Your training will include teaching sessions, tutorials and Action Learning Sets (ALS). Teaching will be co-delivered by our Programme Leads, a practising Approved/Responsible Clinician and Law Society-approved mental health solicitor.
There will also be facilitated Action Learning Sets (ALS)– these sessions are peer-led and designed to help you understand or resolve real-world challenges within your own workplace. You will be asked to present an AC/RC relevant topic or case study at one of the ALS sessions as part of a formative assessment.
Overview of assessments
During the programme, you will complete some formative submissions, which will guide your learning and provide valuable feedback. You will also complete some summative submissions, which will evaluate what you’ve learned, provide feedback and will contribute to your overall grade.
Learning Needs Plan/Proposal:
For this formative submission, you will reflect on your existing knowledge in relation to AC/RC competencies, as well as your workplace’s needs in relation to your trainee AC role.
You will identify aims that you wish to achieve during the programme and the steps needed to do this. Once your plan is submitted, you will then have the opportunity to discuss your plan with your tutor.
Essay:
In this summative submission, you will demonstrate your understanding of the AC/RC role and its requirements. You will also discuss examples of when you have carried out the role’s responsibilities under supervision.
Statutory Report:
This is a summative submission where you will act as if you are the Responsible Clinician for an anonymised or hypothetical case study. You will create a statutory report for the First Tier Tribunal or Manager’s Hearing which you have prepared.
Reflective Case Commentary:
In this summative submission, you’ll write an anonymised, concise case commentary relating to your involvement in the care of a detained patient. This commentary should demonstrate your awareness, understanding and reflection on key areas of applied AC competence, and the guiding principles of the Code of Practice.
Multiple Choice Exam
This summative submission is a timed, open-book, online exam made up of multiple-choice questions.
