| Title: | Community Work Placement 1 |
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| Long Title: | Community Work Placement 1 |
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| Field of Study: |
Placement
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| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( September 2019 ) |
| Next Review Date: |
November 2021 |
| Module Coordinator: |
TOM O CONNOR |
| Module Author: |
Paddy Anderson |
| Module Description: |
This module introduces the student to the community workplace as a learning space. The skills deemed significant for community work practice are presented. Awareness of such issues as health and safety and child protection is developed and the student is enabled to interpret these for application in their community placement. The module also addresses the issue of supervision in the community context. |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
| LO1 |
Describe the community as a learning space and operate as a learner within it. |
| LO2 |
Identify the skills deemed appropriate for community work practice. |
| LO3 |
Interpret the implications for the community workplace of issues such as: health and safety, child protection, etc. |
| LO4 |
Operate in the community setting under supervision. |
| LO5 |
Reflect on their own performance in the context of their community work. |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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| none |
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list. |
| none |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| none |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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Community Workplace
The nature and characteristics of community work; professional, paid and voluntary work; agencies and organisations in community work.
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Policies and Practices
Health and Safety; Child Protection; Policies, practices and procedures within organisations/agencies.
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Supervision
The role and practice of supervision; responsibilities of supervisor and learner/worker.
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Recording and Reflection
Introduction to recording of workplace activity; introduction to reflective practice.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Course Work | 100.00% |
| Course Work |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Reflective Journal |
Reflective Report |
1,2,3,4,5 |
20.0 |
Every Week |
| Short Answer Questions |
In-class test on health, safety and child protection |
3 |
20.0 |
Week 4 |
| Performance Evaluation |
Supervisors - Learner Skills Report |
1,2,4 |
60.0 |
Sem End |
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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The institute reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Lecture/Workshop |
3.0 |
Every Week |
3.00 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Directed Workplace Learning |
4.0 |
Every Week |
4.00 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Lecture/Workshop |
3.0 |
Every Week |
3.00 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Directed Workplace Learning |
4.0 |
Every Week |
4.00 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
Module Resources
| Recommended Book Resources |
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- Health Service Executive 2011, Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children
- Forde, Catherine; Kiely, Elizabeth; Meade, Rosie (Editors) 2010, Youth and Community Work in Ireland, Wiley Blackwell [ISBN: 978-1842181737]
| | Supplementary Book Resources |
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- Butcher, Hugh; Banks, Sarah; Henderson, Paul; Robertson, Jim 2007, Critical Community Practice, Polity Press Bristol [ISBN: 978-1861347916]
- Christopher Johns (Editor) 2012, Becoming a Reflective Practitioner, Third Ed., Wiley-Blackwell [ISBN: 1405185678]
- Michael Carroll (Editor), Margaret Tholstrup (Editor) 2010, Integrative Approaches to Supervision, Jessica Kingsley Publishers [ISBN: 1853029661]
| | Recommended Article/Paper Resources |
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- Community Workers Co-operative 2008, Towards Standards 2008: An All-Ireland Statement of Values, Principles and Work Standards, Standards In Community Work
- Department of Health and Children 2011, Children First: national guidelines for the protection and welfare of children
- Department of Health and Children (DOHC) 2002, Our Duty to Care: the principles of good practice for the protection of children and young people
- Harris, Val, 1994 Community Work Skills Manual, Association of Community Workers Community Work Skills
- Community Workers Co-op, 2007, Tools for Change: a Community Work Resource Skills for Community Workers
| | Other Resources |
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- Website: The Encyclopaedia of Informal Education: Smith, M. K."Competence and competencies",
in: The Encyclopaedia of Informal
Education
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