Table 1 – Monitoring and Evaluation of University Certificate Step up to Management (Social Care Wales) Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring Evaluation Applications for the award This data will enable us to evaluate: Scope of interest in this award. Profile of applicants for this Profile of employers and service delivery that applicants are engaged in. Motivation for applications. Funding implications for applicants. Number of applicants. Evaluate the level of interest in this award via the number of applications submitted in each region. Equality data of applicants. Assess the extent to which this award was accessed by a diverse workforce profile in terms of protected characteristics (Equality Act 2010) and the Welsh language (Welsh Language Act 1993). Current job role and length of service in that job role. Ascertain the applicant’s current professional role when they to study on this award. Applicant’s employer (including service profile). Review the scope of relevant social care service providers that will benefit as regards their employee becoming a more qualified and competent member of staff. Qualifications at the start of the award. Gauge the qualifications of applicants for this award (i.e. entry level 2, 3 or another qualification?) Reason for applying for the including the applicant’s intended next step. Understand what applicants believe that this qualification can offer them as regards their professional development and future career direction. Number of applicants who stated that they were willing to in the event of no fully funded place being available. Appraise the extent to which the award would be viable in the future without the availability of funding from Social Care Wales. Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring Evaluation Students enrolled on the award – Number of students. Evaluate whether Social Care Wales achieved its target to
much of this data can be transferred from the application forms This data will enable us to evaluate: Number and profile of students. Profile of employers and the type of service delivery that students are engaged in. Motivation for students. Funding implications for students. Number of students fully-funded by Social Care Wales. Number of students. Appraise the extent to which the award would be viable in the future without the availability of funding from Social Care Wales. Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring Evaluation Students’ learning experiences and completion of the award This data will enable us to evaluate: Number of students that Number of students that complete each module. Evaluate the extent to which students complete the award in its entirety or specific modules including the reasons for this. Student experience of each module and the using the University of South Wales online module and course evaluation questions – see Appendix One. Review students’ learning experience on each module, as well as the award as a whole, including their satisfaction with the learning materials and assessments.
complete the award. Barriers to completion of the award and how these might be addressed. The benefits that students, employers and the social care profession derive from the award. Number of students that complete the award. Evaluate whether this award has made a positive difference as regards contributing towards creating a surplus of available and competent social care managers. Students’ reasons for non-completion of the award. Understand the barriers to completion of the award to enable us to address them wherever possible. The students’ intended next steps. Ascertain what students will do next after completion of the award. Job role and length of service at the end of this award. Assess the extent to students have changed their job role immediately after completion of the award. Self-assessment of the impact of the award on the students’ values, knowledge and skills as current or future social care managers. Evaluate the extent to which this award has contributed to equipping existing and future managers with relevant values, knowledge and skills in line with modern practice. Employers assessment of the student’s learning on the award for the benefits of the service. Understand the value that this award brings to employers and individuals accessing services – see Appendix two. Appendix One USW module evaluation via the loop online system