[Solved]Task 1 Securing the Work Placement with the chosen organisation

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Module Title:                 Work Placement

Module Code:                MOD004060

Level:                              5

Weighting:                     40/60%

Word Limit:                    3000 words

WRITING YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

• This assignment must be completed individually.

• The Harvard Referencing System must be used.

• Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Do not exceed the maximum number of words specified above; all assignments which do so will be penalised. The penalty will be the deduction of marks at the Marker’s judgement.

• Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your name anywhere on your work. Write your student ID number at the top of every page.

• Where the assignment comprises more than one task, all tasks must be submitted in a single document.

• You must number all pages.

SUBMITTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

• You must submit your assignment using Turnitin software and obtain a receipt.

• Requests for short-term extensions will only be considered in the case of illness or other cause considered valid by the Student Adviser ( [email protected]k). These must normally be received and agreed by the Student Adviser in writing at least TWENTY-FOUR (24) hours prior to the deadline.

• Mitigation claims must be submitted by the student or in exceptional circumstances (e.g. when a student has been hospitalised) by a Director of Studies, Programme Leader or Student Adviser on behalf of the student no later than five working days after the deadline.

• Work submitted up to 5 working days after the deadline will be marked. The penalty for missing the deadline will be the capping of the mark for the assessment at 40%.

• Work cannot be uploaded to Turnitin after the 5 working day period following the deadline. A mark of 0% will be recorded unless an extension has been approved in advance of the deadline.

Please refer to the Academic Regulations or your Student Handbook for full details

INTRODUCTION

The Module assignment is divided into two tasks, as follows:

1. Writing about getting onto the work placement,

2. Looking back on the work placement and reflecting on what you did, working in teams and how you developed your skills.

Your personal development is also very important too. Write about how you as a person have developed as a result of the work placement experience.

THE AIM OF THE ASSESSMENT

The first assessment (Task 1) should demonstrate your analysis and understanding of the process you went through to secure your work placement place.

The second assessment (Task 2) should demonstrate your reflections on your new learning, development of skills, and how you worked with others individually and as a team member.

ASSIGNMENT TASKS

So, here are the two assessment tasks:

Task 1 Securing the Work Placement with the chosen organisation.

Task 2 Evaluating the Work Placement, by reflecting on your own effectiveness, working in teams with others, and your personal skills development.

The two tasks of the overall assignment are submitted via Turnitin for marking. The weightings are as follows:

The overall pass mark for the Module is 40%. Turnitin takes the marks for each Task and calculates the final mark out of 100%

Task One – Getting on to the Work Placement (LO1; 1000 words)

[Note: “LO” means „Learning Outcome‟]

In this first task, write about the activities you undertook in order to secure and then begin your work placement.

Suggested themes to cover might include the following:

• Preparing your CV for the placement managers to read and ask you questions about yourself at interview. The help you received to get the CV prepared?

• How you searched for a placement, and then applied, for example by letter, or text, or email and so on,

• The kind of placement that would suit you and your skills,

• Your placement interview, (if you had one),

• The kind of person was your employer looking for,

• What you have learned from this process,

• What you might do differently in any future job applications,

• Looking back, would you do anything in a different way?

Task Two – Reflecting back on your Work Placement experience (LO‟s 2, 3 and

4; 2,000 words)

This “reflection” provides you with the opportunity to consider how it influenced you as a person, on your new learning, development of skills, and how you worked with others individually and as a team member.

A useful definition of “reflection” in the context of work placement:

"A process of looking back on what has been done [in your work placement] and pondering on it and learning lessons from what did or did not work…. The act of deliberation, when the practitioner consciously stops and thinks what shall I do now?" (Conway 1994)