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SP20184: Developing professional competence 2

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2012/3
Follow this link for further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Follow this link for further information on credits Credits: 10
Follow this link for further information on unit levels Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Follow this link for further information on period slots Period: Semester 2
Follow this link for further information on unit assessment Assessment: ES 50%, EX 50%, OT 0%
Follow this link for further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Follow this link for further information on unit rules Requisites: Before taking this unit you must take SP10183. This unit is only available to students on the Foundation Degree in Funeral Services.
Follow this link for further information on unit content 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.
Follow this link for further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

SP20184 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Social & Policy Sciences
Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2012/13 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2013/14 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2012/13.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.