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Unit of Study WELF3001 - Field Education II (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    24

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    International onshore students must enrol in the internal offering of this unit. Please note: WELF3001 - Field Education II and WELF2001 - Field Education I, MUST be completed in SEPARATE years for accreditation purposes. This unit contains professional experience learning that requires students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply by the compliance deadline may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements

Unit description

Students are required to spend 200 hours in a human service organisation under the supervision of an experienced field educator who assists the student to integrate theory with practice by creating a suitable learning environment.

Unit content

  1. Ethical practice
  2. Provision of service and supports
  3. Confidentiality in the workplace
  4. The regulatory framework
  5. Diversity
  6. The workplace
  7. Professional development
  8. Professional standing

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Dual Term2,3
Dual Term2,3
Online
Dual Term2,3
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:

develop and maintain professional and ethical relationships and effective communication with clients, colleagues, supervisors and other professionals, including active participation in team and/or network processes

analyse and apply knowledge (research and theory) and skills to practice; assessing needs and/or risk appropriate to the professional guidelines and ethics, and organisational context

demonstrate an understanding of decision making frameworks, evaluation processes, and organisational settings in the human services context and their impact on employees and clients

undertake personal reflection and critical evaluation of practice and processes in a human services context.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Cleak, H & Wilson, J, 2022, Making the Most of Field Placement, 5th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne. ISBN: 9780170457606.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
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Prescribed Texts
  • Cleak, H & Wilson, J, 2022, Making the Most of Field Placement, 5th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne. ISBN: 9780170457606.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • no-texts-in-uig

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.