Department of Social & Policy Sciences, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
SP20184: Developing professional competence 2 |
 Credits:
| 10 |
| Level:
| Intermediate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 1 | |
| Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| ES 50%, EX 50%, OT 0% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take SP10183. This unit is only available to students on the Foundation Degree in Funeral Services. |
| Description:
| Aims: * To expand on knowledge gained in Developing Professional Competence 1. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students will be able to: * Demonstrate an awareness of the impact of workplace organisation on service provision, including staff composition, workplace layout, general office procedures, and the standards required by law and trade examiners * Explain and evaluate the registration procedures following a death including the function of the Registrar and Coroner, including an awareness of differences between the four nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) * Discuss, assess and review the practice of burial and cremation in the four nations * Demonstrate an understanding of the specific registration procedures for pre-viable foetus, stillbirth, neonatal, postnatal and infant deaths. Skills: * To synthesise information from a number of sources in order to gain a coherent understanding * To understand and complete complex legal documentation * To compare and evaluate procedures from different countries * Apply to apply theory in relation to work based practice. Content: - The premises of the funeral director * Registration procedures including function of the Registrar, liability to register a death and who can act as an informant * Medical certification of cause of death * Coroner's procedures - role of the Coroner and Coroner's officer, forms and possible actions * The Law and Practice of cremation * The Law and Practice of burial * Deaths and funerals in Scotland and Ireland * When a child dies * Office procedures- newspaper announcements, acknowledgement cards, service sheets and donations. |