[PPT] - Supported Year in Employment Spring 2015 PowerPoint Presentation

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The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment – Spring 2015

www.skillsforcare.org.uk/socialwork

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In this presentation ….

Overview of revisions to ASYE (Adults) - Knowledge

and Skills Statement (Adults)

Internal and external moderation – information and

discussion (Adults)

Support for the Knowledge and Skills statement (child

and family) and introduction of the ACFP assessment and accreditation system - information and discussion

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ASYE Commonalities across adults and child and family

Knowledge and Skills Statements
Review of the PCF
Holistic assessment
Employer led
Expectations of “Support”
A “Year”
Knowledge and Skills audits and assessment
Certification (TCSW)

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Knowledge and Skills Statement (Adults)

National system of quality assurance
All social workers
Strengthens and enhances the PCF by defining the

expectation for all NQSWs

Demonstrate knowledge in all aspects but development
f those relevant to employment setting

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ASYE framework for adults

Registration and funding
Support and progressive

assessment

Critical reflection and holistic

assessment

Developing feedback
External moderation
Internal assessment,

confirmation and moderation

Support for assessors and

supervisors.

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An overview of the framework

Overview of the ASYE for adults

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Supporting templates

Download the templates from our website:

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Holistic assessment

utcomes
Mapped against the KSS and the PCF Levels of

capability at the end of the ASYE.

Outcomes focussed covering assessment of practice

and critical reflection.

Integrated within the record of support and progressive

assessment and the critical reflection log.

Emphasises progressive development and that they are

minimum requirements.

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Further developments

Employer feedback and assistance needed regarding:

Key documents / templates / website.
Guidance.
Frequently asked questions.
Case examples.
Promotion of and help in implementing the revised

framework.

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Internal moderation

Internal moderation combines two distinct activities:

Confirming the assessment decision Moderation Confirm the final employer assessment judgement through scrutiny and challenge - confirmation integrated with HR processes Take an overview of the quality and consistency of assessment decisions - ensure they in line with the KSS and PCF ASYE capabilities Assessment decision to be scrutinised by a full reading of the evidence by a RSW member of the moderation process Provide samples and contribute to external moderation processes Take action if the assessment decision is not accurate, valid, robust and consistent i.e. request further information or reassessment Receive and act on feedback from external moderation processes

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Internal moderation

At least two people to participate in the internal

moderation process

A PSW or senior manager to have overall responsibility

for ASYE

Process to monitor progress of NQSWs/oversee the

allocation & capability of assessors.

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External moderation - Partnership

All ASYE Adult employers to be members of an ASYE partnership Proposals:

Three employers who each support 2 NQSWs a year
HEI membership optional
Can be part of a wider social work education

partnership or early adopter teaching partnership

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External moderation – partnership work in progress

Five standards:

1. Outlining the purpose – to provide scrutiny against the

national standards. Partnership moderation cannot

verturn an employer’s final assessment judgement
2. Management and membership to be agreed; no fewer

than four members, each employer represented and participants should be RSWs working at the Professional Educator level

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External moderation – partnership work in progress

Five standards cont:

3. Timing – linked to size of partnership but at least once

a year

4. Random sampling of at least 10%. Each member reads

at least two pieces of evidence

5. Reporting themes and issues on a common template to

employers and assessors and to the national panel.

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External moderation – National Panel

One national panel meeting twice per year ( September

2015 and March 2016)

Shadow panel will sit in June to establish terms of

reference and elect a chair

Applications invited to join national panel (deadline –

noon 18th May)

Coordinated by Skills for Care who will also sit on the

panel

Random sample of at least 5% drawn directly from

employers

Feedback to employers and partnerships
National report of collated themes and messages

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Supporting employers of NQSWs (Child and Family)

Background:

The Knowledge and Skills Statement for child and

family social work – 28 November 2014

Approved Child and Family Practitioner(ACFP)

assessment and accreditation

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Where are we now?

Skills for Care have the contract for supporting employers

to embed the KSS

A contract is available to develop the assessment and

accreditation system for the ACFP . This will be tested on a sample of NQSWs from Cohort 3 (2014-15)

A further contract will be let to provide an independent

evaluation of the ACFP assessment

There is a review of the PCF
Knowledge and Skills Statement Adults published March

2015 and ASYE materials for Adults revised in line with this

DFE announced the intention to fund the ASYE for 2015-

2016

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Supporting employers of NQSWs (Child and Family)

Supporting you by:

Clarifying the changes to ASYE
Increasing confidence in ASYE assessment process

and outcomes

Identifying and disseminating good practice
Sharing information on the development of the

assessment for ACFP

Gathering information on the issues and barriers to

implementation and feeding these back to Government

Suggesting strategies to overcome these

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How will we do this?

Communication
Providing forums for employers to meet and share good

practice

Providing information and guidance
Disseminating good practice
Collecting intelligence
Identifying strategies to overcome barriers
Measuring the success of our involvement
Working with other contractors and with TCSW.

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The Child and Family ASYE – key features

Assessed against the KSS – Child and Family
May also be assessed against the PCF
Certification from TCSW requires assessment against the PCF
Funding requires initial audit against the KSS to inform PDP
DfE will sample initial and final assessments against the KSS
Any method and range of evidence, including the current