Key Capabilities in Child Care and Protection

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Key Capabilities in Child Care and Protection

• The Role and Expectations
• of the Scottish Social Services Council

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The Role of SSSC

• Regulatory function
• Monitoring activity
• Quality Assuring the SW (Hons) degree
• Quality Enhancement of the SW (Hons) degree
• Learning and Development Adviser role with HEIs
• SSSC role with Employer agencies and Learning
  Networks

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Expectations

• Embedding from September 2007
• HEI role and responsibilities embedding at
  appropriate level in each year of the degree
• Employer role and responsibilities assessing at
  appropriate level in provided pl opportunity
• Partnership arrangements employers, agencies
  providing plo and practice teachers will need to
  work together with HEIs
• Innovation and creativity - a need to establish
  creative partnership arrangements between and
  across agencies
• Newly qualified worker expectation re induction

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Frequently asked questions

• Are there actually only 2 requirements?
• Where can we find a statement about the SSSC
  expectations?
• Does assessed work undertaken prior to Key
  Capabilities count?
• Do Key Capabilities apply to DipSW students?
• What if we cant provide the necessary
  opportunities for graduating students in spite of
  best efforts?

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Frequently Asked Questions (cont)

• Can students draw on extra-curricular activities,
  such as paid sessional employment or voluntary
  work?
• How will we quality assure Key Capabilities to
  keep them current?
• Can we simulate situations for the requirement to
  assess child or parenting capacity, the way we
  used to when there were, eg, no appropriate
  anti-racist opportunities for students?

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Final Thoughts

• Interest from the other UK Councils
• Interest from other disciplines eg Early Years,
  Nursing
• Interest from other client group eg vulnerable
  adults
• Interest from abroad, eg Australia
• Implications for post-qualifying expectations
• Support for External Examiners