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WS4504:09

Field Education 2

Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, External

HECS Band 1

Semester 2.

Available to BSW students.

Staff:

Field education team (Townsville campus).

Students will undertake a 15 week block placement with an accredited social work supervisor to prepare them for entry into professional social work. Preparation for placement takes place in Semester 1.

Learning Objectives:

to continue to develop knowledge and skills in general practice;

to assess needs and select and apply appropriate intervention strategies;

to evaluate and record processes and outcomes;

to be able to apply theoretical concepts and principles of practice;

to understand policy formulation and how policy and practice influence each other;

to recognise and evaluate social work roles and functions and how they relate to agencies' services and objectives;

to be able to identify major social, political and economic factors impinging on agencies and shaping policy and practice.

Assessment by learning plan; mid-placement assessment; end of placement assessment; statement of learning (1,500 words); daily practice journal; attendance at all integration workshops, pre-placement planning workshops and completion of pre-placement tasks. All pieces of assessment are regarded as of equal importance. All pieces of assessment must be completed at a satisfactory standard in order to gain an overall satisfactory grading.