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Policies, Procedures & Guidance

We are continually reviewing existing policies and procedures to ensure they are in line with government legislation and reflect our Duty of Care to our Students.  New and updated policies and procedures will be added to this page when ratified.

If you are looking for or seeking advice on a particular policy or procedure, please contact The Director of Placements, James Wade, for information.

NB:  This page is the single source of the very latest/definitive version of all placements and partnerships policies and procedures - check here often for new and updated documentation.

Generic Policies Procedures and Guidance

Adverse Weather Conditions – Guidelines for Students on Placement

Nursing, Midwifery and HCPCP Policies Procedures and Guidance

Academic Assessor – Standards of Working Practice

Guidance of level of student nurse participation in clinical procedures 2023

Guidelines for Requesting Additional Hours in Practice Placement Areas

Lone Working on Practice Placement (Healthcare)

Payment for Placements

Placement Absence Reporting Guidance

Placement Evaluation Policy Pre-Registration Health 2021

Placement Information For Nursing Homes 2024/25

Placement Information For Primary & Community Care 2024/25

Practice Learning Handbook 2023

Raising concerns flowcharts Healthcare

Raising and Escalating Concerns

Reasonable Adjustments Healthcare

Right to reply - Placement Provider response form to student online evaluation

Social Work Policies Procedures and Guidance

Lone Working Policy & Procedure, Social Work

Reasonable Adjustments Policy & Procedure, Social Work 

Reasonable Adjustments Policy and Procedure, Notification of Applicant/Student Disability (Form SWRA1)

Reasonable Adjustments Policy and Procedure, Placement Evaluation After Reasonable Adjustment (Form SWRA2)

Raising and Escalating Concerns

Education Policies Procedures and Guidance

Understanding GDPR

Reasonable Adjustments Policy

Lone Working Policy

Interruption to school placements

Raising and Escalating Concerns

Moving and Handling

Information regarding moving and handling whilst on placement can be found in the following documents:

Principles of Human Movement
Principles of Normal Movement
Moving and Handling Practical Sessions
The Law on Manual Handling
Risk Assessment

Students and Bank Holidays

Students and Bank Holidays

The position for students is that Bank Holidays are included in the leave weeks in the training schedule. Therefore students do not automatically get Bank holidays off in practice and they can be rostered to work them.

If a student is allocated to an area that is closed on Bank Holidays the Mentor can do one of 3 things.

Plan the students experience hours in order that the student can complete the planned placement hours over the weeks which include the Bank Holiday.

Arrange for the student to undertake a period of experience in another area within the portfolio of learning experience.

Ask the student to undertake some pre-identified work which will be assessed as part of the measurement of the agreed practice outcomes. ( With the Health Visitor this would be the workbook).

Should you receive any queries from your students can you please refer to the information above.

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