Professional Diploma in Childrens Services Education Welfare

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Professional Diploma in Childrens Services
(Education Welfare)

• Presentation for Conference
• The Higher Education Role in Integrated
  Childrens Services
• Preparing Tomorrows Professionals

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Why

• History
• Government requirements
• Market

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What

• Academic and professional development
• Common core
• NVQ Learning Development and Support Services for
  children,
• young people and their
  families and carers

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Designing a curriculum academic and professional

• Role, remit and responsibilities of the Education
  Welfare Officer
• 40 credits

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Designing a curriculum common core

• Effective communication with children and
  families
• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
  children
• Managing change and supporting transitions
• Multi-agency working
• Sharing information
• Child and young person development

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Designing a curriculum - Underpinning knowledge
for the NVQ4 - Learning development and support
services for children

• Mandatory UnitsUnit 23 Promote and maximise
  educational opportunitiesUnit 26 Ensure
  personal safety and securityUnit 28 Evaluate
  risk of abuse..Unit 29 Evaluate and develop own
  contribution to the serviceUnit 30 Develop
  interactions with clientsUnit 31 Develop and
  sustain arrangements for joint workingEWO
  pathway unitsUnit 32 Initiate legal action and
  enforcement against families and carers in
  relation to attendanceUnit 33 Work with others
  to develop and implement strategies to improve
  attendanceOptional UnitsUnit 13 Make use of
  supervisionUnit 36 Manage a case load Unit
  55 Establish, sustain and disengage from
  relationships with children, young people and
  their families

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How

• Modules
• Assessment
• Delivery

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Modules

• Module 1 Role, remit and responsibilities of the
  Education Welfare Officer
• Module 2 Child and young person development
• Module 3 Effective communication and engagement
• Module 4 Managing information and information
  systems
• Module 5 Multi-agency working
• Module 6 Safeguarding and promoting the welfare
  of the child
• Module 7 Managing change and supporting
  transitions

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Programme content summary
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When

• Induction happened on 30 November 2006
• Start of programme 11 January 2007

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WHO else is involved?

• 14 students enrolled, all sponsored by the East
  Midlands Consortium of Education Welfare Managers
• Stimulating Innovation for Success (SIS)
• Childrens Workforce Development Council

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Service-Focused Collaborative Evaluation

• Collaboration between NTU, the East Midlands
  consortium of Education Welfare Managers and
  students
• Baseline 360 degree appraisal and personal
  benefit matrix for students
• Critical Success Factors and service-focused
  assignments for managers
• NTU expects to use findings for marketing and
  publicity

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Childrens Workforce Development Council

• East Midlands Consortium of Education Welfare
  Managers project
• APEL project
• NASWEs project

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Validation

• Happened on 1 November 2006
• Received 5 commendations
• Teams close partnership working with East
  Midlands consortium, including the
  Service-Focused Collaborative Evaluation
• Teams response to requirements of the national
  workforce development agenda an anticipatory,
  pro-active and forward looking approach
• Good alignment of programme to Universitys
  guidance for professional diplomas
• Diversity of teaching and learning
• Teams successful attainment of SIS and CWDC
  funding

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So far

• 14 students now working through the last module
• Issues concerning workload