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2024 unit offering information will be available in November 2023
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
- 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 and effective communication with clients, colleagues, supervisors and other professionals, including active participation in team and/or network processes |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | demonstrate an understanding of decision making frameworks, evaluation processes, and organisational settings in the human services context and their impact on employees and clients |
| 4 | undertake personal reflection and critical evaluation of practice and processes in a human services context. |
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.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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