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Department of Social Policy and Social Work

Practice TeachersPlacement Report

Name of student:

Degree and Year of Entry:

Name of Practice Teacher:

Placement Agency:

Type of Placement: First/Final placement (delete as applicable)

Placement Start and Finish Dates:

Name of University Tutor:

PRACTICE TEACHERS RECOMMENDATIONS:

(i) At Interim Stage Provisional PassProvisional Fail

(ii) At end of placement Pass Fail


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Contents:

Practice Teachers Report:

1. Dates of supervision

2. Dates of Direct Observations3. Statement of confidentiality

4. A brief description of the agency context

5. Sources of evidence used

6. Assessment of student specific to the six Key Roles in the National OccupationalStandards (see Placement Handbook)

7. Assessment of student in relation to the GSCC Code of Practice and ValuesRequirements (see Placement Handbook)

8. Comments on quality of students placement report

9. Areas for future attention

10.Overview of the student as a developing practitioner11.Recommendation

Signature Sheet

Procedures for submission of the reports

In line with the Universitys guidelines, your report must be typed. It should be in Arial 12 andsingle spaced with a line gap in between paragraphs. You can obtain an electronic version ofthis report format from the departmental website -http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/spsw/socialworkpractitioners.html.

Two signed copies of the full report (i.e. including that of the student) must be submitted by thestudent by the due date in the same way as for all written assignments. It is the studentsresponsibility to ensure that they obtain and hand in their Practice Teachers report along withtheir own. Clearly it is your responsibility that you provide them on time.

If there is any difficulty encountered with meeting the deadline for submission, please advise

your students Tutor at the earliest opportunity.


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STRUCTURE OF REPORT

The required structure of the Practice Teachers Placement Report is as set out in the Contentslist above.

The same format should be used for the interim as for the end of placement report. Rather than

producing a wholly separate end of placement report, we ask you to update your interim reportwith the students progress. We ask you to do so under the appropriate headings but usingeither italics or a different font to differentiate the time in the placement to which the evidencerefers (i.e. before or after the interim point).

Reminder: Your student is expected to present their draft report to you in advance of the duedate so that you can draw on their evidence for the report that you compile and so that you cancomment on the quality of their report in your own report. We have specified this date in theInitial Practice Learning Agreement; you will need to negotiate an earlier date with the student ifrequired.

1. DATES OF SUPERVISION

2. DATES OF DIRECT OBSERVATIONS (3)for fuller guidance on the requirements relatingto Direct Observations, please see the Placement Handbook.

3. STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY

Please confirm that you have paid due attention to confidentiality of service users, carers andother staff. State how you have disguised service users and carers details. You may usenumbers, letters of the alphabet (e.g. Ms B, Mr K. Note: you must not use the actual initials ofthe person) or false names. Other staff should be referred to by role, not name (e.g. EducationSocial Worker, Care Manager etc). Please ensure that you and your student use the samesystem. You can each use the same confidentiality statement if you wish.

4. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE AGENCY CONTEXT

5. SOURCES OF EVIDENCE USED

Please list the different means that you have used to obtain evidence for your assessment ofthe students learning and development against the Key Roles and Values Requirements.These are likely to include some or all of the following:

o Direct observations

o Supervision sessions

o Feedback from service users

o Feedback from colleagues or outside services

o Written exercises

o Report writing while on placement


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6. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT SPECIFIC TO THE SIX KEY ROLES IN THE NATIONALOCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS AND THE GSCC CODE OF PRACTICE AND VALUESREQUIREMENTS (see Placement Handbook for fuller details of all of these, including thebreakdown of Key Roles into Units)

You are required to provide evidence under each of the six Key Roles and the Values

Requirements but we do not require you to break down this down into the separate Units unlessthat is your preferred way. It is important that you draw widely from the students work, citingmore than one piece of work under each heading by the time that the end of placement report iscompleted. You must also draw evidence specifically from the direct observations.

Please remember to refer to the ways in which the students standard of practice has improved,including their use of theory and research and their understanding of social work values as wellas commenting on their direct work skills.

You should also comment on evidence that has come from outside of their direct work forexample, in supervision or through the use of written assignments. This is especially important

for those areas that have not been demonstrated through direct work.

At interim stageAs the student may be at a relatively beginning stage of development, your evidence is likely toreflect that and include comment on their potential to develop further.

At end of placement stageRather than producing a wholly separate report, we ask you to update your interim report withthe students progress. We ask you to do so under the appropriate headings but using eitheritalics or a different font to differentiate the time in the placement to which the evidence refers(i.e. before or after the interim point)

KEY ROLE 1: Prepare for, and work with individuals, families, carers, groups andcommunities to assess their needs and circumstances

KEY ROLE 2: Plan, carry out, review and evaluate social work practice, with individuals,families, carers, groups, communities and other professionals

KEY ROLE 3: Support individuals to represent their needs, views and circumstances

KEY ROLE 4: Manage risk to individuals, families, carers, groups, communities, self

and colleagues

KEY ROLE 5: Manage and be accountable, with supervision and support, for your ownsocial work practice within your organisation

KEY ROLE 6: Demonstrate professional competence in social work practice


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VALUES REQUIREMENTS

Your evidence in this section can be presented either as a composite section that takes intoaccount the separate requirements oryou can provide evidence under each heading, accordingto your preference.

1. Protect the rights and promote the interests of service users and carers

2. Strive to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of service users and carers

3. Promote the independence of service users while protecting them as far as possible fromdanger or harm

4. Respect the rights of service users whilst seeking to ensure that their behaviour does notharm themselves or other people

5. Uphold public trust and confidence in social care services

6. Be accountable for the quality of their work and take responsibility for maintaining andimproving their knowledge and skills

Social workers must:

a. Have respect for:

users and carers, regardless of their age, ethnicity, culture, level of understandingand need

the expertise and knowledge users and carers have about their own situation

b. Empower users and carers in decisions affecting them

c. Be honest about:

the power invested in them, including legal powers

their role and resources available to meet need

d. Respect confidentiality, and inform users and carers when information needs to be sharedwith others

e. Be able to:

challenge discriminatory images and practices affecting users and carers

put users and carers first

7. COMMENTS ON THE QUALITY OF THE STUDENTS PLACEMENT REPORT

The students report forms an important source of evidence for your recommendation. Wetherefore require you to comment on the quality of their report, including how well itsprofessional standard reflects their other written work on placement. Our Service User andCarer (Placements) Group has told us that they value high standards of grammar andexpression in student placement reports, given that good report writing skills are so importantfor them as users and carers. Remember that you can (and should) require the student torevise any sections of their report that you consider to be below standard.


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8. AREAS FOR FUTURE ATTENTION

For Interim reports only (first and final)Areas which have not yet been addressed from the Initial Practice Learning Agreement shouldbe detailed here together with plans made to address them. Occasionally there will need to be

a statement acknowledging that circumstances mean that some cannot be achieved in full.

For First placement end of placement reports onlyAny National Occupational Standards that have not been met during the first placement shouldbe clearly identified here and on the accompanying Tracking Sheet so that they can beincorporated into the IPLA for the final placement. However attainment of a level of competenceappropriate to first placements under all Key Roles must be demonstrated.

For Final placement end of placement reports onlyRecommendations should be included here for areas to be covered in the students continuingprofessional development after registration.

9. OVERVIEW OF THE STUDENT AS A DEVELOPING PRACTITIONER

This section provides the opportunity for you to describe the students overall development as apractitioner and your overall assessment of them as a social worker, team member, reflectivelearner and so on.

10.RECOMMENDATION

At the interim stage, your recommendation will be for aprovisionalpass or fail.

At the end of placement stage, you are required to make a clear recommendation for Pass orFail.

SIGNATURES:

Name of student: Name of PT:Student Practice Teacher Date: Date:

Note: Signatures signify that both parties have read the report. Any disagreements about its

content that cannot be resolved should be indicated below and also signed against:

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