Service User Perspectives: How are you involved in assessing fitness for practice?
Learning Objectives
After considering this resource, you should be more aware of what the fitness for practice process is, and what is expected of you during the assessment.
As you know, before beginning your first placement you will need to have satisfied your university you are capable by passing the fitness for practice assessment.
Service users play an important role on a fitness for practice assessment panel and in the following video, a group of service users explain their own responsibilities in the process and what they are looking for in a student social worker.
Reflective Questions
- What qualities do you think a lecturer and practitioner might look for, which are different to those qualities the service users in the video mentioned?
- If you were on a fitness for practice assessment panel, what qualities would you look for in a student social worker? Do you feel you have these already? What areas might you need to improve in?
- Consider the different ways you can prepare for a fitness for practice assessment.