Quality Self- Assessment Document

Placement Provider

Please provide the following details:

Trust/Service:

Contact Name:

Job title

Contact Address:

Telephone no:

Email address:

Fax

Clinical Tutor Name:

Clinical Tutor contact details

/ College of Life and Environmental Sciences
Washington Singer Laboratories
University of Exeter
Perry Road,
Exeter, EX4 4QG

Contact Telephone no:

/ Tel: 01392 722 459

Date assessment completed:

Date of review

For Exeter program staff to complete:

REVIEWERS RECOMMENDATION

/ Yes / No
Offers suitable placements for trainee clinical psychologists
Currently unsuitable for trainee clinical psychologists
(see action plan – page 7)

The details on this form are used to inform

the allocation to placements of trainee clinical psychologists

SECTION 1: PLACEMENT OUTLINE

Please describe:

Type of Placement/Speciality
Client
Patient Group/s

SECTION 2: OTHER INFORMATION

The following sources have been used to determine the suitability of placements for trainee clinical psychologists.

Standards of Proficiency HCPC
Standards of Education and Training HCPC
BPS Guidelines as on Supervision
Guidance on conduct and Ethics for Students HCPC

Please answer the following questions by circling the relevant score. It would be helpful if you could provide any additional information in the space provided as to how your placement meets the needs raised in the question.

1. Placement resources.

1. / Do you have the relevant resources to provide a viable placement?
(Note: resources would include access to a work space, telephone, computer, clinic space etc.)
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:

2. Student support

2.1 / Do you provide trainees with a named practice placement supervisor for the duration of that placement, who is appropriately qualified and experienced and meets relevant Regulatory body requirements (HCPC registered)
(Note: The Exeter Program provides the trainee with details of their supervisor(s) in advance of placement. A theory-practice day is time-tabled during which trainees meet their supervisors prior to starting the placement.The program would expect the placement provider to inform the program if a named supervisor is no longer available to supervise and the appropriate arrangements will be made to find an alternative supervisor.
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
2.2 / Are your placement supervisors aware of the trainee’s placement outcomes, so that they can agree with the trainees a learning contract for the placement?
(Note: All supervisors are invited to a pre-placement workshop where the placement outcomes are discussed. Each supervisor is also given a ‘Clinical Handbook’ which outlines all the relevant information. The Exeter Program requires supervisors complete a‘Clinical Competence Goals and Evaluation Form’ as a means of developing a learning contract.
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
2.3 / Do placement supervisors schedule regular supervision slots during which their progresses towards meeting their learning objectives are reviewed?
(Note: BPS guidance is that trainee should receive 1.5 hours per week of supervision, and should have a total contact time with supervisor(s) of 3 hours per week)
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
2.4 / Do you have any process by which you gather feedback from trainees on their placement experience? Do you take action following feedback?
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
2.5 / Do you provide trainees with an orientation or induction to the placement? (This might include non-discriminatory policy, health and safety, equality and diversity policies, child protection.)
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
2.6 / Do you make trainees aware of their responsibilities and rights with regard to any resources and support they could receive on placement? (This can include anything from admin support, to in-house training etc)
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:

3. Learning and teaching

3.1 / Does this placement ensure that provision is made for trainees to reflect on practice, and to link practice explicitly with their theoretical underpinning?
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
3.2 / Does the placements provide varied learning opportunities that enable trainees to achieve learning outcomes through:

observing skilled professionals deliver service and care
participating, under supervision, in the delivery of treatment and care
practising in an environment that respects users’ rights, privacy & dignity

N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
3.3 / Do placement supervisors demonstrate evidence-based teaching, assessment and practice?
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
3.4 / Does the placement provide learning opportunities in placements that are appropriate to the level and need of the trainee, and provide opportunities for inter-professional working?
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
3.5 / Is there a strategy in place to ensure implementation and compliance with organisation polices in induction:
Improving working lives
Health and Safety
Equality and Diversity
Complaints Procedures
Anti-discriminatory practice
Equal Opportunities
Infection Control
Vulnerable Adult
Child Protection
Risk Assessments
Lone working policy
Others (please state)
Additional information:

4. Monitoring of trainee progression during placement.

4 / Do you have processes in place for monitoring progress of trainees? Would this enable you to recognise early poor performance of trainees, and take appropriate and prompt action?
(Note: Relevant processes would include supervision, regular review of placement goal, and placement visits by the Clinical Tutor)
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:

5. Assessment

5.1 / The Exeter Program seeks to work collaboratively with placement providers to agree the number of placement supervisors that are available to supervise. The program also offer regular opportunities, (in the form of placement workshops or individual meetings with clinical tutors), for supervisors to update their knowledge of how trainees are assessed on placement. To what degree does this reflect your experience?
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
5.2 / The Exeter Program seeks to work collaboratively with placement supervisor to ensure a fair and reliable process for rating practice assessments. To what degree does this reflect your experience?
(Note: Supervisors are invited to supervisor workshops during which the rating of practice assessments are discussed, each supervisor has a copy of the Clinical Handbook which outlines how practice assessments are rated and clinical tutors monitor placements and advise of supervisors rating. The Clinical Director will also moderate all placement assignments.)
N/A / Never / Rarely / Sometimes / Mostly / Always
Additional information:
6. / Are placement supervisors released to attend supervisor training? / Yes/No
7. / Do placement supervisors undertake individual Performance Review where education responsibilities are clearly defined and future education requirements are identified?Is Continuing professional development recorded? / Yes/No
9. / All staff are HCPC registered / Yes/No
I have examined evidence that all the above standards have been met
For Placement Provider:
Name:…………………… Signature
Designation:
Date
For Exeter Clinical Psychology Program representative:
Name: …………………….Signature
Designation: Clinical Tutor
Date:

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ACTIONS

For Exeter program staff to complete

Commendation of best practice (education practice that is positive, working well or commendable and areas where there have been demonstrable improvements).

For Exeter program staff to complete

Proposed Action Plan / Responsibility / ReviewDate

For Exeter program staff to complete:

REVIEWERS RECOMMENDATION / Yes / No
Offers suitable placements for trainee clinical psychologists
Currently unsuitable for trainee clinical psychologists
(see above action plan)