Professional Development

Course aim

To develop the student’s ability for autonomous professional social work practice and to strengthen strategies for continuing professional identity and development.

Course content

Professional judgment in a changing context; contemporary ethical issues and their implications for social work; ; ethical decision making models; evaluation framework for critiquing social work practice at an individual, organisational, professional and societal level; the interplay between social work knowledge and professional social work identity; reflection and evaluation of one's own practice; vicarious traumatisation and self protection; maximising professional and peer supervision; managing workload; marketing oneself - preparation for social work employment; job application/curriculum vitae/developing a social work portfolio; preparation for job interviews; entering the profession and the role of professional associations.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

All First Semester fourth year courses of the Bachelor of Social Work.

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
WELF 4019	Social Work Field Education 2

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	7 hours x 5 days
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	7 hours x 5 days
INTERNAL, WHYALLA (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	7 hours x 5 days
EXTERNAL, WHYALLA, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	N/A x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Essay, Job application

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.