School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Children and Family Studies Professional Placement
  • Unit Code

    CHN3113
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Andrea Lorraine FOLKARD

Description

The unit offers students the opportunity to explore their professional development needs and prepare for future work through a process of individual needs assessment, flexible self-directed learning, reflective practice and the opportunity to apply theoretical concepts in their role working with children and families. The concepts of case management and trauma informed practice and how these are applied in practice will be taught within an applied framework. The unit has a field based practicum component where students will undertake supervised practice and be required to demonstrate they can validate the Australian Community Workers Association Practice Guidelines. Due to the experiential nature of this unit, where active participation is required, new enrolments will not be accepted after the first week of the enrolment period.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Supervised practicum may take place across weekends and in semester breaks, depending on the agency in which the practicum occurs.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 120 credit points in their major. Students cannot enrol in this unit after Week 1 of the semester without Course Coordinator approval.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CHN4118.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Develop a portfolio of knowledge and skills to meet ACWA Practice Guidelines and code of conduct.
  2. Implement the knowledge and skill requirements for graduate entry level employment in the children and family services field.
  3. Display evidence of the integration of theoretical learning and practical application in working with children and families services across a range of contexts.
  4. Implement cross cultural and international perspectives in theoretical learning and practical applications in working with children and families.
  5. Apply case management and trauma informed practices within a placement as appropriate.

Unit Content

  1. Supervised placements to meet the ACWA Standards of Practice.
  2. Australian Community Workers Association Practice Guidelines and codes of conduct.
  3. Cross cultural practice.
  4. Case management and trauma informed practice.
  5. Employment preparation.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full Year26 x 3 hour practical classNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Simulation exercises, workshops, guest speakers from the field. Practicum of 400 hours across two placement types in the field. To be eligible to undertake the professional placement of 400 hours, the students are required to complete the associated unit material and weekly activities (on campus or online) and upload into SONIA a National Police Clearance. The Unit Coordinator may discuss the contents of the National Police Clearance with the student if there is any potential risk to student, agency and ECU. Agencies may request a Working with Children Check (or equivalent) before commencing placement. On Placement, students are required to comply with Australian Community Workers and ECU Codes of Conduct, along with any agency requirements.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Portfolio ^Pebble Pad Portfolio mid year assessment
Practicum ^Portfolio of Professional Placement
ONLINE
TypeDescription
Portfolio ^Pebble Pad Portfolio mid year assessment
Practicum ^Portfolio of Professional Placement

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Children and Family Studies Professional Placement
  • Unit Code

    CHN3113
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Andrea Lorraine FOLKARD

Description

The unit offers students the opportunity to explore their professional development needs and prepare for future work through a process of individual needs assessment, flexible self-directed learning, reflective practice and the opportunity to apply theoretical concepts in their role working with children and families. The concepts of case management and trauma informed practice and how these are applied in practice will be taught within an applied framework. The unit has a field based practicum component where students will undertake supervised practice and be required to demonstrate they can validate the Australian Community Workers Association Practice Guidelines. Due to the experiential nature of this unit, where active participation is required, new enrolments will not be accepted after the first week of the enrolment period.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Supervised practicum may take place across weekends and in semester breaks, depending on the agency in which the practicum occurs.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 120 credit points in their major. Students cannot enrol in this unit after Week 1 of the semester without Course Coordinator approval.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CHN4118.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Develop a portfolio of knowledge and skills to meet ACWA Practice Guidelines and code of conduct.
  2. Implement the knowledge and skill requirements for graduate entry level employment in the children and family services field.
  3. Display evidence of the integration of theoretical learning and practical application in working with children and families services across a range of contexts.
  4. Implement cross cultural and international perspectives in theoretical learning and practical applications in working with children and families.
  5. Apply case management and trauma informed practices within a placement as appropriate.

Unit Content

  1. Supervised placements to meet the ACWA Standards of Practice.
  2. Australian Community Workers Association Practice Guidelines and codes of conduct.
  3. Cross cultural practice.
  4. Case management and trauma informed practice.
  5. Employment preparation.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full Year26 x 3 hour practical classNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Simulation exercises, workshops, guest speakers from the field. Practicum of 400 hours across two placement types in the field. To be eligible to undertake the professional placement of 400 hours, the students are required to complete the associated unit material and weekly activities (on campus or online) and upload into SONIA a National Police Clearance. The Unit Coordinator may discuss the contents of the National Police Clearance with the student if there is any potential risk to student, agency and ECU. Agencies may request a Working with Children Check (or equivalent) before commencing placement. On Placement, students are required to comply with Australian Community Workers and ECU Codes of Conduct, along with any agency requirements.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Portfolio ^Pebble Pad Portfolio mid year assessment
Practicum ^Portfolio of Professional Placement
ONLINE
TypeDescription
Portfolio ^Pebble Pad Portfolio mid year assessment
Practicum ^Portfolio of Professional Placement

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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