Must be enrolled on the University Certificate in Promoting Excellence in Practice: Building Resilient Families and Communities

1000 word assignment: Students are asked to consider the case study provided and reflect on possible outcomes, using the resilience matrix, to outline the risks and strengths identified for each individual in the case study. Students need to outline what course of action they feel should be taken and whether the threshold for further service intervention has been met (assessing LO's 2 and 3)

Individual presentation: The presentation should be no longer than 15 minutes, allowing an extra 5 minutes for questions to be asked by the viewing panel. The presentation needs to draw upon the case study provided and pick up on one emerging theme . The student should explore how the learning on the particular theme may inform their practice and how they might have addressed the situation in the case study
(assessing LO's 1 and 4)

Formative Assessment:
Participation in sessions and small group work, with group presentation and discussion

Cleaver, H et al (2011) 2nd ed. Children's Needs, Parenting Capacity: The Impact of Parental Mental Illness, Problem Alcohol and Drug Use and Domestic Violence on Children's Development, London: Stationery Office
Kemshall, H. (2011) (ed) Good practice in assessing risk: current knowledge, issues and approaches, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishing
Sawyer, E & Burton, E (2009) Building Resilience in Families Under Stress: Supporting Families Affected by Parental Substance Misuse And/or Mental Health Problems, London: NCB
Taylor, B (2011) (ed) Working with aggression and resistance in social work, Exeter: Learning Matters Ltd

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (20 hours)
20 hours Interactive lectures (face to face tuition)

These face to face sessions will enable students to learn and consider factors and barriers to joint working with families and other professionals. The teaching will introduce knowledge of such factors and implications for practice. The aim of the session are for students to develop thinking as well as strategies on how to engage hard to reach families and to be more creative in their approach. The face to face sessions will also enable students to consider risk, explore existing knowledge and identify risks in practice, whilst being aware of further action to be taken. These sessions will be interactive and require students' participation, in group work and discussions, role play and group presentations.

Tutorials
Students are encouraged to attend individual or group tutorials with allocated tutors. Tutorials can include face to face meetings, email and telephone discussions or Skype in order to accommodate student¿s working commitments.

Guided Independent Study: (130 hours)
This will include self-guided reflection on learning, facilitated and guided through the use of VLE (BlackBoard). Further emphasis will be on identifying resources and paper based activities to deepen learning in class, as well as enhance understanding and relevance to practice.

Computer facilities to access materials on the web and specialist online databases
Access to Virtual Learning Environment - BlackBoard
Access to appropriate texts and journals

This module provides an overview to working with children, their families and carers when there is resistance, risk and resilience, and introduces the concepts of models to understand these.

The module will consider partnership working with agencies and families and the barriers which may exist. This will enhance students understanding in an attempt to find more creative solutions in practice. Factors may include contemporary issues such as substance misuse, mental health problems and offending.

The module will consider and explore risk assessments and thresholds around children and their families, in order for students to make sound decision in safeguarding and be accountable and evidence based when applying to practice. It further seeks to provide students with a strengths perspective in practice and an ability to identify resilience/strengths to be built upon.

The module aims to provide a holistic perspective of working with resistance, identify risk and signs of risks. This aims to provide students with tools and concepts on how to assess strengths in order to engage in partnership working with families and other professionals and take action appropriate for safeguarding children.