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Unit of Study SWRK2005 - Social Work Placement I (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    36

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    International onshore students must enrol in the internal offering of this unit. This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL and you will not be permitted to continue in this unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/health/work-integrated-learning.

Unit description

Comprises the first social work placement. Engages students in 500 hours of supervised social work practice in a human service organisation. Develops professional skills, knowledge and values based on the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) practice standards for social work. Transfers learning gained from other units in the course to practice in a real organisation. Students experience regular supervision of their practice in accordance with AASW requirements.      

Unit content

  1. Analysing the agency context
  2. Forming, maintaining and ending professional and ethical relationships with clients and colleagues and key stakeholders
  3. Understanding social work practice and using social work knowledge within a human service organisation
  4. Understanding the role of social work in an agency context
  5. Engaging in multidisciplinary practice contexts
  6. Effectively using professional supervision
  7. Communicating effectively with clients, colleagues and stakeholders
  8. Evaluating one's own practice using critical reflection and responding to feedback
  9. Applying social work knowledge to real world situations

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Tri Term1,2
Tri Term1,2
Online
Tri Term1,2
N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

form, maintain and end professional and ethical social work relationships with clients, colleagues and supervisors in a human service organisation

demonstrate and critically reflect on effective engagement and communication with clients, colleagues, supervisors and other key stakeholders

analyse the role of social work and ways in which a social work services are provided within the organisation and practice field

analyse, apply and critically reflect on social work knowledge, including theoretical and research knowledge, to understand and inform social work practice in this agency and identify learning needs

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Cleak, H., & Wilson, J., , 2022, Making the Most of Field Placement, 5th edition , Cengage, South Melbourne. ISBN: 9780170457606.
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