Annexe A ELIGIBILITY AND STRETCH CRITERIA Glossary SUC = service user or carer PE = Practice Educator SDD = skills development days CSWs = Chief Social Workers Eligibility criteria Required evidence Stretch criteria Required evidence CORE AREAS Governance The partnership can include HEIs, statutory and PVI organisations The partnership can evidence governance arrangements for the partnership The partnership has governance around safe practice for students The partnership is led and driven by senior managers within the partnership; Principal Social Workers or equivalent attend partnership meetings A nominated employer body in the partnership is willing to hold any partnership funds on behalf The EoI confirms the partnership currently the eligibility criteria. It describes the membership of the partnership, the frequency of meetings and the parts played by senior managers (including Principal Social Workers or equivalent) Papers are available on request to evidence the partnership the eligibility criteria A strategy to raise the quality of education and practice training through the Teaching Partnership is by all the leads in the partnership The partnership has a credible plan for improved performance for 2015-16 and beyond, which senior managers in all partnership organisations own and will deliver A Memorandum of Understanding or Cooperation signed by organisational leaders whereby they confirm their commitment and resourcing to achieve the milestones in the Expression of Interest An accompanying high level timeline showing the milestones for 2015-16 development; a separate high level timeline for development to
of the partnership as a separately accounted fund Outcome measures Improved performance in the core areas is achieved by Sept 2016 Admissions The partnership can evidence the ways SUCs and employer representatives are involved in the design and operation of admissions, including decisions about recruitment of students The partnership can evidence the ways it SWRB guidance on the admission of students ( ) The partnership can evidence that at least 240 UCAS points or a 2:1 are required to apply for entry through conventional routes to undergraduate and postgraduate courses respectively, requirements also maintained at clearing The partnership uses a range of methods to assess applicants The EoI confirms the partnership currently meets the eligibility criteria Papers are available on request to evidence the partnership meets the eligibility criteria The partnership owns a plan for the involvement of SUCs and employer representatives at all stages of admissions from Sept 2015, including decisions about applicants The partnership is committed to a minimum of 300 UCAS points or a 2:1 requirement to undergraduate and postgraduate courses respectively from Sept 2016, requirements also maintained at clearing The partnership develops a test at the point of application before an offer to study is made. The test will assess all applicants’ The EoI describes to enhance the admissions process and raise standards of entry An admissions test is available for review by 30 June 2015 Outcome measures A visit to the partnership in shows the stretch criteria are being implemented
intellectual ability, social work values and behaviours. The test must include written assessment, verbal reasoning, group discussion and scenarios/role play in all cases. These tests should be applied to all applicants, including those from access courses Placements and curriculum The partnership’s placement provider representatives and SUCs are involved in SDD teaching, learning, assessment and curriculum planning for initial education and CPD The partnership’s SDD programme is structured around jointly agreed learning outcomes The partnership’s practice learning opportunities are quality assured with a clear learning structure in place The partnership can evidence clear links to practice, social work law and theories, methods and models of social work in its SDD programme The EoI confirms the partnership currently the eligibility criteria Papers are available on request to evidence the partnership meets the eligibility criteria All placement students are guaranteed statutory placements relevant to their specialism. In child and family settings, these will offer all students significant experience of using the statutory framework for child and family social work. In adult services, students will have experience of using statutory frameworks for adult social care in delivering personalised responses. The EoI confirms that statutory placements relevant to students’ specialisms will be available to all students in the academic year 2015-16 and beyond. It lists the organisations to be used and describes in full the types of statutory experience students will gain The EoI confirms the embedding of the CSWs’ Knowledge and Skills statements in the curriculum from and summarises
Partnerships have agreed procedures for assessing student progress; the application of procedures is consistent and evidence confirms this is the case with rigour in the system. There are clear arrangements to identify poor student progress and take appropriate action to fail students when needed Partnerships offering both statutory placements relevant to students’ specialisms in contrasting settings will be prioritised in the assessment of EoI The CSWs’ Knowledge and Skills statements have a central place in the curriculum Programmes providing units in child and family and adult specialisms will be prioritised Inspectors of practice learning are used to monitor and assess quality of practice learning opportunities The partnership has a plan for embedding the CSWs’ Knowledge and Skills statements, consistency checking of ASYE requirements, ACFP and DfE supervisor proposals into CPD during CPD, including ASYE arrangements, is linked any changes required. The EoI describes the specialisms offered in adult and child and family social work The EoI describes the monitoring and quality assurance arrangements for practice placements Papers evidencing the other requirements are available on request Outcome measures A visit to the partnership in shows the stretch criteria are being implemented
deliver and assess the initial education academic programme The partnership can evidence that robust internal QA processes are used to ensure the quality of HEI and placement delivery The partnership can evidence that student feedback is used to enhance the academic programme in 2015-16 compared to previous baselines In feedback, 90% or more of students rate academic delivery as at least good Outcome measures A visit to the partnership in shows the stretch criteria are being implemented Practitioners directly deliver some of the teaching Support and development of students on practice placements The partnership can evidence that at least 50% of all PEs currently used by the partnership have demonstrated capability against Level 2 of PE Professional Standards The partnership can evidence that PEs are required to provide evidence of ongoing capability. The partnership can evidence how it deals with quality issues relating to PEs Quality Assurance in Practice Learning (QAPL) feedback indicates enhanced placement experience for students The partnership can evidence that HEIs and employers make joint decisions on matching students with PEs The EoI confirms the partnership currently meets the eligibility criteria Papers are available on request to evidence the partnership meets the eligibility criteria The partnership can evidence how students will be supported and developed throughout their placements by a broad set of child and family and adult practitioners appropriate to their placements and not just by a single practice educator The partnership can evidence that no more than 20% of PEs used will be independent The partnership has a clear plan and accompanying rationale to allocate a fixed amount of time to The EoI describes a plan for meeting the stretch criteria from Sept 2015. This includes the increase in practitioners’ supervision time and any increase in the number of practitioners that will supervise in 2015-16, matched against changes in placement numbers for 2015-16 Outcome measures A visit to the partnership in shows the stretch
DISCRETIONARY AREAS Progression The partnership can evidence that employability rates in social work 6 months and 12 months after graduation are 50% and 70% respectively The partnership can evidence that vacancies across the partnership are systematically advertised to students The EoI confirms the partnership currently the eligibility criteria Papers are available on request to evidence the partnership the eligibility criteria There is a plan to deliver 2015-16 employability rates in social work of at least 70% and 80% 6 months and 12 months respectively after graduation The partnership can evidence that a system is in place to support final year students in their transition to qualified practitioner, above and beyond final placement arrangements The EoI describes what is in place to meet the stretch criteria Outcome measures A to the partnership by March 2015 shows a support system is in place 6 month employability targets are met by end Jan 2016 Workforce planning The partnership can evidence that the number of students admitted to qualifying programmes is linked to an area or regional workforce development programme The partnership can evidence that CPD plans are informed by employer demand and that practitioners are supported to access CPD opportunities The partnership can evidence that a comprehensive CPD The EoI confirms the partnership currently meets the eligibility criteria Papers are available on request to evidence the partnership meets the eligibility criteria The partnership has a plan for improving workforce planning during 2015-16, endorsed and driven by senior managers The partnership has a plan for embedding the CSWs’ Knowledge and Skills statements, ASYE requirements, ACFP and DfE supervisor proposals The EoI describes what is in place to meet the stretch criteria Outcome measures A visit to the partnership in shows the stretch criteria are being implemented
framework is in to enable social workers to develop career pathways into CPD during Academics’ experience of practice Practitioners with current responsibility for statutory social work must be involved in teaching specialist elements of the curriculum The partnership can evidence that 10% of academic staff are supported to have protected time in practice during 2015-16 The EoI confirms the partnership currently meets the eligibility criteria Papers are available on request to evidence the partnership meets the eligibility criteria Practitioners involved in teaching are supported by employers to do so There are joint appointments across practice and education There is a plan to embed practitioner research approaches for students and ASYEs in partnership with HEIs The EoI describes what is in place to meet the stretch criteria Outcome measures Evidence of personal practice experience informing the academic content of the programme and raising its quality Implementation timetable Feb 2015 Government publishes invitations for expressions of interest in being an early adopter of new teaching partnership arrangements 2 March Deadline for teaching partnerships to submit expressions of interest