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Enhancing the readiness to practise of NQSWs
This document outlines a project to develop a Professional Capabilities Framework for social workers in New Zealand. The project will map social work curricula, assess perceptions of newly qualified social workers' readiness to practice, and work with stakeholders to create the capabilities framework. It is divided into three phases: mapping the curriculum, assessing NQSW readiness, and co-producing the capabilities framework through stakeholder engagement. The goal is to clarify expectations for social workers at different stages of their careers.
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- 1. + Enhancing the Readinessto Practise of NQSWs in Aotearoa New Zealand
- 2. + Project team NeilBallantyne, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. Dr. Liz Beddoe, Associate Professor of Social Work , University of Auckland. Dr. Kath Hay, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Massey University. Dr. Jane Maidment, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Canterbury.
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- 4. + Issues for socialwork education in Aotearoa New Zealand Seventeen programmes of social work accredited using ten generic competences. Vocal government and stakeholder critique of readiness to practise based on anecdote and opinion. New challenges to employers in the form of government social service and CYF reforms. Lack of clarity regarding capability of NQSWs and capabilities at other points in the career journey. To create a map of the content of the social work curriculum in New Zealand. To discover the perceptions of students, managers and service users on the readiness to practise of NQSWs in Aotearoa NZ. To collaborate in the production of a social work capabilities framework with clear expectations for the social work curriculum. To enable TEIs to graduate NQSWs who are confident, capable and ready to practise. The problem The opportunity
- 5. + Project aims Develop aProfessional Capabilities Framework clarifying the capabilities of newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) and social workers at experienced, advanced and expert levels of practice.
- 6. + Project research questions What is the content of the current New Zealand social work curriculum and how does it relate to the SWRB core competencies? How well prepared are NQSWs to enter professional social work practice and how is their learning being supported and enhanced in the workplace? What professional capabilities, including cultural capabilities, should we expect of NQSWs and of social workers working at experienced, advanced and expert levels of practice?
- 7. + A project inthree phases
- 8. + Phase 1: Map thecurriculum Write a literature scan of literature relevant to the process of curriculum mapping in professional education. Collect and analyse the curriculum documents of participating TEIs. Create a taxonomy of Topics for Indexing Social Work Education in Aotearoa New Zealand (TISWEANZ). Use the taxonomy to map the curriculum at each of the TEIs. Hold focus groups with one group of educators and one group of final year students at eight of the participating TEIs. Write a report that profiles the social work curriculum nationally and at individual TEIs (anonymised).
- 9. + Phase 2: Assess thereadiness to practise of NQSWs Write a literature scan of literature relevant to the readiness to practise of NQSWs. Conduct an online survey of all NQSWs and their managers who have been in post-qualifying practice for between six months and one year. Interview a sample of NQSW students and their managers to assess perceived readiness to practise. Conduct focus groups of service users to assess perceived readiness to practise of NQSWs. Write a report on the readiness to practise of NQSW’s in New Zealand
- 10. + Phase 3: Co-produce aProfessional Capabilities Framework Write a literature scan of literature on professional capabilities frameworks in social work education. Conduct a content analysis of existing capabilities frameworks. Enable engagement of stakeholders using an online card sorting exercise. Hold five stakeholder workshops to explore issues and gather stakeholder input. Consult project reference groups on draft Professional Capabilities Framework. Hold launch event for the Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work PCF.
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- 12. + The logic model Mission:Develop a PCF clarifying the capabilities of NQSWs and social workers at experienced, advanced and expert levels of practice. Context: Rapid policy change in social services environment, sustained critique of readiness to practise of NQSWs, no shared vision of career pathway.