy frameworks in relation to safeguarding and intervention in family life in England and Wales
- To critically reflect on the perspectives of children and carers in the care system.
- To evaluate and apply knowledge and theories concerning work with children and families
- To evaluate the importance of valuing diversity and its application to social work practice with children and families.

Learning outcomes
1. Students will critically analyse the values and belief systems which underpin working with children and families
2. Students will critically analyse the social work role carrying out investigation, assessment and legal and procedural processes in relation to working with children and families
3. Students will critically reflect on using evidenced based theoretical perspectives in working with children and families
4. Students will critically analyse the issues and dilemmas of service user and carer participation in work with children and families
5. Students will analyse the current issues around working with fathers and permanency planning.
6. Students will critically evaluate the impact on self of working within complex organisations and in challenging situations and how to manage this.
7. Students will critically evaluate the use of child protection procedures in practice including inter agency issues.

Skills outcomes
The HCPC Standards of Proficiency;
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7
3.1,3.3
4.4
5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
6.1, 6.2
8.4, 8.8
9.1, 9.3
13.1, 13.2, 13, 13.4
14.5, 14.6, 14.7

The Professional Capabilities Framework;
Professionalism 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.9
Values & ethics 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Diversity 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Rights etc 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Knowledge 5.1 to 5.12
Reflection & analysis 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
Intervention & skills 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.10, 7.12, 7.13
Contexts/organisations 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7
In addition to the SOP and PCF the following skills will be developed;
Direct work skills
Court preparation skills
Assessment and decision making skills
Report writing skills

Syllabus

- Historical overview of children in society. Social construction and power issues. Understanding procedures in child safeguarding
- Unexplained injuries to children and issues of children who are 'Failing to thrive'. Child development issues.
- Framework for the Assessment of children in need and their families/ Working Together to Safeguard Children (1) - Initial assessments / Common Assessment Framework
- Framework for the Assessment of children in need and their families / Working Together to Safeguard Children (2) - Core Assessments, analysing / making recommendations and writing assessment / conference reports
- Decision making in child safeguarding, understanding professional authority and conflicts of interest.
- Direct work skills with children and families
- Participation of children and young people in care in the social work process.
- Working with foster carers and children’s experiences of fostering.
- Working with sex offenders
- Working with fathers and permanency planning.
- Parenting capacity - the impact of parental mental illness, problem alcohol and drug use and domestic violence
- The legal framework, the court process, court reports and applications to court and expectations of social workers.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	10	1.50	15.00
Lecture	12	1.50	18.00
Tutorial	2	1.50	3.00
Independent online learning hours			20.00
Private study hours			144.00
Total Contact hours			36.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Independent learning activities will incorporate case study and theoretical materials.
Private study time will be undertaken in relation to self-directed reading / activities set after each lecture to develop, incorporate and critically review their own learning in order to seek to maximise progress. Students will also be expected to read and to prepare for lectures and group activities within this allocated time and to search out relevant material for their exam.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

During the module students will be required to undertake group work. This will help develop their learning and prepare them for the summative assessment.
Student performance in the exercises and their self-report of their confidence in understanding the material will inform future sessions in order that the teaching adapts to the particular student group.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	3 hr	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

The exam will be a mixure of unseen and advanced information. The exam will have three parts; Section A will ask students to rank situations in order of urgency and to give an explanation for their ranking. Section B will be a flow chart of investigation based on one of the situations in Part A. Section C will be a case study where students will apply the law and theory to working with children and families.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 12/12/2018 16:33:09

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