Split Placement Development Under the Professional Capabilities Framework in the United Kingdom

The Professional Capabilities Framework has presented some considerable unique challenges forto higher education institutions running Social Work coursesprogrammes across the UK in respectterms of the structure of placements. Particularly for degree programmes, the shift towards two longer placements has raised some capacity issues at a time of. A reduced number of statutory placements are able to host final year students. Tand this has of course been exacerbated by the current political climate of Local Authority (LA) cuts. \nThis paper examines the pros and cons of the use of final year placements split between the voluntary, independent and private (VIP) and statutory sectors for final year students to attempt to overcome challenges including capacity issues. Having reviewed the relevant literature, this paper conducts a preliminary survey of models of split placements currently being used throughout the UK and suggests points of future research. Findings suggest final year split placements divided between the VIP sector and a statutory setting are not in widespread use at the moment. However, different models of split placement are being discussed and piloted at a local level by Social Work programmes needing to find creative solutions. There is a desire for higher education institutions to share information in order to save time and share good practice

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  Judith Billingham, Amanda Moss et al.•Practice•2001

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