Professional Practice in the Workplace

Course aim

This course enables students to develop and demonstrate the advanced organisational communication skills required to effectively operate as a social work professional in diverse workplaces.

Course content

Negotiating to achieve professional outcomes; interprofessional social work; working in culturally diverse contexts; Accountability in a professional workplace; Quality assurance; managing adverse events; responding to professional scrutiny; managing volunteers and staff; describing, measuring and valuing social work as a work activity; performance management; setting professional goals in an organisational context; Representing your agency and your clients; Using and managing the media; Lobbying and advocacy.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

All third year courses in the Bachelor of Social Work

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 8 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practicals)	1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practical)	6 hours x 1 day
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online)	N/A x 13 weeks
External (On-campus workshop)	7.5 hours x 2 days
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Lecture	1 hour x 8 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practicals)	1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practical)	6 hours x 1 day
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture	1 hour x 8 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practicals)	1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practical)	6 hours x 1 day
EXTERNAL, WHYALLA, ONLINE
External (Online)	N/A x 13 weeks
External (On-campus workshop)	7.5 hours x 2 days

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

Assessment

Public communication, Reflective report

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.