SWB201 Social Justice Placement 1
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| Unit code: | SWB201 |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite(s): | SWB100 or HHB100 |
| Antirequisite(s): | SWB208, HHB208, SWB209 |
| Credit points: | 24 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | The Commonwealth supported place student contribution amount for this unit depends upon the course of study. Find out more |
| Pre-2021 CSP student contribution | The pre-2021 commonwealth supported place (CSP) contribution amount only applies to students enrolled in a course prior to 2021. To learn more, visit our Understanding your fees page. |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $6,048 |
| International unit fee | $8,448 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | SWB201 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 24 |
| Pre-requisite: | (SWB100 or HHB100) |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Nil |
| Anti-requisite: | SWB208 or HHB208, SWB209 |
| Coordinators: | Sam Pattison | se.pattison@qut.edu.au Heather Fraser | heather.fraser@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Human service students are required to demonstrate social justice values, critical theory for practice and proficiency in applying professional knowledge and skills in real world situations. To integrate theoretical knowledge grounded in critical theory for practice obtained in the course, you are required to successfully complete two field education practicums. This introductory 150-hour practicum provides the opportunity to engage with critically oriented practice within one human services agency to develop and apply an anti-oppressive practice framework, that consolidates skills, knowledge and professional attributes in accordance with the Australian Community Welfare Association's core competencies and values. You will undertake tasks and responsibilities of a student practitioner under the guidance and direction of an agency supervisor.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an emerging critical practice approach and professional ethics and values and professional integrity in accordance with the ACWA Practice Guidelines
- Integrate and apply relevant theory and methods with a critical theory orientation in the delivery of human services, programs or projects, taking into consideration broader political and social service context, higher level systemic influences and context of practice
- Communicate effectively in a diverse range of situations and contexts to build collaborative relationships with clients and colleagues
- Demonstrate critical understanding of anti-oppressive practice, respect and inclusivity in working with diversity and promoting the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures
- Critically engage in professional supervision, self-learning and professional development to build knowledge and critical reflective skills
Content
The placement unit focuses on preparing you for a critical practice approach grounded in social justice and anti-oppressive practice. It involves integrating the practice and theoretical aspects of the Human Services degree and providing you with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in working in human services organisations.
This unit introduces you to the following areas for your developing practice framework:
- Professional identity and framework
- Social justice and anti-oppressive practice
- Integration and application of theory, knowledge and skills for critical practice approach
- Inclusive practice across diverse cultural, gender and disability groups
- Critical practice with individual, community, policy and research for projects in organisational or community settings
- Exploring and aligning ACWA human services values and ethics for professional practice.
Relates to learning outcomes
Learning outcomes link to:
ACWA Practice Guidelines: 1-8
ACWA Field Placement Requirements (HE level courses): 1-10
Learning Approaches
You will undertake 150-hour placement where you are immersed in the setting. You will engage in experiential learning strategies in your agency setting and develop informal peer supports.
Planning and Preparation Workshop: You must enrol in the unit approximately five months prior to the commencement of placement and attend a planning/preparation workshop before placement commences. You are emailed information about the requirements for placement and the workshop and you must comply with the process to ensure the university is able to secure you an appropriate agency.
Workshops during placement: In addition to the pre-placement workshop, there is a workshop at the end of placement you must attend, providing you with critical reflection opportunities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Formative feedback is provided, either written or oral (from field educator, placement supervisor and unit coordinator), on the assessment item. Immersion in the practice placement will provide opportunities for you to reflect on and articulate your placement learning and receive peer, academic and external supervisor feedback through LPAR, supervision, placement liaison and end workshop. You will be able to incorporate constructive feedback into your assessment as the semester progresses. Further details on feedback will be provided at the initial pre-placement workshop.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit is based on your performance during field placement, drawing upon the LP&AR report. Performance in the unit will be graded as Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U).
In this unit, for you to be eligible to receive a passing grade, threshold assessment conditions apply. You are required to achieve a satisfactory result in all items of assessment to receive a S (satisfactory) result in the unit. See individual assessment items below for more detail.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Placement performance
Completion of 150-hours placement performance experience within one human service agency. During the field placement you will be required to demonstrate a range of knowledge, skills and values that are commensurate with the unit learning outcomes. Assessment is through mid and at end of placement assessment of competent performance and learning as evidenced in Learning Plan and Assessment Reports [LP&AR]. If necessary, assessment of performance will be informed by external supervisors and liaison visitor reports.
The LP&AR is the central placement document. Students must complete this plan in consultation with placement supervisor and liaison staff. Four (4) examples of evidence of competence that align with the ACWA Practice Guidelines. Each example of evidence should be between 200-250 words each.
You must also satisfy the 100% attendance requirement for this field placement.
Only the submission of documentation (LP&AR, timesheets and evidences) is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Weight: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Threshold Assessment:
For the purposes of professional accreditation and demonstration of capabilities/competencies, you must achieve a satisfactory level of performance in both the theoretical and practical elements of the unit to achieve a passing grade. If you do not receive a satisfactory result you will need to consult the unit coordinator to negotiate an appropriate approach.
Assessment: Presentation (Oral, individual)
Taking the role you held during professional practice placement, you will present a reflection of your placement experience to a simulated staff inter-agency forum. In this forum, you will present your reflections about the way your experience aligns with your critical practice approach to human services and professional identity.
Weight: Satisfactory/unsatisfactory
Threshold Assessment:
For the purposes of professional accreditation and demonstration of capabilities/competencies, you must achieve a satisfactory level of performance in both the theoretical and practical elements of the unit to achieve a passing grade. If you do not receive a satisfactory grade for the placement performance presentation you are able to make one resubmission.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Students are required to receive orientation to the agency workplace health and safety policies, and any specific risks and hazards associated with the particular agency setting.
Many organisations now require students to possess a National Criminal History Check, as this can take up to 6 weeks to process, students are encouraged to apply for this in the semester prior to undertaking their placement. For more information see WILS Canvas site.
Any placement in a health setting requires students to have completed their Hepatitis B and COVID-19 immunisations, along with other vaccinations.
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Costs
See the above requirements which may carry additional costs. All information required can be viewed in the faculty WILS Canvas site.
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Cleak, H., & Wilson, J. (2019). Making the most of field placement (4th ed.). South Melbourne: Cengage Learning.
Morley, C., Ablett, P., & Macfarlane, S., (2019). Engaging with social work: A critical introduction (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Risk Assessment Statement
You will be required to participate in 150 hours of off-campus practice experience. When undertaking field education placements, you are automatically subject to the Workplace Health and Safety Policies, Procedures and Regulations (e.g. Blue Card, Criminal History Check) operating within these particular agencies. You are required by law to comply with these policies and procedures at all times. Measures undertaken to minimise risks encountered during the off-campus field education placement include:
- Orientation to the agency
- Awareness/familiarisation of specific risks and hazards associated with the particular agency setting to which student have been assigned
- Adequate supervision by a qualified practitioner
- Appropriate theoretical and practical skill preparation prior to commencement of the placement.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | SWB201 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 24 |
| Pre-requisite: | (SWB100 or HHB100) |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Nil |
| Anti-requisite: | SWB208 or HHB208, SWB209 |
| Coordinators: | Sam Pattison | se.pattison@qut.edu.au Heather Fraser | heather.fraser@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Human service students are required to demonstrate social justice values, critical theory for practice and proficiency in applying professional knowledge and skills in real world situations. To integrate theoretical knowledge grounded in critical theory for practice obtained in the course, you are required to successfully complete two field education practicums. This introductory 150-hour practicum provides the opportunity to engage with critically oriented practice within one human services agency to develop and apply an anti-oppressive practice framework, that consolidates skills, knowledge and professional attributes in accordance with the Australian Community Welfare Association's core competencies and values. You will undertake tasks and responsibilities of a student practitioner under the guidance and direction of an agency supervisor.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an emerging critical practice approach and professional ethics and values and professional integrity in accordance with the ACWA Practice Guidelines
- Integrate and apply relevant theory and methods with a critical theory orientation in the delivery of human services, programs or projects, taking into consideration broader political and social service context, higher level systemic influences and context of practice
- Communicate effectively in a diverse range of situations and contexts to build collaborative relationships with clients and colleagues
- Demonstrate critical understanding of anti-oppressive practice, respect and inclusivity in working with diversity and promoting the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures
- Critically engage in professional supervision, self-learning and professional development to build knowledge and critical reflective skills
Content
The placement unit focuses on preparing you for a critical practice approach grounded in social justice and anti-oppressive practice. It involves integrating the practice and theoretical aspects of the Human Services degree and providing you with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in working in human services organisations.
This unit introduces you to the following areas for your developing practice framework:
- Professional identity and framework
- Social justice and anti-oppressive practice
- Integration and application of theory, knowledge and skills for critical practice approach
- Inclusive practice across diverse cultural, gender and disability groups
- Critical practice with individual, community, policy and research for projects in organisational or community settings
- Exploring and aligning ACWA human services values and ethics for professional practice.
Relates to learning outcomes
Learning outcomes link to:
ACWA Practice Guidelines: 1-8
ACWA Field Placement Requirements (HE level courses): 1-10
Learning Approaches
You will undertake 150-hour placement where you are immersed in the setting. You will engage in experiential learning strategies in your agency setting and develop informal peer supports.
Planning and Preparation Workshop: You must enrol in the unit approximately five months prior to the commencement of placement and attend a planning/preparation workshop before placement commences. You are emailed information about the requirements for placement and the workshop and you must comply with the process to ensure the university is able to secure you an appropriate agency.
Workshops during placement: In addition to the pre-placement workshop, there is a workshop at the end of placement you must attend, providing you with critical reflection opportunities.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Formative feedback is provided, either written or oral (from field educator, placement supervisor and unit coordinator), on the assessment item. Immersion in the practice placement will provide opportunities for you to reflect on and articulate your placement learning and receive peer, academic and external supervisor feedback through LPAR, supervision, placement liaison and end workshop. You will be able to incorporate constructive feedback into your assessment as the semester progresses. Further details on feedback will be provided at the initial pre-placement workshop.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit is based on your performance during field placement, drawing upon the LP&AR report. Performance in the unit will be graded as Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U).
In this unit, for you to be eligible to receive a passing grade, threshold assessment conditions apply. You are required to achieve a satisfactory result in all items of assessment to receive a S (satisfactory) result in the unit. See individual assessment items below for more detail.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Placement performance
Completion of 150-hours placement performance experience within one human service agency. During the field placement you will be required to demonstrate a range of knowledge, skills and values that are commensurate with the unit learning outcomes. Assessment is through mid and at end of placement assessment of competent performance and learning as evidenced in Learning Plan and Assessment Reports [LP&AR]. If necessary, assessment of performance will be informed by external supervisors and liaison visitor reports.
The LP&AR is the central placement document. Students must complete this plan in consultation with placement supervisor and liaison staff. Four (4) examples of evidence of competence that align with the ACWA Practice Guidelines. Each example of evidence should be between 200-250 words each.
You must also satisfy the 100% attendance requirement for this field placement.
Only the submission of documentation (LP&AR, timesheets and evidences) is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Weight: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Threshold Assessment:
For the purposes of professional accreditation and demonstration of capabilities/competencies, you must achieve a satisfactory level of performance in both the theoretical and practical elements of the unit to achieve a passing grade. If you do not receive a satisfactory result you will need to consult the unit coordinator to negotiate an appropriate approach.
Assessment: Presentation (Oral, individual)
Taking the role you held during professional practice placement, you will present a reflection of your placement experience to a simulated staff inter-agency forum. In this forum, you will present your reflections about the way your experience aligns with your critical practice approach to human services and professional identity.
Weight: Satisfactory/unsatisfactory
Threshold Assessment:
For the purposes of professional accreditation and demonstration of capabilities/competencies, you must achieve a satisfactory level of performance in both the theoretical and practical elements of the unit to achieve a passing grade. If you do not receive a satisfactory grade for the placement performance presentation you are able to make one resubmission.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Students are required to receive orientation to the agency workplace health and safety policies, and any specific risks and hazards associated with the particular agency setting.
Many organisations now require students to possess a National Criminal History Check, as this can take up to 6 weeks to process, students are encouraged to apply for this in the semester prior to undertaking their placement. For more information see WILS Canvas site.
Any placement in a health setting requires students to have completed their Hepatitis B and COVID-19 immunisations, along with other vaccinations.
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Costs
See the above requirements which may carry additional costs. All information required can be viewed in the faculty WILS Canvas site.
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Cleak, H., & Wilson, J. (2019). Making the most of field placement (4th ed.). South Melbourne: Cengage Learning.
Morley, C., Ablett, P., & Macfarlane, S., (2019). Engaging with social work: A critical introduction (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Risk Assessment Statement
You will be required to participate in 150 hours of off-campus practice experience. When undertaking field education placements, you are automatically subject to the Workplace Health and Safety Policies, Procedures and Regulations (e.g. Blue Card, Criminal History Check) operating within these particular agencies. You are required by law to comply with these policies and procedures at all times. Measures undertaken to minimise risks encountered during the off-campus field education placement include:
- Orientation to the agency
- Awareness/familiarisation of specific risks and hazards associated with the particular agency setting to which student have been assigned
- Adequate supervision by a qualified practitioner
- Appropriate theoretical and practical skill preparation prior to commencement of the placement.