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NOPT conference 2017

NOPT conference 2017. Changes in Practice Education and Assessment Cheryl Wall, Skills for Care. Practice education and assessment…. Overview: Where are we now? Work in progress/developments Challenges What’s next?. Practice education and assessment…. What do we have now:

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NOPT conference 2017

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  1. NOPT conference 2017 Changes in Practice Education and Assessment Cheryl Wall, Skills for Care

  2. Practice education and assessment… Overview: Where are we now? Work in progress/developments Challenges What’s next?

  3. Practice education and assessment… What do we have now: Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) Practice Development Educator (PDE) guidance – Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) assessor standard within Knowledge and Skills Statements (KSS), updates completed but not published Direct observation guidance (on our website) ASYE KSSs– adults (social worker) & children and families (C&F) (social worker, practice supervisor and practice leader)

  4. Standards National Assessment and Accreditation PCF Teaching partnerships Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) C &F Practice Supervisor KSS Context and developments Direct Observation Guidance Adults’ Practice Supervisor Knowledge and Skills Statement Practice Development Educator Guidance (ASYE standard) Revised learning objectives Adults Principal Social Worker KSS

  5. Current developments – PEPS Context – why changes…. Questions re status, standards, quality assurance increasing in 2016 Trawl for views – Early 2017 • PEPS widely implemented but assessment process and development programmes vary considerably. • Variation in use and implementation of stage 1 and stage 2 • Absence of national quality assurance (The College of Social Work accreditation could have contributed…) • Varying ‘currency’ arrangements • Strong message of support for national PEPS standards/accreditation • Variation in HEI accreditation Recognition that review is needed… BASW appointed to undertake this in partnership with profession/sector bodies, survey circulated by BASW and Skills for Care.

  6. Current developments Knowledge and Skills Statements (KSS) Practice Supervisors’ context… KSSs for adult social work (ASYE) in 2015, child and family statements (practice supervisor and practice leader in Nov. 2015) October 2016 Request from Lyn Romeo to draft KSS for practice supervisors (Link to C&F KSS, PCF and PEPS) Working group established to developed draft statements and options for assessment and accreditation Feedback gathered through network events Report completed and sent to Lyn Romeo in early April Further work/considerations: Links with PEPS/PDE – BASW undertaking ‘refresh’ Alignment with principal social workers KSS

  7. Current developments Knowledge and Skills Statements (KSS) Practice supervisors’ draft statement Role of practice supervisor in Adult social work • Social workers providing professional, reflective supervision • Operating at different levels within PCF dependent on role • May supervise social care staff Supervision statement • Strengths based model to supervision • Assessment against professional standards • Importance of professional supervision if line manager is not RSW • Managerial and performance issues, professional development and providing emotional support/resilience

  8. Current developments - KSS Practice supervisors’ draft statement

  9. Practice Supervisors’ KSS - Update Considerations/further work/questions…. eligibility (two years’ post registration) and currency assessment and accreditation – ASYE model? How will this work in practice, transitional arrangements, implementation guidance development activity/programmes regulation links with PEPS/PDE – alignment with BASW ‘refresh’ alignment with principal social workers KSS (working group established in June – to report in September) Formal Department of Health consultation – Autumn 2017

  10. Assessor/educator standards KSS Assessor Standard Level Title Strategic Principal Social Worker (Adults) Strategic SW Educator ? Advanced Professional SW Educator KSS Practice Supervisor (Adults linked to PCF) Links to professional levels Practice Educator (split into stage 1 and 2) KSS Practice Supervisor (Both) Proposed progression/ accreditation from PEPS (Adults) Experienced Social Worker KSS Social Worker (Both) Social Worker PEPS/PDE (Adults) ASYE PEPS Qualifying

  11. What’s next….

  12. What’s next….

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