WS5604 - Field Education 2

Credit points:	09
Year:	2014
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts and Social Sciences (pre 2015)

Students will undertake a 500 hours block placement with an accredited social work supervisor to prepare them for entry into professional social work. Preparation for placement takes place in a block workshop in July.

Learning Outcomes

• to assess needs and select and apply appropriate intervention strategies;
• to be able to apply theoretical concepts and principles of practice;
• to be able to identify major social, political and economic factors impinging on agencies and shaping policy and practice;
• to evaluate and record processes and outcomes;
• to recognise and evaluate social work roles and functions and how they relate to agencies services and objectives;
• to understand policy formulation and how policy and practice influence each other;
• to continue to develop knowledge and skills in generic practice.

Prerequisites:	WS5303 A WS5516 A WS5611 and allow concurrent for WS5611
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	WS4504

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2014
Coordinator:	Ms Beth Tinning
Lecturers:	Ms Ines Zuchowski, Ms Tracey Dickinson.
Contact hours:	40 hours workshops/Seminars - 16 hours preparation workshop and 24 hours integration seminars (week 4,9,14) 500 hours professional experience
Assessment:	learning plan; mid-placement assessment; end of placement assessment; placement report; weekly practice journal; attendance at all integration workshops, pre-placement planning workshops and completion of pre-placement tasks.
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2014
Non-standard start/end 13-Jul-2014 to 21-Nov-2014
Face to face teaching 13-Jul-2014 to 14-Jul-2014 (compulsory pre placement workshop)
Coordinator:	Ms Beth Tinning
Lecturers:	Ms Ines Zuchowski, Ms Tracey Dickinson.
Contact hours:	14 hours workshops/Seminars - on campus pre-placement workshop - students may attend Cairns or Townsville campus 500 hours professional experience
Assessment:	learning plan; mid-placement assessment; end of placement assessment; placement report; weekly practice journal; attendance at all integration workshops, pre-placement planning workshops and completion of pre-placement tasks.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2014
Coordinator:	Ms Beth Tinning
Lecturers:	Ms Ines Zuchowski, Ms Tracey Dickinson.
Contact hours:	30 hours workshops/Seminars - 14 hours Pre placement and integration Seminars (week 5, 9, 14) 500 hours professional experience
Assessment:	learning plan; mid-placement assessment; end of placement assessment; placement report; weekly practice journal; attendance at all integration workshops, pre-placement planning workshops and completion of pre-placement tasks.
Mackay, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2014
Coordinator:	Ms Beth Tinning
Lecturers:	Ms Ines Zuchowski, Ms Tracey Dickinson.
Contact hours:	30 hours workshops/Seminars - 14 hours Pre placement and 21 hours integration seminars. Pre placement seminar available in Mackay in July if sufficient enrolments, otherwise students must attend workshop in either Townsville or Cairns 500 hours professional experience
Assessment:	learning plan; mid-placement assessment; end of placement assessment; placement report; weekly practice journal; attendance at all integration workshops, pre-placement planning workshops and completion of pre-placement tasks.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.