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SWK3360
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
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| Level | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
| Organisational Unit | Department of Social Work |
| Offered | Not offered in 2015 |
| Coordinator(s) | Dr Kerry Brydon |
Synopsis
This unit builds on the theoretical and practice learning gained in SWK2160 as well as from other units in the course. It is expected that students completing this unit will demonstrate a level of skills and knowledge that enables them to be considered beginning social welfare practitioners.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate developed engagement, assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation skills required to commence professional practice, with particular reference to child welfare and aged care;
- Critically analyze the ways and extent to which theory can be integrated with practice in direct service delivery with particular reference to child welfare and aged care;
- Critically and reflectively review their own skills and the role of the social welfare practitioner;
- Evaluate the practice of case management; and
- Review the principles and practice of multi-disciplinary collaborative work, advocacy and negotiation.
Fieldwork
Clinical placement: Minimum of three days per week for a total of 320 hours.
Assessment
Students are required to successfully complete both components of the unit in order to pass the unit. The unit is marked as pass grade only (PGO). Students will complete a clinical placement and submit assessment reports and also a number of in-calls role play assessments. The fieldwork component is worth 50% of the unit mark and the skills component is worth 50% of the unit mark with each assignment is the skills component worth 25% of the unit mark.
Workload requirements
Students will attend up to two hours of direct teaching classes per week and are expected to complete one hour of independent study each week. Students are also required to attend a clinical placement agency for a minimum of three days per week for a total of 320 hours during which time they will not be required to attend any on-campus lectures or tutorials.
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