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Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...social work and can be thought of in a number of ways. It can be described as a learning tool, something that is going to help you to synthesise, explain, make sense of and ultimately develop meaning from, your experiences. It can be considered to be a professional competence, as reflected in the standards you are expected to achieve by the end of your Initial Teacher...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...social pedagogy; popular education; youth and community work; project work and youth engagement. (Batsleer, 2008, p. 1) The idea of ‘informal’ education as a practice is not meant to imply that ‘anything goes’ – it can be equally as purposeful as formal education. However, formal education (such as in school) is usually linked clearly with a ‘curriculum’ –...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...social networks when working in health and social care settings...The focus of this free course, Social media and networks in health and social care, will be on the concept of internet safety and the possible advantages and disadvantages the internet offers in terms of health and social care. It will also explore the ethical and professional issues ......
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...social workers published in 2017 (Winter et al., 2017) found that while engaging with children and young people might be difficult those difficulties should not be overstated. A crucial step for anyone working with children and young people is to go beyond standardised frameworks and recognise that each child has individual needs and comes from their own specific context...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...working with children or young people, for example in childcare, education, healthcare, social work or youth work settings. However, you will also find it of value if you are planning to work in one of these fields, or if you simply wish to improve your understanding of services for children and young people. The course is structured around a series of activities ......
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...Social Workers Learning Through Work. Her qualitative study offers valuable insights into how social workers learn through work. Sitting at the intersection between knowledge about workplace and professional learning the study explored the lived experiences of social workers’ learning to become social workers. She used an approach known as ......
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Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...social worker in Liverpool in the early nineties and then worked as a social worker in mental health services until about 2008, and then moved to Queen’s University in Belfast. My current role is Professor of Social Care, but my focus is still very much on mental health. And in terms of my interest in that area, it’s probably mainly because of family experiences –...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...works in our own lives and in the social world cannot be simplified into a list of facts to be memorised. Good RE teaches us how to bring parts of our identity which are deeply personal and influential into public discussion with our community. Our perspective – ‘where we stand’ – is brought into all our decisions whether they be personal, academic or...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs