HS292-5-FY-SO:
Legislation, Regulation and Ethics for Practice
2016/17
Health and Social Care (School of)
Southend Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
30
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Requisites for this module
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The central focus of this module is to provide an environment where students can explore issues and concerns of legislation and ethics within the practice. Understanding the role of social legislation and the impact on practice will also be explored in other modules. The module will also focus on building the foundations of legislation relating to children and young people, adult social care, mental health and mental capacity, Youth Justice and Adult Criminal Justice established in HS191 Introduction to Law and Social Policy. The module will also explore Domestic Violence, Immigration and welfare rights and housing in greater depth
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Overview:
The module will combine a number of different teaching approaches, incorporating lectures, group work, computers skill based sessions and student led session to introduce key concepts in social work research while relating it to everyday practice.
Lectures:
Lectures by module lead and colleagues.
Independent:
Small/ PBL group work and independent work on searching the literature and any research related activities. Practice and presentations to be discussed on sphere of practice.
Placement:
Online:
Online resources will be made available on Moodle.
Tutorials:
It is the student’s responsibility to attend group tutorials and to attend personal tutorials with their tutor.
Skills:
The student will be expected to engage in a range of research related activities: searching the literature, visiting the library, attending seminars and participating in conferences.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Seminar |
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50% |
| Coursework |
Seminar - Original Mark triggering resubmission |
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| Coursework |
Essay |
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50% |
| Coursework |
Essay - Original Mark triggering resubmission |
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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
Sarah Wiblin swiblin@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Suryia Nayak
The University of Salford
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 80 hours, 7 (8.8%) hours available to students:
3 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
70 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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