Unit name | Social Work with Children and Families with Complex Needs |
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Unit code | SPOL30026 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Turney |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
N/A |
Co-requisites |
N/A |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will examine a range of specific issues related to safeguarding children and young people and working with children in need, whether within their own families or in the care of public authorities. It will address current research on the key forms of child abuse, consider the individual, family and environmental factors that can put children in need of different kinds of service provision, and identify what is known in terms of evidence-based interventions.
The unit will enable to students to:
On successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:
Teaching will take place in 1.5 hour sessions, normally over a 3 day block with a further re-call day. The unit will combine lectures, seminar discussion and practical exercises.
A critical and reflective assignment (3000 words) supported by documentary evidence from the practice context; and Assessment through observation by an appropriate practice assessor of a relevant aspect of the student’s practice; this assessment will be based on criteria linked to the Professional Capabilities Framework.
The assignment will be marked and graded. The observation of practice will be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis; all practice-based elements of the assessment are must-pass but zero-weighted. Both pieces of work must be passed to gain the credit points for the Unit.
Cleaver, H., Unell, I. & Aldgate, J. (2011) Children’s Needs – Parenting Capacity. Child abuse: parental mental illness, learning disability, substance misuse, and domestic violence. London: Department for Education. 2nd edition.
Davies, C. & Ward, H. (2012) Safeguarding Children Across Services: Messages from Research. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Farmer, E., Sturgess, W., O’Neill, T & Wijedasa, D. (2011) Achieving Successful Returns from Care: What makes reunification work? London: BAAF.
Ferguson, H. (2011) Child Protection Practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Howe, D. (2005) Child Abuse and Neglect: Attachment, development and intervention. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
McAuley, C., Pecora, P & Rose, W. (eds) (2006) Enhancing the Well-being of Children and Families through Effective Interventions. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.