Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | ||
| Online | N/A |
Unit description
Students are required to spend 200 hours in a welfare organisational setting 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
- Ethical practice
- Provision of service and supports
- Confidentiality in the workplace
- The regulatory framework
- Diversity
- The workplace
- Professional development
- Professional standing
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | develop and maintain professional and ethical relationships with clients, colleagues and supervisors |
| 2 | apply research theory and skills to practice, assessing need and/or risk, and mapping the network of services within the social and community services sector appropriate to organisation |
| 3 | participate in team processes and understand decision making frameworks and evaluation processes in the human services context |
| 4 | demonstrate an understanding of practice guidelines and ethics, and personal reflection in the human services context. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- develop and maintain professional and ethical relationships with clients, colleagues and supervisors
- apply research theory and skills to practice, assessing need and/or risk, and mapping the network of services within the social and community services sector appropriate to organisation
- participate in team processes and understand decision making frameworks and evaluation processes in the human services context
- demonstrate an understanding of practice guidelines and ethics, and personal reflection in the human services context.
Prescribed Learning Resources
- Cleak, H & Wilson, J , 2019, Making the Most of Field Placement, 4th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne. ISBN: 9780170222433.
- No prescribed resources/equipment.
- Cleak, H & Wilson, J , 2019, Making the Most of Field Placement, 4th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne. ISBN: 9780170222433.
- No prescribed resources/equipment.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
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