SWK-7024X Child Placement

This module can be taken as a stand-alone module for individual learning and development. Credits from this module can also be put towards the MA in Advanced Social Work. For candidates who do not wish to pursue the full MA it is possible to exit the MA in Advanced Social Work with a Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits) or a Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits).

Applications are open to social workers with at least one year’s post-qualifying experience. This module will enhance practitioners’ and managers’ knowledge of theory and research on child placement practice with children and families. It will be relevant for all areas of work with looked after children and young people, including planning for permanency, fostering, adoption, special guardianship, kinship placements, residential care, and family contact.

Issues relating to exploring permanency vie reunification with parents will also be included. The course will have two taught days, support for developing the summative work, private study and the submission of the assignment. A range of learning materials including recommended reading and relevant online resources will be provided via Blackboard online learning platform.

A critical understanding of the research evidence base for making decisions around care planning and matching / making placements, and the outcomes of different placement types (reunification, kinship, fostering, special guardianship, adoption, residential care) for children and young people.