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2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HECS2217 Decision Making in Social Work

20 creditsClass Size: 45

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

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of first year of the BA (Hons) Social Work Programme in accordance with programme requirements for progression to level 2 study

Pre-requisites

HECS2213Professional Practice 2

Module replaces

HECS2207 Decision Making in Practice

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On successful completion of the module students will:
- Understand and analyse professional decision making skills
- Understand the particular issues affecting decision making processes in social work
- Analyse and evaluate contemporary policy and practice contexts for decision making and how they may impede or facilitate decision making
- Understand analytical and intuitive models of decision making, their strengths and weaknesses

Learning outcomes
Students will:
- Understand the ways in which judgements and decisions are made in professional practice contexts
- Analyse the factors that can inhibit or prevent good effective decision making
- Analyse relevant aspects of organisational structures that deliver social work services
- Explore evidence of past failings and identify strategies which may prevent such failings being repeated
- Compare decision making across different international systems

Skills outcomes
HCPC SOP
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

PCF
Professionalism 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.7
Values & ethics 2.1, 2.2
Diversity 3.1, 3.2
Rights etc 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Knowledge 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
Reflection & analysis 6.2, 6.4, 6.5
Intervention & skills 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.10, 7.12, 7.13
Context/Organisation 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6
Knowledge and Skills Statements for social workers
Children & Families sections 5,6,7
Adults sections 4,6,8,9


Syllabus

Understanding what is meant by facts, opinions and sound evidence
Evidence Based Practice in social work
The importance of hypotheses
Making judgements in conditions of uncertainty and complexity
Theories and models of decision making
Using decision trees
Biases and errors in decision making and how to recognise and minimise them
Arguing an evidence-based case
Decision making in inter professional contexts
Applying decision making theories in practice

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Class tests, exams and assessment41.004.00
Lecture121.0012.00
Seminar121.5018.00
Tutorial42.008.00
Independent online learning hours30.00
Private study hours128.00
Total Contact hours42.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Guided reading and research related to the syllabus using online and other resources
Preparation for class discussions and assessments
Online quizzes and exercises to reinforce classroom learning
Online research of relevant legislation and policy guidance.
Reading to complete essay

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Lectures will be supplemented with a mix of discussions and group activities so there will be scope for dialogue between students and between students and lecturer when questions can be asked and understanding tested. There will be class quizzes and resumes to test knowledge. Case studies will be given for group discussion to test application of knowledge. Group and individual tutorial support will be given in preparation for essay.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Essay3000 words100.00
In-course AssessmentFORMATIVE: 4 plus online exercises0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 10/08/2020 08:37:16

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