2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HECS2215 Social Work with Adults (including Mental Health)

20 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Adam Boyes
Email: a.j.boyes@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

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

Module replaces

HECS2210 - Social Work Perspectives in Mental Health

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

1. To be aware of the structure, system and integration of Adult Social Care
2. To develop strengths based social work practice with a range of service users and developing support plans using a range of providers
3. To develop a sociological awareness of ill health, and making links to managing conditions long term
4. Developing awareness of social work role in adult social care

Learning outcomes
1. To analyse the different service areas and provision in Adult Social Care
2. To analyse the nature of Adult social care and health inequalities
3. To reflect and analyse the role of social work in relation to prevention, empowerment, and assessment of service users and carers.
4. To analyse and be able to apply adult social care law to social work practice

Skills outcomes

To meet relevant skills within national standards, Professional Capabilities Framework / SWE Professional Standards / knowledge and skills statement for working with adults/ Social Work benchmark statement
PCF knowledge base –
Apply knowledge from a range of theories and models for social work intervention with individuals, families, groups and communities, and the methods derived from them
Value and take account of the expertise of service users and carers and professionals.
PCF Intervention and Skills- Identify and use appropriate frameworks to assess, give meaning to, plan, implement and review effective interventions and evaluate the outcomes
Adult KSS
3, 4, 5, 6

Social Work Benchmark statement 2016.
4.6 - this involves showing respect for persons, honouring the diverse and distinctive organisations and communities that make up society, promoting social justice and combating processes that lead to discrimination, marginalisation, inequality and social exclusion, all of which impact upon the individual, family or society so learn to -

helping people to gain, regain or maintain control of their own lives, choices and decisions, insofar as this is compatible with their own or others' safety, well-being and rights, and practise in ways that maximise safety work in partnership with service users and carers and other professionals to foster dignity, choice and independence, and effect change .
4.7- social workers are able to act effectively in such complex circumstances – so learn to

make appropriate use of research in decision making and professional judgement about practice and in the evaluation of outcomes
5.2- Subject knowledge and Social Work theory

the nature of analysis and professional judgement and the processes of risk assessment and decision making, including the theory of risk informed decisions and the balance of choice and control, rights and protection in decision making

Professional Standards

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6,
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5,
3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.7, 3.14
4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6,
6.2, 6.4, 6.5

Syllabus

What is adult social work? Adult SW wider context / integration / specialisms in adult work.
Adult assessment Service users and carer perspectives
Adult legislation (general) and mental health legislation (more specific) – possibly including MH practitioner or LA solicitor / BIA assessment (practical as well as theoretical session).
Adult theories such as loss, life cycle, behavioural theories, systems theories etc – make links to year one module HGD etc.
Health / diagnosis / social exclusion / health inequalities and their links to each other – self management of conditions.
Adult safeguarding and risk assessment and decision making.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	5	1.00	5.00
Lecture	8	1.00	8.00
Practical	1	2.00	2.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Tutorial	3	2.00	6.00
Independent online learning hours			59.00
Private study hours			110.00
Total Contact hours			31.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Guided reading and research related to the syllabus using on line and other resources
Preparation for class discussions and etivities
Online research of relevant legislation and policy guidance.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Etivities enable students to share their knowledge and comment on others contributions in a constructive patchwork of learning.
The group seminars would support this learning, and smaller group activity as a space for students to plan and prepare their work to upload onto VLE system.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Reflective log	2000 words	100.00
In-course Assessment	FORMATIVE: Etivities	0.00
Practical	Group Simulation - Meeting with a service user (Pass/Fail)	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

E-tivities are formative and 0% of assessment– blended learning – resulting in a group / individual presentation of 5 minutes, including question time. Questions asked of the small group of students – and feedback given as formative support. Also, there are online contributions to record the work of the groups. Trigger videos used to support guided learning. Joint teaching session with mental health nursing students to support inter professional working in adult sector. There is no compensation between the 2 components of summative assessment, both must be passed. Failure of one component will result in the module mark being capped at the minimum pass mark on successful resubmission.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 10/10/2024 15:08:18

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