Quality Assurance in the Health

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Quality Assurance inthe Health SocialCare
Faculty
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Four areas of Quality Assurance

• 1. Quality Assurance of Teaching materials
  through the use of external assessors and
  critical reading of three substantive drafts (D1,
  D2, D3)
• Monitoring of teachers (Associate Lecturers)
  including checking marking and sampling of
  marking.
• Involvement of external examiners and external
  bodies to check standards.
• Requirements for annual reporting of quality and
  standards at all levels of the University.

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Quality Assurance in the Social Work Degree
Programme

• Levels of study
• AwarenessK113/KZW113 Foundations for Social Work
  Practice
• ApplicationK216/KZW216 Applied Social Work
  Practice
• Critical AnalysisK315/KZW315 Critical Social
  Work Practice

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Social Work Degree Programme

• Core assessment practice learning courses 2nd
  and 3rd year level
• Summative Tutor Market Assignments (TMAs) and
  Computer Marked Assignments (CMAs) submitted and
  marked electronically
• End of Course Assessment
• Practice Assessors Report for 100 Day Social
  Work placement in each year

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Social Work Degree Programmes
England Wales
Level 1
K100
K113
Level 2
K269
K216
Option course from K222, K224, K225,K260, K272
Key
Practice learning course
Level 3
Compulsory academic course
K315
Option course
Option course from K303, K309, KE308,KE312
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Social Work Degree ProgrammesEngland Wales
Level 1 K100 Understanding Health and Social Care
and K113 Foundations for Social Work Practice
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Social Work Degree ProgrammesEngland Wales
Level 2 K216 Applied Social Work Practice
and K269 Social Care, Social Work and the Law
and K222 Care, Welfare and Community for Social
Workers or K224 Social Work with Children and
Families orK225 Diverse Perspectives in Mental
Health orK260 Death and Dying orK272
Challenging Ideas in Mental Health
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Social Work Degree ProgrammesEngland Wales
Level 3 K315 Critical Social Work Practice
and K303 Managing Care or K309 Communication
in Health and Social Care or KE308 Youth
or KE312 Working with Children and Families
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Social Work Degree Programmes

• Qualifications
• Level 1 Certificate in Higher Education
• Level 2 Diploma of Higher Education
• Level 3 Honours Degree in Social Work

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Social Work Degree Programmes

• Components

Course materials
CDs and CD/DVD-ROMs
Course website,Online resources
Face to face workshops,online discussions,teleph
one support
Practice LearningOpportunities
Aids to Practice Cards
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Social Work have been ranked first out of 51 HEIs
in the national student survey (National Student
Survey http//www1.tqi.ac.uk). Students overall
satisfaction with the social work Degree was 97
which is the second highest result for the OU in
all the OU courses that were reported. This
shows how successful the Social Work Programme
are in supporting students in teaching, Learning
and assessment.