RDGY41320 Legal Responsibilities in Child Welfare and Protection

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module will explore the legal parameters and legislation surrounding child protection practice. It will also involve a practical session in the moot court where students will get the opportunity to write a witness statement and give evidence. If the current Covid 19 restrictions remain a virtual court session will be arranged.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Knowledge Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this module a student should be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding:
• Demonstrate a detailed professional knowledge of legal aspects including definitions and applications to their role relating to child protection.
• Debate and evaluate current research and practice regarding legal parameters highlighting the value of each and their contribution to professional practice.
Applying Knowledge and Understanding:
• Demonstrate a detailed professional knowledge from a professional’s perspective of the legal concepts and processes that underpins child protection.
• Apply and evaluate current research and practice within a moot court setting in relation to paediatric examinations and care.
Communication and Writing Skills:
• Develop professional competencies by integrating their professional skills within the legal framework to enhance their skills within the topic area and the material explored.
• Communicate accurately, effectively and reliably in written and oral format

Demonstrate an ability to source and critically analyse relevant literature.
Learning skills:
• Develop and evaluate their own professional competencies by integrating clinical supervision skills, and specialist theoretical knowledge.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills within the topic area and the material explored.
• Students will be expected to be autonomous reflective practitioners and as such work with the material in a mature and evaluative way. This will be tested via the assignment at the end of the semester
Professional Skills:
Upon successful completion of this module a student should be able to:
• Critically reflect upon their own current practice and their role regarding legal aspects in child protection within their own professional setting.
• Critically evaluate their ability to handle multifaceted issues in which judgments are made whilst reflecting upon the wider professional issues and the responsibilities of their role as a professional within legal parameters.
• Apply and analyse factual information and presented theories, models and frameworks to real world contexts and resolution of problems
• Analyse and evaluate core theoretical concepts; health policy; legal; social; and ethical issues in the context of child welfare and protection


Personal / Professional Development:
Successful completion of this module will enable the student to
• Be familiar with and comfortable working in an online learning environment
• Use online learning resources to further learning opportunities
Have the ability to critically reflect and evaluate their individual professional practice and knowledge base in order to recognise their need for continuous professional development and lifelong learning.
Upon completion of the module students will be able to evaluate complex multifaceted issues and judgements whilst reflecting upon the wider professional issues, social and ethical responsibilities of their role as a professional within this area

Indicative Module Content:

The module will cover the structure of the courts within the Republic of Ireland . The workings of those courts and their jurisdiction.
Court skills will be highlighted with students being given the opportunity to practice these skills within the setting of a moot courtroom.
Students will study how to write a court report and have the opportunity to give evidence within a moot court.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

5

Tutorial

2

Autonomous Student Learning

60

Placement/Work Experience

100

Online Learning

5

Total

172

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students will study the material which will be delivered via a variety of approaches, which include task based activities, lectures both on line and face to face, report writing and reflection.
Debate and discussion around case based scenarios will also be encouraged,
A practical session on giving evidence within the moot court is included within the module. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Practical Examination: write and present a court report Week 12 n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% Yes

100

Seminar: participation in on line tutorials Varies over the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

0


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will be given feedback on their participation in online discussions, at the end of the discussions. Regarding the presentation of their witness statement in the moot court, students will receive verbal group feedback from the module leader and solicitors who participated in the court session immediately following the session. This will be followed by individual typed feedback.

Name Role
Professor Jim Campbell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Amanda Phelan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Seán Ó Domhnaill Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Martin Heduan Tutor
Mrs Allison Kacperski Tutor
Ms Sue Meehan Tutor
Mr Adam Tattersall Tutor