Understanding service user and carer experiences is at the heart of good practice. We work聽with Health &聽Social Sciences聽programmes across the faculty to identify ways of involving service users in students鈥� learning and assessment whilst out on placement. Social work students are required to submit a 500 word plan at the start of each placement identifying how they intend聽to learn from service users and carers whilst on placement and to review this by the end. Other examples include:
- Visiting service user-led organisations and groups聽
- Interviewing people about what makes a good social worker聽
- Inviting service users to a supervision session聽
- Learning skills such as sign language from service users.