INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PRACTICE ASSESSOR?

Practice Assessors play a vital role in the Child Care Award. They work with candidates both in supporting and assessing them. Throughout the time they are undertaking the award.

KEY FUNCTIONS:

To agree an assessment plan with the candidate

To observe the candidate’s performance on a minimum of two occasions

To examine case files in respect of observed work

To provide formative feedback on the candidate’s Reflective journal

To verify the direct evidence contained in the candidate’s portfolio

To report on the candidate’s practice in relation to each of the 5 practice requirements and the value requirements of the Child Care programme

To support the candidate through the Award

CRITERIA FOR PRACTICE ASSESSORS

Practice Assessors will normally be working within partner agencies in the Advance Child Care Partnership or purchasing agencies or are independent social workers with child care experience.

They must meet the following requirements:

Have a degree level qualification or show evidence of ability to assess candidates at graduate level;

Have a minimum of 3 years post-qualifying experience in child care and should normally be a practising child care social worker;

Be aware of current policy issues and research;

Show evidence of commitment to their own continuing professional development;

Have experience of facilitating the professional development of staff and/or students;

Provide evidence of ability to assess competence against specified knowledge, values and practice requirements through direct observation and discussion and evidence that assessment in reports;

Successfully complete induction training as required and be committed to attend further training;

Agree to regular evaluation and formal review before re-approval;

Provide evidence of competence in promoting inclusive practice, including practice to counter discrimination, racism, poverty, disadvantage and injustice.

We positively welcome applications from people who may regard themselves as members of under-represented communities.

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURES

The programme welcomes applications from any applicants who meet the above selection requirements. If you are not sure about any of the above requirements, you may find it helpful to talk the role over with the training manager in your agency. If you would like to be considered as a Practice Assessor for the Advance Child Care Partnership, please request an application form as soon as possible from the Programme Administrator

(tel: 01707 285834)

THE PRACTICE ASSESSMENT PROCESS

Negotiating Learning agreement and Assessment plan

Liaison with Line Manager (if Practice Assessor is not Line Manager)

Case File Reviews

2 Direct observations

Providing written feedback on observation

Reviewing Reflective Journals

Providing feedback on Reflective Journals

Helping candidate to identify evidence from practice, including feedback from service users

Helping candidate to devise portfolio

Providing a Final Report

Ethical and anti-discriminatory practice - undertake a fair and equal assessment against the criteria ( note Advance Equal Opportunities Statement)

Contribute to monitoring and evaluation

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