PA938-7-PS-CZ:
Placements in Refugee Care
2023/24
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Distance Learning
Spring & Summer
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 28 June 2024
30
06 May 2022
Requisites for this module
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MA C898ZF Refugee Care,
MA C898ZP Refugee Care
This module provides students with an opportunity to relate and integrate theory and practice in the context of everyday working realities. This happens physically or virtually in the student's own country or in the UK, where the student will undertake a Placement consisting of 15 sessions.
This Placement is organised in conjunction with a relevant and approved service/organisation/agency that provides direct assistance to refugees or other involuntarily dislocated people. It enables students to examine the various perspectives, themes, theories and processes presented in the other modules as they appear in applied form in an actual work setting (at a Field Placement Agency). It offers them an opportunity to be supervised by selected experienced practitioners (Approved Field Placement Supervisors – FPS). A Placement Supervision Group (conducted remotely) is facilitated by University staff in order to (a) reflect on their placement experience (in relation: to the way they operate and relate in the Placement, to the actual work methods and dynamics, to the overall sociocultural and political contexts, etc), (b) enrich their learning by hearing from other student experiences who are placed in other Field Placement Agencies, and (c) learn (mainly from the University staff who run the Placement Supervision Group) about more appropriate ways of putting theory to practice in their Field Placement Agencies.
Note: Face to face placements will be dependent on the pandemic safety guidance as well as consideration such as safety and disability.
Participation in the module seeks to encourage students to (a) reflect on their placement experience, (b) learn from other student experiences from their own placement, and (c) learn from more appropriate practice in their Field Placement Agencies.
1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the connections between the theory and practice of Refugee Care
2. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the practice issues involved in a specific work setting (e.g. clinical, therapeutic, social care, legal)
3. Develop relevant skills in their chosen field of applied Refugee Care
4. Demonstrate an understanding of what a “therapeutic dimension” is and how it is applied in practice
5. Learn to apply a psychosocial approach to understanding the experience of involuntarily dislocated people, including the interactions between them and the work setting, as well as the personal responses of the students themselves.
The module consists of two parts:
(a) The actual placement that students undertake in an approved Field Placement Agency, and
(b) Placement Group Supervision that is conducted by the university staff, as specified in the 'Module Description' above.
We will make use of Zoom break out rooms to facilitate participation for those who may feel anxious initially to speak in large groups. In addition to the module tutor, external lecturers from other institutions will be invited as guest lecturers.
In addition to the module tutor, external supervisors from the Field Placement Agencies participate as guest lecturers.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non - essential items, please refer to the module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay |
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100% |
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
Prof Renos Papadopoulos, email: renos@essex.ac.uk.
ppspgt@essex.ac.uk
01206 873745 Room 5A.202
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Dr Ana Ljubinkovic
California State University
Lecturer in Sociology
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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