The best decision I have made has been to take on a social work student and be a practice assessor. I was in another job at the time and in need of something to make me reflect on why I had become a ...

The roles of practice supervisor and practice assessor were introduced in 2018, with a greater focus on students taking responsibility for their learning. Staff in these roles have had to support ...

Practice supervisor preparation has been introduced into a university’s pre-registration nursing curriculum to address changes to Nursing and Midwifery Council standards Bournemouth University ...

The management of practice placements for social work students is “highly deregulated” with wide variations across local authorities, a report has found. A study of 18 authorities commissioned by the ...