Trainees Writing reports for the DSA
Under
no circumstances must students or graduates submit reports for the DSA that
were written prior to achieving the SpLD Assessment Practicing Certificate
(APC) or HCPC registration. Reports
must never be submitted with ‘APC pending' or ‘Registration pending', nor can
reports written prior to receiving the APC number or HCPC registration merely
have the number written on the report after the event. Assessors must be
qualified, holding appropriate qualifications at the time they conduct
assessments. A trainee carrying out an assessment while on a
training course, where the report produced could later be submitted for
application for the DSA,or other purpose outside the requirements of the
training course, must
be observed and supervised in full by the course or workplace supervising tutor
(in person or via video recording /video link).Under
no circumstances must assessment reports written for application for the Disabled Students'
Allowance (DSA) or
other application outside their training course be signed as the work of trainee assessors or graduates prior to their
achievement of a SpLD assessment practising certificate (APC) or HCPC
registration. Reports must never be signed by a trainee assessor
with ‘APC pending' or ‘registration pending,' nor can reports written before the assessor has been awarded the
APC number or HCPC registration have this registration or award information
added to the report after the event.A trainee assessor's full diagnostic assessment
report can be accepted for application for DSA,or other
purpose outside the requirements of the training course, ONLY if the following conditions have been met: - The
whole assessment has been observed (in person or via video recording /video
link) within the context of an accredited training course by a supervising
tutor or registered placement supervisor who is fully qualified to conduct
assessments.
- The qualified supervising tutor or work placement
supervisor has observed the full assessment (in person or via video recording/video link), reviewed the report and ensured
that the report meets the appropriate standards set by SASC.
- The qualified supervising tutor or placement
supervisor signs the report, giving their APC number or HCPC registration and
contact details. The trainee assessor's name is required on the report but the report is submitted by the qualified
supervising tutor/placement supervisor.
- The
details are provided of the course on which the trainee is enrolled at the time
the assessment was conducted.
For the avoidance of doubt, SASC is now requiring specific wording
to be used to confirm trainees' reports are used only where the trainee is
actively enrolled on an authorised course leading to an Assessment Practising
Certificate or HCPC certification.
See guidance on Practising Certificates page. |