Social Work – Practice Educator Professional Standards Stage 1

Course Content

• Course Details

  Social Work – Practice Educator Professional Standards Stage 1 enables candidates to demonstrate competence in, and critically reflect upon, ALL elements of Domains A–D of the Practice Educator Professional Standards as outlined by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW, 2019) as below.

  • Domain A – Work with others to organise an effective learning environment.
  • Domain B – Teaching, facilitating and supporting learning and professional development in practice.
  • Domain C – Manage the fair and transparent assessment of students in practice.
  • Domain D – Developing knowledge and continuing performance as a practice educator.  

  The Stage 1 module will aim to enable candidates to:

  • Demonstrate skills in planning, organising, delivering, teaching, assessing and evaluating effective programmes for students undertaking specialist practice.
  • Create a challenging and supportive teaching and learning environment for a student and monitor their performance.
  • Critically evaluate their supervisory skills and analyse the influence of power and authority in supervision through observational learning and feedback of their practice.

  Module Content

  Stage 1 seeks to provide candidates with the necessary knowledge and skills to support both undergraduate and postgraduate social work students in their Practice Learning Opportunity.

  The module covers:

  • Theory and practice in adult learning/ supervision.
  • Principles of holistic assessment at the formative and summative stages.
  • Direct observation of professional practice and principles of good feedback.
  • Managing students who may be underperforming or failing in the placement.

  Following successful completion of this Module, you could go onto to study the Level 2 Social Work PEPS Module. For more information, please contact Vicki Holden, the Module Leader, by email: vicki.holden@northampton.ac.uk.

  Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 24/25. The modules relating to the academic year 25/26 will be available from June 2025.

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• FAQs

  How will I study?

  You would be required to attend 1 full week of face-to-face sessions at Waterside plus additional workshops which will be confirmed.

  You will also be expected to do approximately 3 hours of self-directed study each week.

  How will I be assessed?

  The module is assessed by the completion of a Portfolio of Evidence, which candidates need to collate throughout their teaching assessment period with a current social work student. The portfolio includes an observation of practice and a reflective assignment.

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