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University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK, LU1 3JU
Practice Learning
is an integral part of a social workers training. The new social work degree has resulted in an
increase in the number of students coming onto the course which has had the
knock on effect upon the number of Practice Learning Opportunities needing to
be found for students.
Traditionally students spend their practice learning days within statutory teams or within the private and voluntary sector.
Here at the
University of Bedfordshire we are identifying an
increasing number of these traditional placements. The placement in the first year will be for
30 days and will be within such teams.
However in students’ second and third year placements which are for 70 and 100 days respectively, as well as the traditional type of placement being available, there will be an option to have a placement within the Centre for Development of Social Care Practice (CDSCP).
The Centre offers a learning experience different from that offered by traditional placements. Located at the Park Square campus in Luton, it provides the students’ base for their second or final year learning experience.
The centre office space caters for up to eight students at any one time with computers and telephones and the use of two interview rooms.
The practice teacher assigned to the Centre oversees the work of the students alongside the Centre manager.
The University’s pattern of student placements means students are available all year round, providing a continuity of service to referring agencies.
The work undertaken by students is varied allowing as one student describes “a diversity of experience”.
It includes specific project work, casework referred from Luton Borough Council’s Children and Learning Department with whom there is a service level agreement, work from Project Re-group, a panel which co-ordinates common assessment framework referrals, and work with members of the Experts by Experience group.
These are service users and carers who play an invaluable part in the University’s social work programmes and are able to request assistance from the Centre.
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