Preparation for Field Placement

Course aim

To enable students to further develop the skills to apply professional practice frameworks within the social work context.

Course content

The focus of the course is to review content, knowledge and skills from earlier courses in the program and to apply this course work to realistic practice scenarios to enable students to develop an integrated theoretical framework for placement. The course will assist students to prepare for placement by critically analysing the diverse organisational and environmental contexts in which they will do their placements. Students will examine and apply the AASW Code of Ethics and prepare for ethical issues that will occur in practice. Students will also begin to apply theoretical frameworks to their future practice contexts. Students will learn and apply models of reflective practice to build professional social work identity and purposeful practice. Students will review their learning requirements for placement and prepare for professional supervision on placement.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 2009	Group Work
WELF 2012	Human Service Intervention
WELF 1019	Communication Skills in Social Work and Human Services

All first year courses and all semester one courses in second year (except for the double degrees who will complete the equivalent but over three to four years depending on program length.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
Online	3 hours x 10 weeks
Workshop (compulsory, on campus)	7 hours x 2 days
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Lecture	1 hour x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture	1 hour x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks

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

Assessment

Interview, Portfolio

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4S)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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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.