Field education and practice
Debra Manning
16 points
* Second semester (Gippsland)
* Full year (Distance)
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Prerequisites: GSC2303
* Corequisite: GSC2304
Objectives Students will gain an understanding of the realities of welfare practice through participation in the ongoing work of an agency and also the ability to relate their practice experiences to theory from all the curriculum studies in the course.
Synopsis Students are placed in a welfare or community setting for sixty days to gain experiential learning and professional integration of their welfare theory and practice. The social welfare teaching section makes contact at least twice during placement to facilitate the learning process. Each student is supervised by a qualified field educator and is assigned a liaison person.
Assessment Pre-placement assignment
* Learning plan
* Field
educator report
* Student placement report
* Field education assignment
* To obtain a pass in the subject students will be required to pass each
piece of work. The subject will be assessed as pass grade only
Prescribed texts
AASWWE A handbook for field educators in social work and social welfare Charles Sturt University, 1991
Bogo M and Vayda E The Practice of field instruction in social work U Toronto P, 1987.
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