“The Best Way Forward” achieving staff “buy in”

“The Best Way Forward”

Aim & Scope

• Establish the reasons for the lack of engagement by FE tutors with the BEST System

Scope

• School of Health, Care & Early years

• Ards Campus• Health &

Social Care provision

Objectives

• To maximise efficiencies gained from using the BEST system

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2010 - 2013 Placements per School per Campus

2010/2011 Ards2010/2011 Bangor2010/2011 D'patrick2010/2011 Lisburn2011/2012 Ards2011/2012 Bangor2011/2012 D'patrick2011/2012 Lisburn2012/2013 Ards2012/2013 Bangor2012/2013 D'patrick2012/2013 Lisburn

SERC Schools

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ents

Justification

7%

32%

36%

25%

HCEY Use of BEST Jan - May 2013

ChildcareArds CC WPO D'patrick CC WPOHealth & Social Care

Justification

2012 - 2013

HCEY – Ards Campus Subject provision

Number of Students

Number of Placement Staff

Ratio of Staff to Students

Work Placement Officer

Child Care 62 4 15.5: 1 Yes

Health & Social Care

89 5 18:1 No

Staff Interviews

Staff Interviews Outcomes

No placement timetabled hours at the start of the

academic year

Possibly the wrong placement documentation –

block or year placement

Lacked organisation - no documentation

monitoring process

Different assessment

requirements – practical and employability

Likelihood of unwarranted time

spent on placement visits

https://home.serc.ac.uk/rc/gis/Health%20Care%20Placement%20Courses.pdf

Project Conclusions & Options for HSC

FE WPO for SERC

Training Organisation WPO - 36 hours weekly contract for Placements

90 students 2.5 students per hour 14 placement visits per week

BEST would reduce the initial visits for FE

Currently 1012 students on placement with 605 companies – reducing by 40%

2012/13 - 854 placements reduced by 40% = 342 initial placement visits

FE varied Mode of Attendance – visits further reduced – Sept and Jan starts

Results of the Project

Information recorded on BEST

  FEHE Placements Companies

2 May 2013 342 4047

19 May 2013 371 4119

% Increase 5.% 2%

“Awarding institutions are responsible for the academic standards of their awards and the quality of provision leading to them, and have in place policies and procedures to ensure that their responsibilities, and those of their partners involved in work-based and placement learning, are clearly identified and met”. QAA Code of Practice

Indicator 2 Responsibilities for academic standards and quality

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