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Understanding Child Development Pilot Survey

Hello and thank you for taking the time to complete the Understanding Child Development Survey. This survey is made up of 18 short questions and should take less than 15 minutes of your time. Your responses will provide valuable information to develop and improve digital development to meet registrant’s continuous learning needs.

The first few questions relate to you and your involvement in social work/social care. The information you provide will only be used to help inform our service improvements. You can leave these questions blank If you prefer to submit an anonymous response.

Please do not include sensitive information relating to yourself, your employer, service users or their carers. If you wish to speak to a member of staff in confidence about an issue relating to social work or social care, please email the Evaluation Manager in confidence andre.mckeown@niscc.hscni.net

1. Which resource have you used? (Select the one that applies).

(Required) • Understanding Young People: 7-12 Years • Understanding Adolescent Development and Issues: 13-18 Years • Understanding Child Development 0-6 Years • Understanding Child Development - Policy and Legislation

2. What is your job role?

(Required) Social worker Social work student Social Work tutor/education provider Teacher Health Care Professional Childcare Professional Childminder/Home-based Childcare Service user/carer Parent/care giver Youth and Community Worker Voluntary and Third Sector Other

If Other (Please Specify)

3. Which of the following best describes your area of work? Please select a service from the list below

(Required) Family and Child Care Residential Child Care Learning Disability Physical Disability Mental Health Justice Probation Education Welfare Education/Training Role Youth & Community Work Health Care Inspection Other

If Other (Please Specify)

4. What age group do you belong to?

(Required) Under 20 years 21-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Over 70

5. How many years have you worked in your current role?

How many years have you worked in your current role? (Required)

6. Gender – what gender do you belong to?

(Required) Male Female Trans-gender Non-binary Prefer not to answer Other

If Other (Please Specify)

7. What is your email address? (this would only be used to contact you to ask for more information about your responses to improve the Learning Zone)

What is your email address?

8. What was your overall experience of using the resource?

(Required) Excellent Good Not sure Average Poor

9. Please indicate why you are using the resource.

10. Please rank the sections you found most helpful in your role (1 being the most helpful and 6 being the least helpful)

Developmental Milestones

Theory

Case Studies

Specific Issues

Policy Context

Legislation Context

11. Please use the ratings below to indicate your knowledge of child development before and after you used this resource today?

(Required)

If your knowledge has improved please explain further

12. Would you recommend this resource to a colleague?

Yes No

If yes, please explain why?

13. When and where are you using the digital resources? (Please tick all that apply)

14. What device or devices did you use to access the resource today? (Please select all that apply)

Personal Desktop/ Laptop Personal Mobile Phone Personal Tablet Work Desktop/ Laptop Work Mobile Phone Work Tablet

15. To what extent do you agree that the resource may assist social workers and other professionals to assess and meet children’s needs?

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

16. Standards for Social Work and Social Care - The Learning Zone resources are designed to help raise awareness about the Standards of Conduct and Practice required from those registered with the Social Care Council and the values and behaviours required of registrants. Please indicate whether you agree/disagree with the following statements: (This question is only applicable to Northern Ireland Social Care Council Registrants, if you are not registered with the Social Care Council, please select "Not applicable to me")

17. Accessibility and Usability of resource – read and tick all options that you agree with?

18. Please use this section to share any suggestions you would like to make to help improve this resource or add any further comments.