> 3) You mention 'department' - is this your academic department or the
> employer? If it is the former, then the employer may be more flexible and
> accommodating than the department currently imagines. We have sent
> students on social work placement before and the interpreting needs were
> not so great (but this was U/G rather than P/G). If the student were to
> go on and gain employment for the social services there may well be
> arrangements in place to minimise the interpeting costs through Access to
> Work by structuring the work differently.
In theory, there should be no difference between the competence
standards/level of work on placement between the undergrad/postgrad courses
(there is a difference between the standard of academic work expected,
having done interprofessional modules with MSc and undergrad students
concurrently).
I would second the call to look at the way the placements are structured; I
would not have got through my placements if I/clinical supervisor/school
contact had not negotiated sensible working practices. There needs to be a
balance between getting a wide enough range of placements to meet competence
standards and not forcing students to do too many placements in areas where
they would be unlikely to work due to (e.g.) the uncertainty/pace etc.
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