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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.

  • Unit Title

    Field Placement 1

  • Unit Code

    SWK3116

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    45

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Karen Derise MCDAVITT

Description

This unit comprises two components: a supervised Social Work practice placement (comprising of a minimum of 500 hours) and integrative academic study. Students are placed in social work organisational settings, where they practice and learn social work under the supervision of a qualified social worker. The unit enables the student to build an understanding of a particular field of practice through a structured fieldwork placement, organised and supported by academic staff. Field Placement 1 meets the standards of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) guidelines for social work field placement education.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 3 units from SWK3110, SWK3112, SWK3113

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SWK3115

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply social work practice skills in the context of the agency setting.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to effectively work in a team and organisational context.
  3. Describe the legislative and policy context of the placement agency's work.
  4. Effectively use supervision for professional development and learning.
  5. Explain the interaction between person, situation and context as a function that shapes social and individual problems.
  6. Identify and appropriately respond to ethical considerations that arise in the course of the placement.
  7. Research and evaluate theoretical and empirical knowledge used in practice.

Unit Content

  1. Ethics and values in social work practice.
  2. Integrative learning and reflective practice.
  3. Organisational learning and practicing in team and collegial settings.
  4. Policy context of human service development and delivery.
  5. Practice and apply beginning social work skills in agency settings.
  6. The role of theory and research in informing and directing social work practice.
  7. Using supervision for professional development and learning.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Supervised practicum, and on-campus or online integration workshops.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Practicum ^Field Placement
Portfolio ^Learning Links
ONLINE
TypeDescription
Practicum ^Field Placement
Portfolio ^Learning Links

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Cleak, H., & Wilson, J. (2019). Making the most of field placement (4th edition.). South Melbourne, Victoria: Cengage Learning Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1019253807
  • Noble, Carolyn., & Henrickson, Mark. (2011). Social work field education and supervision across Asia Pacific. The University Of Sydney, N.S.W: Sydney University Press. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/730043223

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 Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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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.

  • Unit Title

    Field Placement 1

  • Unit Code

    SWK3116

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    45

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Karen Derise MCDAVITT

Description

This unit comprises two components: a supervised Social Work practice placement (comprising of a minimum of 500 hours) and integrative academic study. Students are placed in social work organisational settings, where they practice and learn social work under the supervision of a qualified social worker. The unit enables the student to build an understanding of a particular field of practice through a structured fieldwork placement, organised and supported by academic staff. Field Placement 1 meets the standards of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) guidelines for social work field placement education.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 3 units from SWK3110, SWK3112, SWK3113

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SWK3115

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply social work practice skills in the context of the agency setting.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to effectively work in a team and organisational context.
  3. Describe the legislative and policy context of the placement agency's work.
  4. Effectively use supervision for professional development and learning.
  5. Explain the interaction between person, situation and context as a function that shapes social and individual problems.
  6. Identify and appropriately respond to ethical considerations that arise in the course of the placement.
  7. Research and evaluate theoretical and empirical knowledge used in practice.

Unit Content

  1. Ethics and values in social work practice.
  2. Integrative learning and reflective practice.
  3. Organisational learning and practicing in team and collegial settings.
  4. Policy context of human service development and delivery.
  5. Practice and apply beginning social work skills in agency settings.
  6. The role of theory and research in informing and directing social work practice.
  7. Using supervision for professional development and learning.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Supervised practicum, and on-campus or online integration workshops.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Practicum ^Field Placement
Portfolio ^Learning Links
ONLINE
TypeDescription
Practicum ^Field Placement
Portfolio ^Learning Links

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Cleak, H., & Wilson, J. (2019). Making the most of field placement (4th edition.). South Melbourne, Victoria: Cengage Learning Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1019253807
  • Cleak, H., & Wilson, J. (2019). Making the most of field placement (4th edition.). South Melbourne, Victoria: Cengage Learning Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1019253807
  • Noble, Carolyn., & Henrickson, Mark. (2011). Social work field education and supervision across Asia Pacific. The University Of Sydney, N.S.W: Sydney University Press. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/730043223

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 Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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