Assignment number and title 1 The Portfolio
Assignment type CW-ePort NON WBO
Weighting of assignment 100 %
Size or length of assessment 1500 words, plus CV, cover letter and references
Unit learning outcomes 1 Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding:
Employment opportunities related to your subject area and interests and the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes that are required to work in these contexts
2 Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
To be self-reflective about your personal skills, attributes and abilities and how these compare with what is required for your future employment

What am I required to do in this assignment?

The essay is reflective but the delivery must be academic and professional – avoid the temptation to reduce ‘reflection’ to a conversation. A portfolio which contains:

• Introduction –
• Your graduate destination – What? Why? etc. Seek guidance to ensure it is a graduate level role. If you are looking at post graduate vocational training – such as teacher training, social work – then you need to look for the ‘qualified role’ and look at the steps to the qualified role. If you want to be a Social worker – what client group? If you want to be a nurse? Which area of nursing?
• Role analysis –NOT a history of the job role but an awareness of the current issues facing professionals in the role – for example police and child trafficking, Education and special needs, Social care and an aging population etc
• A current job description and person specification of your ideal job – Appendix 1 DO NOT UPLOAD A LINK AS THE JOB MAY HAVE GONE BY THE TIME OF SUBMISSION)
• Reflection – what you already have – skills and experience and what you will need to get in order to meet the person specification.
  Having identified any gaps in our skills / experience create a PDP (below); this will also include the roles commitment to Equality, Diversity and inclusion.
• REVIEW And UPDATE Personal Development Plan from Level 4 – this must be in a grid format, with 5 objectives, each objective must be SMART. The PDP is your plan to achieve the objectives required in the job description you have used. The PDP MUST be an up to date and improved version of the one that had been previously submitted in your Level 4 Career Planning For Social Scientists unit.
• CV and covering letter as if you were seeking employment – these must be academic and professional and create a linkedin account that must be included on your CV
• References – min 10 (but only 3 are websites)

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)
Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding:

• Employment opportunities related to your subject area and interests and the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes that are required to work in these contexts including, recruitment and selection processes.Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
• Articulate a personal development plan to strengthen and evidence your capabilities and professional development goals and demonstrate what you have to offer employers in your chosen sector through the development of your CV and online professional brand