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Page 1: Assessed and Supported Year in  Employment ( ASYE ) Liz Bord – Wiltshire County Council

Assessed and Supported Year in Employment ( ASYE )

Liz Bord – Wiltshire County CouncilKay Renshaw – Dorset County Council

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Assessed and Supported Year in Employment ( ASYE )

• Builds on Newly Qualified Social Worker Programme (NQSW)

• Assessed against Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF)

• Linked to induction, probation, appraisal, employer standards and supervision framework, CPD and Partnerships therefore employer ‘owned’

• Holistic approach to assessment with core plus optional elements

• Process for moderation and Pass or Fail Element

• Certificate issued by The College of Social Work

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Professional Capabilities Framework

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Principles of Holistic Assessment for ASYE

• Development of a conceptual understanding of social work practice

• Integrates all areas necessary for supporting the development of “professional expertise”

• More accurately reflects the complexity of the social work role.

• Provides a coherent account of practice demonstrating understanding, analysis and capacity to critically reflect.

• Based in everyday practice - starts from analysis of the user’s situation, and reflection on all aspects of the intervention to provide a more informed service.

• Development is assessed over time – demonstrating the capacity for CPD

McNay M, Clarke J, Lovelock R, The Journey towardProfessionalism in Social Work: Conference paper JSWEC 2010

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Use of the PCF in Holistic Assessment for ASYE

• Nine capabilities interdependent because they interact in professional practice.

• Capabilities need to be assessed as a whole; reference could be made to specific capability statements, but assessors should not focus on addressing each one separately.

• The PCF reflects the increasing skills of social workers (assessors) to make professional judgements.

However :• Statements enable clear identification of areas that need

further development when concerns are identified.

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Domains within the PCF

1. PROFESSIONALISM - Identify and behave as a professional social worker, committed to professional development

2. VALUES AND ETHICS - Apply social work ethical principles and values to guide professional practice

3. DIVERSITY - Recognise diversity and apply anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles in practice

4. RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING - Advance human rights and promote social justice and economic wellbeing

5. KNOWLEDGE - Apply knowledge of social sciences, law and social work practice theory

6. CRITICAL REFLECTION AND ANALYSIS - Apply critical reflection and analysis to inform and provide a rationale for professional decision-making

7. INTERVENTION AND SKILLS - Use judgement and authority to intervene with individuals, families and communities to promote independence, provide support and prevent harm, neglect and abuse

8. CONTEXTS AND ORGANISATIONS - Engage with, inform, and adapt to changing contexts that shape practice. Operate effectively within own organisational frameworks and contribute to the development of services and organisations. Operate effectively within multi-agency and inter-professional settings

9. PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP - Take responsibility for the professional learning and development of others through supervision, mentoring, assessing, research, teaching, leadership and management

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Principles and conditions for holistic assessment

• Assessment is progressive over a period of time (e.g. initial qualifying placement, ASYE), leading to effective summative assessment.

• Assessment must be consistent with the appropriate PCF level descriptor, and includesufficiency and depth of evidence across all nine domains.

• Individual capability statements will be important in terms of providing detail ofexpectations for each domain, and particularly significant to identify gaps, areas ofdevelopment or concerns.

• The assessment process and judgement must be trustworthy, reliable and transparent(e.g. include clear guidance in handbooks, assessment panels, triangulated evidence,audit trails )

• Evidence must include the ability to reflect critically, including reference to differentsources of knowledge and research.

• The learner will contribute evidence for assessment but the professional judgement ofsufficiency must be made by a registered social worker (at initial qualifying level,assessors must meet the Practice Educator Professional Standards).

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Evidence of Capability

• Core content (presented to the assessor) – must include- supervision records- direct observation- case records

• ‘Critical' reflection– integral to all evidence from direct practice– a reflection on direct practice submitted towards the end of the year

• Service user feedback– implicit or explicit?– or part of a wider 360 approach for feedback use as part of the evidence.

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Evidence of Capability

Defined by;

• practice undertaken throughout the year• a range of work (relevant to the employment

setting)• typically drawn from at least 5 examples of

direct practice

BUT determined by quality of evidence.– quality of evidence determined by PCF

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Evidence of Capability

Optional –

- other activities that an employer chooses to include in a programme of learning and/or development

- related to organisational requirements

- related to setting specific requirements

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Evidence of Support

Confirmation that these have been in place during assessment period –

• Reflective supervision• Workload management• Professional Development Plan• Development time

Learning Contract -• Employer Standards Group should support this• Would incorporate the purpose of 'confirmation'• Covers whole year

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Professional judgement ofassessor

• Increased scope and responsibility for judgement of the candidate’s ability to develop over the nine capabilities to the level specified.

• Execution of professional judgement – need to be empowered and supported.

• Development of confidence in professional judgements.

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References

• Proposals for the assessment model for the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE). Ambition to Reality Conference, Taunton. Spring 2012

• The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment: Further information to support the briefing for employers. www.skillsforcare.org.uk/asye

• The College of Social Work : Understanding what is meant by Holistic Assessmenthttp://www.collegeofsocialwork.org/uploadedFiles/TheCollege/_CollegeLibrary/Reform_resources/holistic-assessmentASYE1.pdf

• The College of Social Work – The Professional Capabilities Frameworkhttp://www.collegeofsocialwork.org/pcf.aspx