Understanding Children - M level (870L5)
Understanding Children - M level
Module 870L5
Module details for 2007 cohort.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Pre-Requisite
If this module is taken as part of any Post-Qualifying award in Specialist Social Work with Children and Young People, their Families and Carers, candidates must have a social work qualification and currently be engaged in social work practice with children and young people, their families and carers, and have successfully completed the Consolidation module.
For candidates who take this as a free-standing module there are no pre-requisites for entry.
All candidates will normally have a degree or other proven capacity to study at M level.
Module Outline
This course enhances students' capacity to understand children holistically from a range of perspectives, including child development, psychodynamic and attachment theories. An experiential child observation exercise lies at the heart of the module. Its core focus is competent and effective professional practice that promotes and protects the well-being and welfare of children and young people. It will prepare practitioners from any setting for practice in the integrated children's workforce.
For qualified social work practitioners the module also forms part of postqualifying awards in specialist social work with children and young people, their families and carers and enables registered practitioners to fulfil post registration training and learning requirements. It forms the first of four modules which make up the specialist core element of these programmes. It is taught and assessed at postgraduate Masters Level, and thus is suitable for those who gained their social work qualification at degree level and wish to pursue their PQ specialist award studies at postgraduate Masters level.
Learning Outcomes
This Module will enable students to develop their knowledge and skills in critical understanding, analysis and evaluation and to demonstrate the impact of these in respect of the following:
1. A child centred perspective based on a systematic knowledge and critical awareness of: child and young person developmental needs, the significance of transitions, an understanding of ecological factors which impact on children and their environment and insight into children's experience from both their internal and external worlds.
2. The role of observation in informing assessment of and intervention with children and young people.
3. The significance of difference in the lives of the children, the impact of discrimination and the interaction of factors which contribute to need and vulnerability.
4. Reflexivity (critical reflection on own practice, an awareness of subjectivities and a capacity to draw upon and work with emotional and personal selves in practice).
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (3000 words) | Spring Term Week 1 Mon 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
Dr Michelle Lefevre
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