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SWK-10034 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 17 May 2024

SWK-10034 - Introduction to Law, Policy and Safeguarding
Coordinator: Cath Holmstrom Room: N/A
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 30
Study Hours: 300
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25


Aims
The module aims to increase students' knowledge of law, key policies, and to understand why law is crucial to social work and safeguarding practices. It also seeks to enable students to understand the relationship between law and practice and its complexities when making decisions and demonstrating professional accountability.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/swk-10034/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

discuss the development of law and policy in the context of social work practice: 1
apply the law in the context of safeguarding in social work: 1
identify, and apply relevant case law and legislation to a given social work context: 1
demonstrate engagement with, and understanding of the application of law and policy in practice: 1
recognise the need for reflective practice when engaging with the law in practice and the role of social work values: 2

Study hours

Active learning Hours (total = 91 hours)
In situ, synchronous (60 hours):
Lectures = 20
Workshops = 40
Court visit = 7 hours
Remote, asynchronous engagement with specified resources: 24 hours
Independent study hours = total of 209 hours:
(All remote, asynchronous)
Includes preparation for taught sessions (50 hours), preparation of and for assignments (60 hours), wider reading and research (99 hours)

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Case Study weighted 50%
Case study with set questions
This assessment will consist of a case study involving a family with both adult and children safeguarding issues. This format supports the student to demonstrate both knowledge and application and to justify professional decision-making. The assessment format will provide students with the opportunity to engage in a different type of assessment so that they have a a variety of assessments across the programme but will replicate social work practice contexts. The students will have 5 working days from release of paper/questions to upload their responses. The case studies will be shared in advance (at least one week before the questions).

2: Reflective Analysis weighted 50%
Reflective Analysis of Court Visit
The students will be required to write a reflective analysis of their visit to a Court (by actual or virtual attendance) and of a case (or cases) they observe. 2000 words.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 17 May 2024