Is the PLQ(SS) just for people supervising social work students?
A. The PLQ(SS) recognise the roles played by an increasing number of employees across the workforce in supporting the learning of others in the workplace. Although it will replace the Practice Teaching Award, it has a much wider application than that, acknowledging that all staff are now expected through the Codes of Practice to contribute to the learning of others. This could include the induction of new staff, supporting staff through training programmes, mentoring, assessing practice on all kinds of courses or having a strategic or management role in training as well as working with students in the role of link supervisor or practice teacher. The PLQ(SS) will also be relevant to service users and carers who contribute to work based learning and to people in related professions who are involved in the training of social workers.
