Therapeutic Practice in Safeguarding Children and Young People (NRT112)
Health and social care professionals are identified as key agents in the identification of child maltreatment (Brandon et al. 2008). Professional competence in this area requires an ability to make sound judgements in order to protect those children vulnerable to abuse and neglect. This involves the need for comprehensive knowledge and understanding of parenting styles and influences on parenting behaviours. Alongside this practitioners require clear understanding of statutory safeguarding children legislation and requirements and how to apply them, as well as clarity about professional roles and responsibilities. This module aims to develop student awareness and understanding of such key considerations, all within the context of partnership working. It is particularly suited to those who work regularly with children, and young people, and has been developed in accordance with recommendations outlined in the Welsh Assembly Government’s (2006) Safeguarding Children: Working Together Under the Children Act 2004.
On completion of the module a student should be able to:
• Critically evaluate psycho / social / cultural / religious and political influences on parenting capacity and subsequent impact on child welfare
• Critically appraise evidence which informs on making sound judgements in assessing, planning, intervening and reviewing safeguarding children practice
• Critically evaluate own and others roles, boundaries, and responsibilities in safeguarding children and determine best practice when working in challenging child welfare situations
Session Content
The content of the module is arranged in three themes and each theme will be presented over two study days. The mode of delivery is 50% classroom based and 50% networked learning and so each theme will be frontloaded with face-to-face interaction and followed up with directed networked activity. The themes are:
- Parenting and Parenting Capacity
- Making Sound Judgements
- Challenges in Partnership Working in Safeguarding Children
Module leader
Module Dates 2014:
Summer Term week commencing 7 April 2014 and completing week commencing 7 July 2014
Module code - NRT112
Credits - 30
Level 7