PA120-4-FY-CO:
Work-based Learning 1
2024/25
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
30
20 September 2023
Requisites for this module
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FDA LX51 Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations
Throughout TCTO we want you to be thinking about the link between the learning you do at university and its impact on your practice. It's also important to make the link the other way: what does your practice tell you about the usefulness of the theories you are learning about at university? Finally, we want you to develop your skills in thinking about your practice, as you take up your role each day.
The four ''golden threads' of TCTO are:
- Being aware of what you are feeling, and the sources of those feelings
- Being able to make use of ''self'' to reach a deeper understanding of ''other''
- Being familiar with psychodynamic language in order to be ble to conceptualise this deeper understanding
- Being able to use the understanding to then work therapeutically
As you progress through this module try to hold these in mind, and use them as a guide. There is no formal teaching. The onus is on you to make the links and develop your practice. To help you:
- We ask you to keep a weekly reflective journal
- We ask you to have fortnightly meetings with a mentor of your choice
- There will be zoom seminars each term to take stock of how the mentoring is going
- We will also have occasional discussions with the mentors
The module is assessed by two essays: a case study, and a reflective report.
The aims of this module are:
- To link theory to everyday working practice
- To utilise your mentor to support you in bringing your learning into the organisation
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Utilise a mentor to support learning
- Communicate effectively with colleagues and with clients
- Apply theory to practice
- Work effectively in an institutional setting, in which collaboration is the basic aim as well as therapeutic process
- Understand how to practice psychodynamically from within one’s role in the organisation
- Consider clients collaboratively and to develop therapeutic strategies
- Develop a reflective attitude in the workplace
- Understand of how a psychodynamic way of thinking can be applied to a single client
- Learn through practice, which is at the heart of the programme
Key Skills
- Reflective practice
- Enhanced awareness of interpersonal relationships in the workplace
- Capacity for psychodynamic formulation in relation to one client
Employability Skills
- Reflective practice
- Enhanced awareness of interpersonal relationships in the workplace
- Enhanced capacity for thoughtful and therapeutic communication
- Enhanced capacity for collaborative teamwork
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- Weekly work-based meetings with mentor
- Working practice in role and related activities, under mentor’s supervision
- Theoretical linkage and reflection on work experience within and across seminars, but especially in relation to observations (for the Case Study) and reflective groups
- Seminars on case study and reflective report writing
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Formative essay |
15/11/2024 |
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| Coursework |
Case Study |
11/02/2025 |
50% |
| Coursework |
Reflective Report |
23/05/2025 |
50% |
Additional coursework information
The coursework consists of one 2500 word case study and one 2500 word reflective report.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr Chris Tanner, email: chris.tanner@essex.ac.uk.
Student Administrator, 5A202, telephone 01206 874969, email ppsug@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 4 hours, 3 (75%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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