300726 (v.3) Professional Practice 636

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Area:	Department of Social Work and Social Policy
Credits:	50.0
Contact Hours:	12.0
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Practical:	1 x 10 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	2 x 2 Hours Monthly
Prerequisite(s):	300725 (v.3) Professional Practice 635 or any previous version
Syllabus:	150 hours of supervised practice within a human service agency, incorporating planning, implementing or evaluating a new initiative. Practice may focus on direct service provision, program development, social policy and/or administration. Students must satisfactorily complete practice activities, on-campus seminar attendance and all written requirements. Placements with employers may be negotiated.
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit, students will have understood the purpose and role of the placement organisation and its relationship to the broader social, economic and political context and to critically analyse the organisation's role. Identified the needs for, purpose, scope and limits of social work involvement within the organisational context and utilised this understanding to provide a social work service. Established and maintained effective working relationships with others in order to meet the client's interest. Analysed and assessed social needs, selected appropriate intervention strategies from a range of options and planned for social work intervention: casework, family work, group work, community work, social policy practice and research. Utilised a wide range of social work skills including supporting, enabling, networking, counselling, brokering, mediating, advocating, educating, program development, policy critique and policy development. Demonstrated clear, fluent and effective interpersonal communication and written communication.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	No prescribed references.
Unit Texts:	School of Social Work and Social Policy. (2001), Social Work Field Education Manual. Bentley, School of Socail Work and Social Policy, Curtin University of Technology.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Essay 50 %. Be assessed by the supervisor in the agency Pass/Fail. Participation and Presentation 50%. Report by agency supervisor pass/fail. This is by pass/fail assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y