First Year Social Care Placement: 30-Day WPET Assessment

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FACULTY OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING
FOUNDATION DEGREE IN SOCIAL CARE STUDIES
WORKPLACE EVIDENCE TOOL (WPET)
First Year (30 days)
Module Title:
Work Place Evidence Tool (30 days)
Student Name:
Submission Deadline:
All Sections Completed Yes / No (please circle)
All Signatures Present Yes / No (please circle)
Please keep a photocopy of your completed (and signed) WPET for your
portfolio before submitting this document.
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Key Terms
Mentor- A responsible senior practitioner who will mentor, assess and support the
student on placement.
Associated mentors- Someone other than the mentor (in a senior postion) who in
the absence of the mentor can support the students learning.
Work Place Evidence Tool (WPET)- This is the document the student will use to
record and discuss their evidence of practice.
Work Place Evidence Tool Tutor (WPET Tutor) An academic tutor who supports
the student and mentor in completing and ensuring that the WEPT evidence meets
the requirements of the programme and the PCF entry level
Professional Capabilities Framework- (PCF) The PCF is a single set of
professional national standards and the WPET is aligned to this Framework.
Important Notice:
Non-submission or failure of the WPET will result in a fail across all academic
course work.
The Foundation Degree: What is it?
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To undertake this foundation degree, students must be in a social care work place
setting or working in a voluntary capacity within the sector. To successfully engage in
this work-based programme students must be able to evidence that their practice
can be aligned to the BASW professional capabilities framework. This is the
framework used in social work education for assessing social work practice.
Successful completion of this programme can facilitate access to a range of further
programmes of study that can lead to a professional qualification. Students need to
be aware that this does not imply or infer that successful completion of this
programme leads to an automatic progression onto a social work or other
professional programme. This programme is specifically developed to support
students who may be intending to work towards a professional qualification in the
social care sector.
Work based learning on the foundation degree
Students will undertake two work-based assessments of their practice over the
course of their study on the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care. There is a
30 day assessment of practice in the work place aligned to the PCF and evidenced
in the WPET. The assessment of practice will be assessed by a work place mentor
who will be identified prior to collecting evidence for the WPET. During the students
second year on the programme a longer period of assessed practice will be
introduced. Students are not expected in their first 30 day assessed practice to meet
all of the capabilities in the 9 domains of the PCF. They will be expected to meet
these and add to their evidence of the capabilities in the second year.
During the placement students will gather sensitive information, and it is
essential that all identifying features of service users, including names,
addresses and dates of birth, are anonymised in the portfolio. Portfolios that
are not fully anonymised will be returned as a fail.
Mapping the WPET to Module Teaching and Learning. On the Foundation
Degree module learning is integrated into work-based learning. The
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relationship between the practice domains and relevant modules is shown in
the table below.
On successful completion of the
course the student will be able to:
Teaching and Learning
Domain 1 Identify and behave as a
professional, committed to
professional development
 Module MFDHS1NNB-
Demonstrate the ability to reflect
on practice and the foundations of
personal and professional
development for care work in
community and social settings.
Students are required to develop
the ability to recognise their own
limitations and seek advice and
support where necessary.
 WPET: Students will evidence
their ability to practice in a
professional and competent
manner using their work place
evidence tool.
Domain 2 Values and Ethics: Apply
ethical principles and values to guide
professional practices
 Module MFDHSIVE-Students
must demonstrate and apply
professional values and ethics to
their professional practice. They
must evidence the ability to
behave and work in a respectful,
reliable and honest manner.
Students are taught the
importance of good practice and
the ethical importance of
identifying concerns about
practice and procedures.
 WPET: Students will demonstrate
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their commitment to professional
values in work evidenced in their
work place evidence tool.
Domain 3 Diversity: Recognise
diversity and apply anti-
discriminatory and anti-oppressive
principles in practice
• Module MFDHSIV: Students will
consider issues of oppression and
discrimination, processes of
stereotyping and prejudices, in
relation to personal, cultural and
institutional processes of
discrimination.
• Module MFDHSINHG: Students
will develop their understanding
and recognise the personal,
socio-cultural, environmental and
situational factors which can
influence observed behaviour
WPET: Students will be expected
to evidence AOP and their ability
to recognise and practice in a
manner which takes account of
the diverse needs of their service
user group in their work place
evidence tool.
Domain 4. Rights, Justice and
Economic Wellbeing: Advance
human rights and promote social
justice and economic well-being
• Module MFDHSICTS: Students
will consider how social policy
frameworks and welfare models
inform individual practice.
• Module MFDHSISCP: Student
will be able to identify and apply
key theoretical concepts and the
value base that underpin our
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understanding of the social
context of the lives of service
users.
• WPET: Students will use their
work place evidence tool to
demonstrate their understanding
of Rights Justice and Economic
Wellbeing.
Domain 5 Knowledge: Develop and
apply relevant knowledge of social
care practice and research, social
sciences, law, other professional and
relevant fields, and from the
experience of people who use
services
• Module MFDHSICTS: Students
will explore the context and
knowledge base of social work
and identify the key factors which
guide Government policy and
service provision and explain their
implication for the service user.
• Module MFDHSINHG: Students
will examine a range of theories
that seek to explain human
development and demonstrate the
ability to use observation and
apply theory to inform their
practice
• Module MFDHSINNB: Students
will demonstrate an initial
understanding of the core and
common knowledge needed by
practitioners in social care and
social work services.
• Demonstrate the ability to reflect
on practice and the foundations of
personal and professional
development for care work in
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community and social settings
• Module MFDHSISCP: Students
will be able to define a range of
social care practice theories and
articulate key theories and ideas
related to the assessment, care
planning intervention and review
process in social care. They will
understand methods and models
of practice within a social care
setting. Students will be able to
demonstrate skills in the
application of theory within their
practice
• WPET: Students will evidence
their application of a range of
social science knowledge
sources, law and practice theory
in their work place evidence tool.
Domain 6. Critical reflection and
Analysis: Apply critical reflection
and analysis to inform and provide a
rationale for professional decision-
making
Module MFDHSIVEP: This
module will enable workers to
develop their professional practice
by reflecting on ethics and values
and how they apply to practice
 Module MFDHSINNB: Students
will develop their understanding of
critical reflection and demonstrate
the ability to reflect on practice
and the foundations of personal
and professional development for
care work in community and
social settings
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 WPET: Students will demonstrate
their reflective skills throughout
their work place evidence tool.
Domain 7. Intervention and Skills:
Use judgement and authority to
intervene with individuals, families
and communities to promote
independence, provide support,
prevent harm and enable progress
• Module MFDHSINHG:
Understand the challenges of
balancing individual, societal and
state responsibility in supporting
vulnerable people.
• Module MFDHSINHG: Students
will demonstrate the ability to use
observation and apply theory to
inform their practice
• Module MFDHSINNB: Students
will demonstrate the ability to
reflect on practice and the
foundations of personal and
professional development for care
work in community and social
settings.
• Module MFDHSISCP: Students
will understand methods and
models of practice within a social
care setting. They will develop
their awareness of safeguarding
and intervention models to protect
and support individuals and
families from harm. Students will
develop their ability to make
judgments and promote
independence in their work
setting.
• WPET: The work place evidence
tool will provide students with the
opportunity to demonstrate how
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they apply their knowledge and
practice skills. This will include
giving evidence of their
commitment to supporting
individuals and families to
maintain their independence while
ensuring that they prevent harm
and abuse. They will evidence the
ability to make professional
judgments and contribute to the
decision -making processes
Domain 8. Contexts and
organisations: Engage with, inform,
and adapt to changing organisational
contexts and the social and policy
environments that shape practice.
Operate effectively within and
contribute to the development of
organisations and services, including
multi-agency and inter-professional
settings
• Module MFDHSIVEP: Students
will be able to identify and discuss
key aspects of the commonalities
and cross over points between
social care and social work
practice. They will demonstrate an
initial understanding of the core
and common knowledge needed
by practitioners in social care and
social work services.
• Module MFDHSIVEP: Students
will develop skills in the
application of ethical principles to
service users’ needs and
situations.
• Module MFDHSICTS: Students
will identify the key factors which
guide Government policy and
service provision and explain their
implication for the service user
and their organisation. Students
will develop an understanding of
multi- disciplinary and inter-
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professional working in the
context of their organisation.
• WPET: Students will demonstrate
from their work place evidence
the ability to work within
organisational frameworks,
contributing to multi-agency and
inter-professional partnerships.
Domain 9. Professional Leadership:
Promote the profession and good
social care/social work practice. Take
responsibility for the professional
learning and development of others.
Develop personal influence and be
part of the collective leadership and
impact of the profession
 Module MFDHS1NFD: Students
will be able to identify their own
initial learning needs and identify
appropriate self-development
strategies. Students will be able to
evaluate the quality of different
forms of information and
understand how this informs
practice. They will demonstrate an
ability to identify, select and
collect information from a number
of different sources to inform
work-place practice. Students will
engage in academic reading,
writing and referencing.
 Module MFDHS1CTS: Students
will be able to identify the key
factors which guide Government
policy and service provision and
explain their implication for the
service user. Student will consider
how social policy frameworks and
welfare models inform individual
practice.
 Module MFDHS1VEP: Students
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will be able to discuss relevant
theories underpinning ethical
practice demonstrating
awareness of principles
associated with anti-oppressive
and anti-discriminatory
approaches.
 Module MFDHS1SCP: Students
will be able to define a range of
social care practice theories. They
will understand methods and
models of practice within a social
care setting. They will be able to
demonstrate skills in the
application of theory within their
practice.
 Module MFDHS1NNB: Students
will demonstrate an initial
understanding of the core and
common knowledge needed by
practitioners in social care and
social work services. They will
demonstrate the ability to reflect
on practice and the foundations of
personal and professional
development for care work in
community and social settings.
 Module MFDHS2SCI: Students
will demonstrate a critical
application of key theories and
models of practice within social
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care settings
 Module MFDHS2PTW: Students
will demonstrate a depth of
understanding of theories of
partnership working, be able to
critique the strengths and
limitations of partnership working
and identify and discuss a range
of mechanisms to promote
partnership working within their
workplace.
 WPET: Students will evidence
professional leadership using their
work place evidence tool.
The role of the mentor in assessing practice: levels of performance’ expected
from the student and what tasks can be delegated to the student? (An
associate mentor can support you in the absence of your mentor).
The student will need to engage in focussed social care practice to evidence that
they have met the requirements of the Foundation Degree and the WPET. The
student must identify evidence in a timely manner in order that the mentor can
assess and verify the evidence. Following verification, the student completes the
relevant domain which can be found in the WPET document. Written evidence must
be cross referenced to the capability and must be signed off by the mentor. Informal
feedback should be given regularly by the mentor and associate mentors and should
be given in a constructive and non-judgemental way. We recommend that the
mentor provides formal supervision to the student. This should occur regularly at
prearranged times in a quiet environment free from the distractions of service
delivery. It may well be useful to schedule in formal supervision sessions to help
ensure that they take place on a regular basis.
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