12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
Postgraduate - Unit
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Synopsis
This practicum unit develops a range of professional skills and acquaints students with issues of professional ethics and practice in psychology. Students spend between three and four days per week on placement. The placement activities undertaken in this unit contribute to the total placement hours required for the course (minimum 1000 hours). Students are supervised on site by their field supervisors and also have regular contact with their university supervisors. Monthly group supervision sessions are offered from February to November for the duration of the placements.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
- apply their advancing knowledge and skills for assessment, consultation, counselling and intervention to working with clients
- apply advancing report-writing skills to practice
- use advancing knowledge of local human service systems and an applied understanding of legal and ethical issues relevant to the specialist fields of counselling psychology or educational and developmental psychology.
Assessment
Written case study activities (4800 words equivalent, 60%)
Placement activities and log book (3200 words equivalent, 40%)
Workload requirements
Minimum total expected workload comprises:
- Contact hours for on-campus students:
- 435 hours (58 days) per semester of clinical placement experience including a minimum of 150 client contact hours (Some days and hours may be transferred between the three placements with the permission of the placement coordinator.)
- monthly group supervision sessions on campus from February to November for the duration of the placements
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