Unit of Study SWRK5007 Social Work Field Placement I (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

36
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

SWRK5001 - Social Work Foundations for Practice AND SWRK5002 - Social Work Direct Practice I
Anti-requisites

SWRK5005 - Social Work Field Placement Ia

Enrolment information

International onshore students must enrol in the internal offering of this unit. This unit contains professional experience learning that requires students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply by the compliance deadline may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements
Enrolment restriction

Students must seek approval to enrol having provided required documentation in accordance with Field Education guidelines.

Unit description

Engages students in 400 hours of supervised social work practice in a human service organisation developing professional skills, knowledge and values in line with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) practice standards for social work. Transfers learning gained from other units to practice in a real organisation.

Unit content

Professional relationships
Communicating with stakeholders
Agency context
Social work practice theory and models
Professional supervision
Research informed practice
Team work and group dynamics
Evaluation of practice skills
Critical reflection

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Tri Term1,2	Tri Term1,2
Online	Tri Term1,2	Tri Term1,2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

form, maintain and end professional and ethical social work relationships with clients, colleagues and supervisors in a human service organisation at the level of a developing practitioner

demonstrate and critically reflect on effective engagement, communication and practice skills and intervention approaches with clients, colleagues, supervisors and other key stakeholders

critically analyse and reflect on the organisation, its location within wider social systems, and its relationship with other organisations, such as auspicing bodies and funding agencies and implications for the role of social work and delivery of social work services to clients

critically analyse the ways in which a social work theory is applied and social work service is provided within the organisation to respond to client needs and enhance social justice and draw on this to inform practice

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Placement 400 hours (Across placement period)

Assessment
Initial Learning Plan	SR
Journal - midway	SR
Presentation	SR
Learning Plan and Evaluation - midway	SR
Journal - final	SR
Learning Plan and Evaluation - final	SR
Essay	SR
Placement	SR

Teaching method

Placement 400 hours (Across placement period)

Assessment
Initial Learning Plan	SR
Journal - midway	SR
Presentation	SR
Learning Plan and Evaluation - midway	SR
Journal - final	SR
Learning Plan and Evaluation - final	SR
Essay	SR
Placement	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Cleak, H & Wilson, J , 2022, Making the Most of Field Placement , 5th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne. ISBN: 9780170457606.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts

Cleak, H & Wilson, J , 2022, Making the Most of Field Placement , 5th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne. ISBN: 9780170457606.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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