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Supervised Field Placement 1A (SCWK90048)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | February - Dual-Delivery May - Dual-Delivery September - Dual-Delivery November - Dual-Delivery |
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This agency-based, supervised field education subject provides a focused practice learning experience. It provides students with opportunities for both professional learning and development and workplace preparation. Students will learn to integrate theory and practice. They will develop practice skills, increase their knowledge of the interface between policy, research and evidence-based practice and increase their understanding of the organisational contexts and fields of practice. This subject requires students to complete 250 hours of the first supervised field placement required within the Master of Social Work course.
Supervised field placements are offered in a variety of government or non-government agencies, across many varied fields of research and clinical practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students should be able to:
- Demonstrate and analyse the use of various methods of social work practice, including case work, counselling, group-work, community development, policy and research.
- Identify and compare fields of social work practice and their organisational contexts.
- Demonstrate use of self-regulation, self-awareness, and participate in guided reflection in practice, and the practice of self-care strategies.
- Identify and describe the application of social work theory in practice to specific practice examples
- Apply critical thinking in discussions that require professional decision making
Generic skills
- critically analyse texts and practices
- understand recent developments in social work contexts of practice
- link theory to practice
- competently communicate in ways relevant to both academic and practice contexts
- undertake independent research
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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SCWK90053 | Counselling and Interviewing Skills | February (Online) |
12.5 |
SCWK90066 | Social Work Theory and Practice | February (Online) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
The ASWEAS Guidelines set out by the AASW require social work students to undertake their placement without a break (AASW Guideline - Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards). Students must therefore undertake placement offerings in sequential offerings to fulfill accreditation requirements.
The placement subject should be completed in the following order: SCWK90048 (May) and SCWK90049 (June).
Students unable to enrol in the above pairing will require approval from the subject coordinator to enrol in another study period.
Note: Before being allowed to commence a student placement, all students must satisfy certain pre-placement requirements found at: https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/study/current-students/placements. This should be completed at least 4 weeks before the placement period.
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Practice portfolio and report. The portfolio is developed throughout the placement, and is due by the completion of the 250 hours.
| Throughout the semester | 100% |
Completion of 250 hours of agency-based supervised field placement
| Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinator Judi Brewster Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours The contact hours for this subject represent the first half (250 hours) of a combined 500 hours over two consecutive study periods, comprised of agency-based placement, including 1 day university-based integrative seminar and Pre-placement preparation 8 x 1 hr seminars. These contact hours are part of the accreditation requirements set by the Australian Association of Social Workers. Total time commitment 204 hours Teaching period 15 February 2021 to 2 April 2021 Last self-enrol date 24 February 2021 Census date 26 February 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 March 2021 Assessment period ends 2 April 2021 - May
Principal coordinator Judi Brewster Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours The contact hours for this subject represent the first half (250 hours) of a combined 500 hours over two consecutive study periods, comprised of agency-based placement, including 1 day university-based integrative seminar and Pre-placement preparation 8 x 1 hr seminars. These contact hours are part of the accreditation requirements set by the Australian Association of Social Workers. Total time commitment 204 hours Teaching period 24 May 2021 to 11 July 2021 Last self-enrol date 2 June 2021 Census date 4 June 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 June 2021 Assessment period ends 11 July 2021 - September
Principal coordinator Judi Brewster Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours The contact hours for this subject represent the first half (250 hours) of a combined 500 hours over two consecutive study periods, comprised of agency-based placement, including 1 day university-based integrative seminar and Pre-placement preparation 8 x 1 hr seminars. These contact hours are part of the accreditation requirements set by the Australian Association of Social Workers. Total time commitment 204 hours Teaching period 6 September 2021 to 22 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 15 September 2021 Census date 17 September 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 October 2021 Assessment period ends 22 October 2021 - November
Principal coordinator Judi Brewster Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours The contact hours for this subject represent the first half (250 hours) of a combined 500 hours over two consecutive study periods, comprised of agency-based placement, including 1 day university-based integrative seminar and Pre-placement preparation 8 x 1 hr seminars. These contact hours are part of the accreditation requirements set by the Australian Association of Social Workers. Total time commitment 204 hours Teaching period 29 November 2021 to 21 January 2022 Last self-enrol date 9 December 2021 Census date 10 December 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 January 2022 Assessment period ends 21 January 2022
Time commitment details
250 hours
Additional delivery details
The ASWEAS Guidelines set out by the AASW require social work students to undertake their placement without a break (AASW Guideline - Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards). Students must therefore undertake placement offerings in sequential offerings to fulfill accreditation requirements.
The primary placement block where most students undertake their placements is between May and August. Accordingly, placement subjects should be enrolled and completed in the following order: SCWK90048 (May) and SCWK90049 (July).
Students unable to enrol in the above subject pairing will require approval from the Subject Coordinator to enrol in any other study period.
Note: Before being allowed to commence a student placement, all students must satisfy certain pre-placement requirements found at: https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/study/current-students/placements. This should be completed at least 4 weeks before the placement period.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Cleak, H., & Wilson, J. (2018). Making the most of field placement (4th ed). Southbank: Thomson Learning.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Social Work - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022