As part of the guarantee, WLA is committed to the training and development of practice educators and are offering sessions for practice educators across the partnership. The sessions are open to all practice educators and practice teachers. For those returning to practice education after a break, it will act as a refresher.
Courses available are: 

• Planning
• Mid-way report
• How to work with university partners in supporting student social workers
• Troubleshooting
• Supervision-recording for assessment
• Completing the Qualification and the importance of quality in placements  
• Final Report
• Preparing for the end of the placement
• Placement End
• Celebrating Success in Practice Education
• Managing the Marginal Student
• Using research to enhance the practice education

For details of the sessions or if you would like to become a practice educator and complete Practice Educator Professional Standards Stage 1 or if you would like to complete Practice Educator Professional Standards Stage 2, please contact your local Placement Learning Co-Coordinator.

WLA Placement Guarantee

The Assistant Directors of Children's Services in all eight boroughs in the west London partnership made a firm commitment that each frontline team will provide at least one final placement in an academic year and each non-frontline team will offer at least one placement in each academic year.  The guarantee extends to also improve the quality of the placements that we offer and to support practice educators.

Practice Learning Co-ordinators have made team managers aware of this commitment and of their responsibility to support the process with each team manager being given a copy of the WLA Placement Guarantee.

The Placement Guarantee reflects the recommendation of the Social Work Taskforce to improve the quality and quantity of social work placements.  A copy can be downloaded below.