Practice Assessment Report Template SECTION 1: Summary of assessment and supporting evidence 1.1 Placement details Student Practice educator On-site Supervisor (if applicable) Placement details (delete as applicable) First placement (70 days) Final placement (100 days) Team name/Agency and Service User Group Dates of placement and total number of placement days HEI practice tutor Final assessment for this placement See Section 2 for holistic assessment report Decision – indicate Pass or Fail Pass Fail Practice educator’s signature Supervisor’s signature Student’s signature Practice Tutor’s signature Date Summary of assessments and other evidence informing this decision Assessment Date Previous practice assessment report Practice learning agreement Interim review(s) On-site supervisor’s report and feedback
1.3 be able to undertake assessments of risk, need and capacity and respond appropriately Demonstrate an holistic approach to the identification of needs, circumstances, rights, strengths and risks – Intervention and Skills 7.4 1.4 be able to recognise and respond appropriately to unexpected situations and manage uncertainty Recognise complexity, multiple factors, changing circumstances and uncertainty in people’s lives, to be able to prioritise your intervention – Intervention and Skills 7.10 Know how to formulate, test, evaluate and review hypotheses in response to information available at the time and apply in practice – Critical Reflection and Analysis 6.5 1.5 be able to recognise signs of harm, abuse and neglect and know how to respond appropriately Understand forms of harm and their impact on people, and the implications for practice, drawing on concepts of strength, resilience, vulnerability, risk and resistance, and apply to practice – Knowledge 5.7 With support, identify appropriate responses to safeguard vulnerable people and promote their wellbeing Intervention and Skills: 7.13 2 be able to practise within the legal and ethical boundaries of their profession Understand and apply the profession’s ethical principles and legislation, taking account of these in reaching decisions – Values and Ethics 2.1 Identify concerns about practice and procedures and, with support, begin to find appropriate means of challenge – Professionalism 1.11 2.1 understand current legislation applicable to the work of their profession Understand and apply the profession’s ethical principles and legislation, taking account of these in reaching decisions – Values and Ethics 2.1
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the application to social work of research, theory and knowledge from sociology, social policy, psychology and health – Knowledge 5.1 14.7 be able to demonstrate a level of skill in the use of information technology appropriate to their practice Be able to communicate information, advice, instruction and professional opinion so as to advocate, influence and persuade – Intervention and Skills 7.2 14.8 be able to change their practice as needed to take account of new developments or changing contexts Recognise that social work operates within, and responds to, changing economic, social, political and organisational contexts – Contexts and Organisations 8.1 15 be able to establish and maintain a safe practice environment Recognise the factors that create or exacerbate risk to individuals, their families or carers, to the public or to professionals, including yourself and contribute to the assessment and management of risk – Intervention and Skills 7.12 15.1 understand the need to maintain the safety of service users, carers and colleagues Recognise the factors that create or exacerbate risk to individuals, their families or carers, to the public or to professionals, including yourself and contribute to the assessment and management of risk – Intervention and Skills 7.12 15.2 be aware of applicable health and safety legislation and any relevant safety policies and procedures in force at the workplace, such as incident reporting, and be able to act in accordance with these Understand the roles and responsibilities of social workers in a range of organisations, lines of accountability and the boundaries of professional autonomy and discretion – Contexts and Organisations 8.2 Understand legal obligations, structures and behaviours within organisations and how these impact on policy, procedure and practice – Contexts and Organisations 8.3