Supported Year in Employment Spring 2015 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment – Spring 2015 www.skillsforcare.org.uk/socialwork

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

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)

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 of those relevant to employment setting

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.

An overview of the framework Overview of the ASYE for adults

Supporting templates Download the templates from our website:

Holistic assessment outcomes  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.

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.

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

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.

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

External moderation – partnership work in progress Five standards: 1. Outlining the purpose – to provide scrutiny against the national standards. Partnership moderation cannot overturn 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

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.

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 18 th 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

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

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

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

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.

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 assessment process outlined by Skills for Care can be used. • Sample of cohort 3 selected to be included in testing of assessment and accreditation for the Approved child and family practitioner

The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) Adults Services Child and Family Services Assessed against the relevant knowledge and skills statement Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) integral to assessment Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) may be used in assessment Employer determined assessment Minimum requirements for assessment Internal and external moderation Proposal for assessment and accreditation for Approved Child and Family Practitioner Validation (by The College of Social Work endorsement) Support for NQSW – supervision, PDP, development time, managed workload Employer led A year – what a SW needs to know and be able to do at the end of their first year in practice .

The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) Adults Services Child and Family Services Assessed against the relevant knowledge and skills statement Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) may integral to assessment be used in assessment Employer determined assessment Minimum requirements for assessment Proposal for assessment and accreditation for Approved Child and Internal and external moderation Validation (by The College of Social Work endorsement) Family Practitioner Support for NQSW – supervision, PDP, development time, managed workload Employer led A year – what a SW needs to know and be able to do at the end of their first year in practice .

The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) Adults Services Child and Family Services Assessed against the relevant knowledge and skills statement Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) integral to assessment Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) may be used in assessment Employer determined assessment Minimum requirements for assessment Proposal for assessment and accreditation for Internal and external moderation Approved Child and Family Practitioner Validation (by The College of Social Work endorsement) Support for NQSW – supervision, PDP, development time, managed workload Employer led A year – what a SW needs to know and be able to do at the end of their first year in practice .