Practice Education PgCert

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- This course is designed to prepare social workers to teach, support and assess social work students on practice placements.<br/><br/><br/>- It is aligned with the Post-Qualifying Standards for practice leaders and practice supervisors.<br/><br/><br/>- In successfully completing this course, you will demonstrate Stages 1 and 2 of the BASW Practice Educator Professional Standard.<br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>Stage 1 of the course prepares you to work with a social work student on their first placement. You will learn to develop a curriculum, manage the placement, support learning, and assess achievement. You will put this into practice through providing a student placement (usually a 70-day placement).<br/><br/>In Stage 2, you will provide a placement for a second social work student (usually a 100 day Final placement). If you have significant experience in practice education or have taken an Enabling Others’ Learning (Social Work) course, you may be able join Stage 2 directly.<br/><br/>From this PgCert, you may progress to the Advanced Social Work MA, depending on your module choices. <br/><br/>**Example modules** <br/>- Practice Education, Stage 1<br/><br/><br/>- Practice Education Stage 2<br/><br/><br/>For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage. <br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>Graduates have become specialists in practice education and progressed to teaching, learning and management roles.