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Intervention and Application of Professional Judgement in Increasingly Complex Situations

Unit Code: PR16CY006
Level: Six
Credit Value: 18
Unit ID: CCZ841
learndirect: PR1
Sector: 1.3
Last registration date: 31/07/2015

This unit is a member of one or more groups of related units.

Purpose and Aim:
This unit forms part of the consolidation programme for social workers in Wales and provides opportunities to practise skills in interventions and application of professional judgement in increasingly complex situations.

Learning Outcomes

Assessment Criteria

The learner will

The learner can

1.	Understand the relationship between social policy, legislative frameworks and guidance with social services provision in Wales.

1.1	Evaluate how social policy, legislative frameworks and guidance underpin the provision of social services in Wales to include: current legislation relevant to an area of social services; safeguarding children, young people and adults; data protection and information sharing; consent and disclosure.
1.2	Outline the interface between social services provision in Wales with social services provision in: other countries of the United Kingdom the European Union outside the EU.

2.	Be able to manage your role as a social worker in increasingly complex situations.

2.1	Identify the factors that may increase complexity in social work.
2.2	Evaluate how legislative frameworks, theoretical perspectives, standards and guidance are used to inform own practice when dealing with increasingly complex situations.
2.3	Practise as a social worker within professional, legal and organisational boundaries in a complex situation.
2.4	Demonstrate persistence and assertiveness in interventions in a complex situation.
2.5	Negotiate with others to reach decisions in complex situations.
2.6	Make recommendations and decisions in accordance with own level of responsibility in a complex situation.
2.7	Use supervision to consider and manage interventions and professional judgements in complex situations.
2.8	Critically reflect on own performance within complex situations to: identify areas of good practice identify areas that need to be developed to

3.	Understand the professional social work role in relation to safeguarding adults.

3.1	Explain national, local and organisational policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding adults.
3.2	Analyse the factors that might identify an adult as at risk of harm, neglect or abuse.
3.3	Describe indicators of harm, neglect or abuse to adults.
3.4	Explain the importance of establishing the preferred outcomes of the safeguarding intervention for: service users carers.

4.	Understand the professional social work role in relation to safeguarding children.

4.1	Explain national, local and organisational policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding children.
4.2	Analyse the factors that might identify a child as at risk of harm, neglect or abuse.
4.3	Describe indicators of harm, neglect or abuse to children.
4.4	Explain the importance of establishing the preferred outcomes of the safeguarding intervention for: service users carers.

5.	Be able to exercise the professional social work role in safeguarding interventions.

5.1	Undertake, with others, an assessment concerning the safeguarding of either an adult or a child.
5.2	Contribute to a plan of support and intervention of an adult or a child.
5.3	Contribute to the evaluation of safeguarding interventions.

6.	Be able to contribute to legal processes within the remit of professional social work.

6.1	Explain the role and remit of courts in social work with children and vulnerable adults.
6.2	Analyse the role of the social worker within court processes in relation to: children adults.
6.3	Contribute to an assessment in a case where there may be legal processes.
6.4	Contribute to a report prepared for legal processes.

7.	Be able to exercise professional accountability in increasingly complex situations.

7.1	Summarise the requirements of professional accountability for social workers.
7.2	Explain reserved functions designated to social workers.
7.3	Apply the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers in increasingly complex situations.
7.4	Use supervision and guidance to critically reflect on: professional accountability professional development.
7.5	Complete accurate, cogent, coherent and analytical records and reports of social work interventions that comply with legal and organisational requirements.
7.6	Follow organisational procedures to ensure personal safety in the professional role.

Assessment Methods:

Practice file

Further assessment guidance is available here.

Assessment Information:
Legislative frameworks must include:

legislation relating to the provision of social services
Human Rights Act
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
equalities legislation
health and safety.

Provision of social services to include:

a specific area of social work
safeguarding children, young people and adults
data protection and information sharing
consent and disclosure.

Standards should include the Codes of Practice for social care workers.

National, local and organisational policies and procedures will include:

national guidance
safeguarding policies and procedures
confidentiality
multi agency working
recording
freedom of information and data protection.

With Others means other professionals that would include social workers or others involved in assessments concerning safeguarding.

Legal Processes include:

processes that may lead to court or other legal proceedings;
investigations or interventions that are conducted within a defined legal process (e.g. safeguarding or mental health aftercare services).

Professional accountability is to:

the employer
regulatory Body
service users and carers
multi –Disciplinary Team
social work as a profession.

Contribute to means using evidence from professional practice to inform social work interventions, assessments, case management, legal processes.

The use of plurals in all cases within these units means more than 1 (i.e. at least 2).

This unit must comply with the Care Council for Wales Requirements for the Consolidation Programme.

If not specifically stated in the assessment information, a plural statement in any assessment criterion means a minimum of two.

ESDGC:

The following key themes can be integrated into this unit

Health

Choices & Decisions

Other Mappings:
Safonau Gwaith Cymdeithasol 2011 y Safonau Galwedigaethol Cenedlaethol / NOS Social Work 2011 standards:

Assessor Requirements:
Assessment of learners on the Programme can only be undertaken by a registered social worker with a minimum of three years post qualifying experience in social work and either:

whose role includes supporting the learning and development of other professional staff; or
holding an appropriate qualification in assessment.

The assessment of learners will meet specified assessment requirements and will draw on a range of evidence including the direct observation of practice competence with service users, by a professionally qualified person(s).