Practice educator resources – Social Work and Social Care Academy
The University of Bedfordshire have designed these units for registered social workers to enable them to achieve Stages 1 and 2 status as per the Practice Educator Professional Standards (currently held by BASW, 2022). If you have a passion for supporting social work students to learn, and you wish to support the social work profession by maintaining professional standards then this is an ideal unit to study. For further information and how to apply, view or download the training information leaflet (PDF).
Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS)
BASW England developed refreshed standards in 2022 to promote the development, and awareness, of Professional Standards in Social Work Education within the social work profession and with people with lived experience of social work.
View the guidance document and additional information on PEPs.
PCF toolkit
The Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) is the profession-owned, overarching framework of social work education and professional development in England. There are nine domains within the framework and social work students and qualified social workers are required to evidence their capability against each of these.
This is a straightforward toolkit for Practice Educators to use with their students. The tools can be used to assess and facilitate a student’s learning and enable them to evidence how they are demonstrating their knowledge, skills and values across the domains.
The PCF toolkit is a mixture of worksheets, exercises and discussion tools that you as a Practice Educator can utilise with your student on placement.