Risk Assessment and Safeguarding in Youth and Community Work

MODULE INFORMATION

1.Critically analyse and identify areas of risk and required support in working with others

2.Understand and apply current legislation and practice in safeguarding to vulnerable people, particularly those who are looked after or leaving care.

Thinking skills

3.Critically assess policies and practices which address the needs of people in a variety of settings and demonstrate the ability to reflect on action and challenges in working with others.

Subject-based practical skills

KEY INFORMATION

This is a CORE module for the MA Youth and Community Work programme.

The module runs for 12 weeks in term 1 and 12 weeks in term 2 and students are required to arrive for lectures on time and to participate fully in each session in a professional manner.

You should meet regularly with your Academic Supervisor

You should inform your tutor of any absence

You should regularly check your communication channels (avoiding using your personal/private email address)

You should support each other in group tasks

You should read regularly

You should complete homework tasks.

Throughout the module:

Contribute towards creating a ‘safe’ environment for discussion

Behave in a manner that respects difference and the feelings of others

Behave in a manner that reflects the student charter and youth work values

Follow any additional ‘ground rules’ agreed for the conduct of debates, workshops,

Presentations, exercises or discussion.

Please note that if you submit twice, once before the deadline and once during the 24 hour late period, then the second submission will be marked and 5% deducted.

This rule only applies to coursework.  It does not apply to examinations, presentations, performances, practical assessments or viva voce examinations.  If you miss these for a genuine reason, then you will need to apply for extenuating circumstances, or accept that you will receive a zero mark.

·impair your examination performance prevent you from attending examinations or other types of assessment, or

·prevent you from submitting coursework or other assessed work by the scheduled deadline date, or within 24 hours of the deadline date

Such circumstances rarely occur and would normally be:

·unforeseeable - in that you could have no prior knowledge of the event concerned, and

·unpreventable - in that you could do nothing reasonably in your power to prevent such an event, and

·expected to have a serious impact on performance

WHAT IS FEEDBACK?

Feedback is crucial for your learning and it is an important part of the academic cycle.  It tells you what the strengths are of your work, what its weaknesses are and how it can be improved.

WHY IS FEEDBACK IMPORTANT?

Feedback is the most effective way to: Help you understand how to succeed in your assessments; Help you produce better work for the future; Signpost you to other resources for assistance.

If you pay attention to feedback, particularly where the same comment is made in several modules, you can use the information to improve.

WHERE DO I GET FEEDBACK?

·When a tutor comments on your answers in seminars/lectures/workshops

·General comment on assessment performance in lectures and seminars

·General comment on questions prepared for seminars

·When another student makes comments on your presentation

·When you produce practice questions for a tutor who gives comments

·When you receive written comments on your work submitted either as coursework or exam

·When you look at general feedback on module performance on UEL Direct.

·When you see your Academic Adviser with all your assessment feedback for general advice.  You should always do this after each assessment period.