Preparation for Social Care Practice

This module will build on and develop the themes introduced in the Introduction to Social Care and Social Care – Theory and Practice modules. It seeks to further introduce the student to the theory and practice of professional social care work, informed by, and through the lens of, CORU's Standards of Proficiency. The module will introduce students to a practical and applicable practice methodology described as 'dialogic practice'. The principles and method of dialogue will be comprehensively introduced. The module will serve as an introduction to contemporary social care work in Ireland while alerting students to significant aspects of social care practice in a number of European States. This module will also serve as an introduction to the more specialist treatment of these issues offered to students in Year Four. 

This module maps to the CORU Standards of Proficiency below:

Domain 1:  Professional Autonomy and Accountability

Domain 2:  Communication, Collaborative Practice and Teamworking

Domain 3:  Safety and Quality

Domain 4: Professional Development

Domain 5:  Professional Knowledge and Skills

1. Demonstrate a competent knowledge of social care practice in a number of European states. (Proficiency: 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.5; 2.8; 5.1; 5.2; 5.14).

2. Demonstrate a comprehensive familiarity with contemporary social care practices in a number of social care practice fields (Proficiency: 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.21; 2.8; 2.13; 2.14; 5.1; 5.2; 5.5; 5.6; 5.8; 5.9; 5.13; 5.14).

3. Demonstrate a capacity to articulate and assess relevant issues and concerns in social care work with particular emphasis on the elderly, childcare, youth work, mental health work, people with disabilities, refugees and asylum seekers, ex-prisoners and on the area of addiction in an interprofessional context (Proficiency: 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5; 1.6; 1.21; 2.8; 2.13; 2.14; 5.1; 5.2; 5.5; 5.6; 5.8; 5.10; 5.13; 5.14).

4. Demonstrate a practical and applicable understanding of dialogue as a set of values and a practice for doing professional social care work, informed by CORU's Standards of Proficiency (Proficiency 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.5; 1.6; 1.8; 1.11; 1.12; 1.17; 1.21; 1.22; 1.23; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6; 2.9; 2.15; 2.17; 3.5; 3.6; 4.4; 5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.8; 5.9; 5.10; 5.13; 5.16).

5. Demonstrate an awareness and proficiency in working within cultural diversity in social care practice including recognising the need for a professional translator (Proficiency 1.8; 2.2; 2.5; 5.7; 5.14)