Department of Social & Policy Sciences, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Non-social work students must take SP10001 and SP10002 before taking this unit. |
| Description:
| Aims: Students will build upon direct or indirect knowledge of social care organisations to understand the connections between, and the impact of policy, organisation, governance, learning, the role of consumers and public involvement, on practice and service delivery. They will learn what effect organisation has on the development of social care practice and service delivery and how different organisations inter-relate to provide the full range of social care services. Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate that they have learnt to:- * Think critically about the complex social, economic, political and cultural contexts in which social care practice is located; * Understand the changing world and structure of social care organisations; * Understand social science theories explaining group and organisational behaviour, adaptation and change; * Understand that practice requires balancing autonomy with complex, multiple and sometimes contradictory accountabilities; * Integrate knowledge about the relationship between agency policies, structure, legal requirements and professional boundaries in shaping the nature of services provided in inter-disciplinary contexts and the issues associated with working across professional boundaries and within different disciplinary groups; * Understand the partnership working and information sharing across professional disciplines and agencies, especially education, housing, health and mental health.; * Knowledge of the factors and processes that facilitate effective inter-disciplinary, inter-professional and inter-agency collaboration and partnership; * Understand the contribution of different approaches to management, leadership and quality in public and independent human services; * Develop an understanding about organisational and professional learning, including supervision, recording and professional decision-making; * Understand the governance and regulatory framework of social care; * Explore issues of risk assessment and risk management; * Understand the role of evidence based practice and the influence of public involvement; * Think critically about performance management and measurement. Skills: Students will develop the skills to:- * Develop critical and analytical powers in general (facilitated); * Gather information from a range of different sources (facilitated); * Revise and pass exams (facilitated); * Develop a knowledge of the nature of social care services and practices that can respond to diversity (taught); * Develop a knowledge of organisational processes (taught); * Analyse and address in a creative manner human, organisational and structural impediments to change (facilitated); * Write accurately and clearly in styles adapted to the audience, purpose and context of the communication (taught); * Consult actively with others, including service users, who hold relevant information or expertise (taught); * Act co-operatively with others, liaising and negotiating across differences such as organisational and professional boundaries and differences of identity or language (taught); * Manage uncertainty, change and stress in work situations (taught); * Understand and manage changing situations and respond in a flexible manner (facilitated). Content: Students will build upon direct and indirect knowledge to understand the connections between policy, organisation, governance, public involvement, learning with practice and service delivery. They will learn what effect organisation has on the development of social work practice and service delivery and how different organisations inter-relate to provide the full range of social care services. Students will develop a critical knowledge about the role of management; the role of consumer involvement; evidence-based practice; issues of governance; team working and inter-disciplinary practice and the newly developing organisational structures. |
| Programme availability: |
SP30022 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
SP30022 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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