Prerequisites for Module
Satisfactory completion of all stage 2 modules or equivalent.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To provide the student with the ability in group care settings to practice ethically and professionally within the context of current policy and legislation.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Analyse the processes of residential settings as they impinge on residents, staff and carers.
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Apply a critical conceptual analysis to models of practice within group care settings.
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Apply a range of appropriate intervention methods within group care settings.
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Indicative Module Content
Public care and stigma. Residential establishments as organisations and institutions.Containing anxieties and institutions; institutional defences against anxiety, splitting, helplessness, task and anti task. Self and identity in institutions, difficulties in the attachment process. System failure; moral panics and public outrage. Throughcare. Methods of intervention; group dynamics and process in institutional settings. Lifespace and opportunity led approaches. Systemic approaches - therapeutic communities, social pedagogy, behaviourist approaches. Self caring, resident's rights and the understanding and management of challenging, aggressive and violent behaviour. Touch, sexuality and power within group care settings. The Management of entry into and leaving from group care settings. Models of key working and approaches to care planning within group care settings. The reflective and reflexive practitioner. Therapeutic relationships. Staff support and supervision. User involvement. Key capabilities in Child Care and Child Protection.
| Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Distance Learning | Lectures
| 10 | Tutorials
| 4 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 136 |
Mode of Delivery
This module is based on directed and private study supplemented by lectures, seminars and tutorials. Introductory lectures are linked to work materials
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2
| | Component 2 | 3
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Component 1 is assessed by a major essay component and component 2 by a minor case study component.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Brown, E. et al., 1998. Making Residential Care Work: Structure and Culture in Children's Homes. Aldershot: Ashgate.
| | 2. | Kendrick, A., ed., 2008. Residential Child Care : Prospects & Challenges. London: JKP.
| | 3. | Menzies Lyth, I. 1998. Containing Anxiety in Institutions. London: Free Association Books.
| | 4. | Anglin, J.P., 2002. Pain, Normality and the Struggle for Congruence. London: Routledge.
| | 5. | Whitaker, D., Archer, L. & Hicks, L., 1998. Working in Children's Homes: Challenges and Complexities. Chichester: Wiley.
| | 6. | ODL Materials, RGU.
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