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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

SCWK3002 (v.1) Social Work Field Education 1

Area: Department of Social Work
Credits: 100.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Workshop: 6 x 3 Hours Semester
Seminar: 2 x 7.5 Hours Semester
Fieldwork: 1 x 525 Hours Semester
Equivalent(s): 312029 (v.2) Social Work Field Education 341 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     312019 (v.2) Contemporary and Comparative Social Policy 242 or any previous version
    OR
    3681 (v.7) Social Policy 303 or any previous version
    OR
    SCWK2003 (v.1) Contemporary and Comparative Social Policy or any previous version
AND
    312022 (v.3) Social Work and Mental Health Recovery 242 or any previous version
    OR
    2802 (v.6) Behavioural Science 271 or any previous version
    OR
    CMHL2000 (v.1) Social Work and Mental Health Recovery or any previous version
AND
    312020 (v.2) The Inquiring Social Work Practitioner 242 or any previous version
    OR
    2804 (v.8) Research Inquiry 304 or any previous version
    OR
    PUBH2002 (v.1) The Inquiring Social Work Practitioner or any previous version
AND
    312012 (v.2) Social Work Integrity and Accountability in Practice 241 or any previous version
    OR
    2803 (v.6) Law (Social Issues) 210 or any previous version
    OR
    SCWK2000 (v.1) Social Work Integrity and Accountability in Practice or any previous version
AND
    312017 (v.2) Social Work Counselling Individuals 242 or any previous version
    OR
    1636 (v.6) SW 122 - Practice Models 1 or any previous version
    OR
    SCWK2002 (v.1) Social Work Counselling Individuals or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Students will undertake seventy days (70) social work placement in a range of fields and sites of practice under the supervision of an approved supervisor. Integration and application of theoretical frameworks, social work skills and critically reflective practice are essential elements of the placement. Through the use of supervision students will develop competence in evaluating personal values, professional values, ethics and frameworks into practice. Students will apply self-care strategies and undertake critical examination and evaluation of social work in practice.
Field of Education: 090501 Social Work
Result Type: Pass/Fail


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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