Social Work Practicum 1
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
WELF 5105
Postgraduate
No
101915
13.5
No
School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy
To enable students to develop specialised social work practice skills in a practice setting.
Students will undertake supervised placement where they will develop specialised practice skills through the application of theory to a particular practice context. Students will utilise their skills as a reflexive practitioner to develop cognitive and technical skills in ethical reflection and decision making, professional relationship building, social work supervision and client engagement, intervention planning, implementation and evaluation. Students will examine the notion of social work as change agent at the individual and broader systemic level.
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Common to all relevant programs | |
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
WELF 5098 | Contemporary Practice Theories for Social Work |
WELF 5104 | Social Work Practice Skills |
WELF 5099 | Effective Human Service Delivery |
Students are required to have undertaken a criminal history screening through the Department of Families and Communities and to have completed a 1 day Child Safe Environments Course. Some placements may require students to hold a current drivers licence and recognised First Aid Certificate.
Common to all relevant programs | |
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
WELF 5096 | Ethical Decision Making |
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, MAGILL | |||
Field Placement (Fieldwork) | 500 hours x N/A | ||
Tutorial | 2 hours x 8 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Interview, Placement, Portfolio
Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.
EFTSL*: 0.375
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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.