Faculty of Education and Social Work
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SOCWORK 725 - Supervised Field Placement I
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Course description
30 points
A first practicum course which focuses on developing a professional identity and a philosophy of practice that is shaped by integrating personal experience and professional knowledge, values and skills. A significant part of this course includes a period of a minimum of 50 days of supervised agency-based practical experience for which the student will be prepared through developing individual learning goals.
Course director
Cherie Appleton
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Learning outcomes
At the completion of this course, it is intended that students will be able to:- Recognise how own person development, culture, beliefs and values impact on their social work practice, and in particular their use of self.
- Explain application of theory to practice contexts
- Critically evaluate own strengths and areas for development and manage feedback.
- Demonstrate basic social work skills such as information gathering, assessment, recording and intervention planning.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of cultural safety and ethical decision-making in keeping with those of the ANZASW Code of Ethics, and including the Bi-cultural Code of Practice.
- Manage professional commitments in context including time management, preparation and engagement in supervision, meeting attendance and work planning.
Course Coordinators
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Delivery modes
Block Intensive (intensive on campus days)
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Currently scheduled classes
2018 Epsom (Semester 2): On week block sessions from Monday 13 August to Friday 17 August from 9am to 4:30pm and practicum from 27 August to 2 November
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Take this course
This course can be taken as a taught course in the following programmes:
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School
Counselling, Human Services, and Social Work
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