HS394-6-FY-SO:
Practice Interventions
2023/24
Health and Social Care (School of)
Southend Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
30
16 February 2023
Requisites for this module
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BA L500 Social Work,
BA L500CO Social Work,
BA L550 Social Care,
BA L550CO Social Care
The module explores a range of social work interventions in a variety of settings, enabling students to critically reflect on the strengths and limitations of different methods and interventions and to reflect on the impact and outcomes of interventions. The module also explores how social workers work with aggression and resistance.
Social work involves engagement with individuals, groups, and social structures, with the goal of promoting social change and development. Understanding the breadth of intervention methods and styles used by social workers is important for gaining an appreciation of the diversity of the profession. This module introduces students to a range of intervention settings and methods and encourages students to reflect on what it means to ‘do’ social work.
1. Expose students to a diverse range of social work intervention settings and styles
2. Provide students with a clear framework for analysing different intervention methods and their connection to different theories, beliefs and values
3. Provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to critically assess the suitability and effectiveness of different intervention styles
4. Provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to critically reflect on how different intervention styles impact service users, practitioners, organisations and society
5. Provide students with an opportunity to reflect and critique intervention methods appropriate to developing and sustaining compassionate relationships when working with aggression and resistance
On successful completion of this module, the [learner] will be able to:
1. Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of widely used interventions in a variety of contexts, setting and situation within social work practice.
2. Analyse intervention methods providing clear rationales based on theory, reason and assessment recognising the impact of own beliefs and values.
3. Critique and analyse the strengths and weaknesses of intervention methods within contexts and settings.
4. Critically reflect on the outcomes and impact of interventions on service users and their families, own self, organisations and others.
5. Explore and critique intervention methods appropriate to developing and sustaining compassionate relationships when working with aggression and resistance
The module supports students to learn about a range of social work interventions in a variety of settings, exploring the relationship between theories, models, values, methods and interventions. Students will be encouraged to integrate ideas, knowledge and skills from previous modules and their practice placement experiences to develop their developing understanding of a range of assessments and interventions.
The module will draw on contributions from social work practitioners and other experts to provide perspectives from current practice. Experts in related fields and academic disciplines will contribute critical perspectives on issues relating to practice
Learning activities will include presentations and group discussions led by the tutor and external contributors. Areas of practice covered include direct work with children and families, mental health, international social work, working with refugees and asylum seekers, community organising and activism, working in a multidisciplinary setting and working with aggression and resistance.
Students will be encouraged to take a critical and reflective approach, exploring the strengths and limitations of specific interventions and reflecting on the impact of their own beliefs and values.
Teaching by module lead and external contributors is supported by tutor-led activities such as small group work, debates and discussions, aimed to facilitate a critical, evaluative approach to the topic covered and to enable students to make links with the learning outcomes.
Lectures: Module lead, external contributors and other members of teaching staff covering research principles and methodologies.
Independent: Students will work independently on a case study from their own practice. Placement: This module is linked to the level 6 professional practice placement.
Online: Online resources will be made available on Moodle to support student learning.
Tutorials: It is the student's responsibility to seek tutorial support as needed.
Skills: The student will be expected to engage in a range of research related activities: searching the literature, visiting the library, attending seminars and participating in conferences.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
no more |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Anonymised Case Study |
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100% |
Additional coursework information
3,500 word anonymised case study
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mx Ana Olea Fernandez, email: ao19443@essex.ac.uk.
Ana Olea-Fernandez
Sarah Wiblin
T: 01702328229
E: ugsocialworkqueries@essex.ac.uk
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No
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Dr Panagiotis Pentaris
Goldsmiths, University of London
Programme Leader
Mr Richard Ashiagbor
London South Bank University
MA Course Lead
Available via Moodle
Of 21 hours, 21 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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