Unit of Study SWRK6007 Social Work Field Placement II (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

36
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

SWRK5007 - Social Work Field Placement I
Anti-requisites

SWRK6005 - Social Work Field Placement IIa

Enrolment information

International onshore students must enrol in the internal offering of this unit. This placement should be completed at the end of your degree. This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL and you will not be permitted to continue in this unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/health/work-integrated-learning.
Enrolment restriction

Students must seek approval to enrol via a Unit Approval Request (www.scu.edu.au/enrol-uar) following submission of fit to practice documentation.

Unit description

Engages students in 600 hours of supervised social work practice, in a different human service organisation to which they completed the first social work field placement. Develops 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 in the course to practice in a real organisation. Emphasis is placed on the use of research to inform social work practice and policy change.

Unit content

Professional social work relationships
Communicating with stakeholders
Agency and policy context
Social work practice theory and models
Professional supervision
Research-informed practice
Professional presentation
Evaluation and professional development
Use of knowledge for practice and policy change
Leadership in human service organisations
Professional practice frameworks

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 beginning practitioner

demonstrate and critically reflect on professional identity, practice skills and practice approaches with clients, colleagues, supervisors and other key stakeholders, and identify learning needs that extend beyond graduation

critically analyse and reflect on the evidence-base for and ways in which social work services are provided in the organisation and wider practice field and how this addresses client needs and enhances social justice

use and critically reflect on social work knowledge, including theoretical and research knowledge, to inform social work practice and policy in a range of settings, and draw on this to inform professional identity and articulate a professional practice framework

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Placement 600 hours (Across placement period)

Assessment
Portfolio	SR
Journal	SR
Presentation	SR
Evaluation	SR
Journal	SR
Evaluation	SR
Essay	SR
Placement	SR

Teaching method

Placement 600 hours (Across placement period)

Assessment
Portfolio	SR
Journal	SR
Presentation	SR
Evaluation	SR
Journal	SR
Evaluation	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

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

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