Reflective Practice for Practitioners
Wednesday Nights Autumn 2022
1 Course On-Line (Zoom)
& 1 Course In-Person (Cork)
Latest Applications date is Wednesday 7th September 2022
About the Reflective Practice for Practitioners Programme
These open-access, in-person SHEP programme uses the ‘Critical Reflection’
model (book & Gardner, 2007)
to create a place for practitioners to reflect on practice.. Participants will share in the creation of a space that facilitates a gentle and supportive exploration of the assumptions, values, beliefs and feelings that underpin participants’ ways of being active in their respective
work settings. This programme will be of interest to
a wide range of practitioners, (volunteers or paid)
involved in various roles
in communities, service organisations or social service agencies (e.g. education,
youth and community work, social work, childcare, health-care etc.).
Aim
The aim of the programme
is to co-create a space for
twelve participants to reflect on
their prior and current
practice experiences using the ‘Critical Reflection’ model. The programme aims to enhance participants’ capacity to engage in the critical reflective
process and to
enhance their capacity
to co-create the conditions for learning from practice
reflection. The focus of the programme will be on the reflective phase of the experiential learning/action planning cycle.
Philosophy
This programme is underpinned by SHEP’s philosophy that self-awareness and self-knowledge
when combined with a commitment to community action is
the basis for personal and
social transformation. The programme reflects SHEP’s
philosophy that adults continue to learn throughout their life and that life and practice experience is an invaluable source
for that learning. It is inspired
by SHEP’s commitment to equality,
social justice, social
transformation and the contribution that group spaces can create for learning.
Learning Outcomes
Participants
who complete this programme will be able to:
1. Better
reflect on their practice at work
2. Participate in the co-creation of a group reflective practice space.
3. Experience how developing a personal and collective facilitative stance, supports the co- creation of the conditions for an effective reflective practice learning space.
4.
Describe the ‘Critical Reflection’ model
5.
Reflectively write about their practice and their
reflective learning processes
6.
Draw up a personal plan as to how they will support
themselves in their practice
The ‘Critical Reflection’ Model
The‘Critical
Reflection’ model(Fook & Gardner, 2007) is
informed by four key perspectives:
1.
There is a value in reflecting directly on experience(Reflective Practice)
2.
There is a value in being open to exploring how we ourselves influence the experience(Reflexivity)
3.
Allowing that there are many views on what is true, and that some of these views are
powerful and tend to
silence others. How the language we use is important as is how we create difference (Post-modernism)
4.
We
can disempower ourselves – important to create
an opportunity to free ourselves
from dominant ways of thinking and to make a connection between the individual and the wider social world(Critical Social Theory)
Through facilitated reflection on a
‘critical learning incident’, assumptions underpinning practice can
be surfaced and examined towards bringing about change.
A critical learning incident is something
which happened to you, which was significant to your
practice in some
way. It can be significant
for many reasons – it
might have represented a turning point, a breakthrough, or a point of decision-making – what is important
is that an incident is chosen to reflect on, from which it is felt there is something
still to be learnt. Most of the course time will be spent on giving time to participants to have an opportunity to process a critical
learning incident of importance to them. Through applied reflection on practice
areas in the group,
using the Critical Reflection model, participants work through applied practice issues, learn from this exploration, and learn experientially about the Critical Reflection distinctive model and approach to structured reflection.
Commitment, Schedule & Location
Two groups will be commencing this September 2022 and both entail 30
contact hours – one will be in-person in Cork City and one will be on-line.
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Evening |
Where |
Months |
Sessions |
Times |
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Wednesday |
In-person (Ardfloyle, Ballintemple, Cork EirCode T12 XDH2 |
Sept ‘22 to April ’23 |
12x2.5hr sessions |
7.30pm to 10pm |
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Wednesday |
On-line Zoom |
Sept ‘22 to Mar ’23 |
12x2.5hr sessions |
7.0pm to 9.30pm |
Participants will need to schedule a further one hour per week for
reflective writing and a small amount of guided reading. This programme is
primarily experiential.
Schedule of Dates 2022-2023
Wednesday Group, In-Person Cork Ardfoyle
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Facilitators – Bernie Jeffery &
Liam Mc Carthy |
REFLECTIVE
PRACTICE 12
x 2.5 hours = 30 hours |
Venue EirCode T12 XDH2 |
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September 2022 |
Wed 21st |
15min
1:1 meeting with Facilitators between 6- 10pm |
Ardfoyle,
ASH Room |
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1 |
October 2022 |
Wed 5th |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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2 |
October 2022 |
Wed 19th |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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3 |
November
2022 |
Wed 2nd |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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4 |
November
2022 |
Wed 16th |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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5 |
November
2022 |
Wed 30th |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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6 |
December
2022 |
Wed 14th |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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Christmas Break |
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7 |
January 2023 |
Wed 11th |
7.30pm
to 10pm |
Ardfoyle,
ASH Room |
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8 |
February
2023 |
Wed 8th |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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9 |
February
2023 |
Wed 22nd |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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10 |
March 2023 |
Wed 8th |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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11 |
March
2023 |
Wed 22nd |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
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12 |
April 2023 |
Wednesday 5th |
7.30pm to 10pm |
Ardfoyle, ASH Room |
Venue
Address - The Social and Health Education Project CLG The Old National
School, Ardfoyle Avenue, Ballintemple, Cork T12 XDH2
Wednesday
Group, Online Zoom
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Facilitators – Mai Kerins and
Norma Roche |
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE 12
x 2.5 hours = 30 hours |
Venue Zoom On-line |
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September
2022 |
Wed 21st |
15min 1:1 meeting with Facilitators
between 6pm and 10pm |
On-line |
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1 |
September
2022 |
Wed 28h |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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2 |
October 2022 |
Wed 12th |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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3 |
October 2022 |
Wed 26th |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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4 |
November
2022 |
Wed 9th |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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5 |
November
2022 |
Wed 23rd |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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6 |
December
2022 |
Wed 7th |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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Christmas Break |
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7 |
January 2023 |
Wed 11th |
7.00pm
to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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8 |
January
2023 |
Wed 25th |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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9 |
February
2023 |
Wed 15th |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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10 |
March
2023 |
Wed 1st |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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11 |
March
2023 |
Wed 15th |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
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12 |
March 2023 |
Wed 29th |
7.00pm to 9.30pm |
On-line |
Zoom On-line – the course link will
issue to participants closer to course commencemt and in advance of the 1:1
meetings
Certification
SHEP certificate in Reflective Practice for Practitioners will be awarded where
an 80% attendance record is
achieved. There will be no formal assessment in the course. Participants will be asked to prepare a written
reflective learning piece
towards the end of the course that
draws on their learning and
their reflective writing done through
the span of the course (a personal learning statement) – participants will have the opportunity to explore these learnings together in the group. An input on reflective writing skills will be provided early in the course.
Costs
This course is fully subsided by SHEP, Bon Secours Community Initiative Fund and the HSE and there is no course fee for participants. A personal contribution of €45 per person
is required for the course, payable on acceptance of an offer of a place -this also covers the course book which will be posted to participants.
Entry requirements
Candidates must
be adults(18 andover) who:
·
Have a
strong commitment to promoting social
change, inclusion, equality and justice
and are active in
their community organization in either a voluntary or paid capacity.
·
Be volunteering or working in Community
and Voluntary organisation, social
service agencies, public or local authority
(e.g. education, youth and community work,
social work, community development, childcare, health- care, housing, inter-agency work, counselling, advocacy… etc.).
·
Have a willingness to be open in a group setting, sufficient for a process of reflection on the assumptions, values
and feelings underpinning their volunteering or work.
Progression
SHEP has recently reconfigured its third practitioner training programme in Applied
Facilitation in Community
& Organisational Settings. The aim
of that part-time programme is to contribute to resourcing practitioners, local communities
and organisations to become more
effective, resourced and
grounded practitioners, active citizens and communities, through supportive training programmes
- leadership, facilitation, participatory methods, advocacy, reflective
practice. The Reflective Practice for Practitioners course is one of six modules
currently comprising that programme.
Formoredetail, please refer to the SHEPwebsitewww.socialandhealth.com.
Follow-on Reflective
Practice Course
SHEP has developed a follow-on
reflective practice course that expands for practitioners, the range of practice reflection
methods (Case Clinic, Theory U, Triads, Sculpting …) they can draw on to support their practice. Former graduates of this Critical
Reflection course have then undertaken that course– next available in 2023.
Booking
Interested applicants should complete the Application
Form attached or contact the
SHEP Project Centre on 021 4666180
to enquire further. Thecoursewillrunsubjecttosufficient applications to formagroupof 12 participants.
Note that
Individual applicant Interviews of 15min will be scheduled between 6pmand 10pmon
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Wednesday 21stSeptember 2022
Your particular
time will be scheduled
with you by the office
staff. Applicants will be notified within
one week of completion of the interviews if they are being offered
a place.
Further Information
Contact course co-ordinator Liam Mc Carthy
on 021 4666180. For further
information please see
the Training and Developmentsectionofthe
SHEPwebsite https://www.socialandhealth.com/training/reflective-practice/
Completed application forms preferably emailed to
Or if posting to
SHEP Project Centre, Old National School, Ardfoyle
Avenue, Ballintemple, Cork. T12 XDH2
Latest Applications date is Wednesday 7th September 2022
Application
Form - Reflective Practice for
Practitioners
(Course Number CN003623)
Latest
Applications date is Wednesday 7th September 2022
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Address
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Contact Details: Home Phone Number ________________________ Mobile ________________________ Email Address
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Please tick √
group you are applying for IN-PERSON - Wednesday
in Ardfloyle, Cork (T12 XDH2) running from Sept 21st ’22 to Apr ’23
- 12x2.5hr sessions 7.30-10pm (Bernie Jeffery & Liam Mc Carthy) □ ONLINE - Wednesday ONLINE
running from Sept 21st ’22 to Mar ’23 - 12x2.5hr sessions 7.00-9.30pm
(Mai Kerins & Norma Roche) □
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How did you hear about this
course?
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Why do you want to participate on
this course?
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Have you
already completed any other SHEP courses? (note however, that completion of a
SHEP course is not an entry requirement)
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Summarise how you have
contributed /are contributing to community life.
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Describe your own personal
values.
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In what ways have you
previously demonstrated a willingness to be open in group settings?
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Where relevant to your application
for this course, please outline any educational qualifications or relevant
learning experiences?
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Where relevant to your
application for this course, please outline your current employment and/or
voluntary status?
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Please describe any additional supports
you may need to complete this course on-line.
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Do you have any medical condition
that we should be aware of?
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In case of emergency who should
we contact? Name Contact mobile |
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Is there anything else you wish
to add in support of this application?
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This course is fully subsided
through the support of the Bon Secours Community Initiative Fund, SHEP and
the HSE and there is No Course Fee
for participants.
A personal contribution of €45 per person is required and covers cost
of course materials. This is payable when offered and on acceptance of a
place.
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Signed |
For Office Use Only
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Shortlisting Result: |
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Interviewed by: |
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Date of Interview |
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Interview result |
Completed
application forms to be returned to
SHEP Project
Centre, Old National School, Ardfoyle Avenue, Ballintemple, Cork. T12 XDH2 or preferably emailed to info@socialandhealth.com
Latest Application date is Wednesday 7th September 2022
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