| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | Field Placement |
| Unit ID: | CHSUG3005 |
| Credit Points: | 45.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (ATSGC1362 or BSWUG1001 or CHSUG1001 or CHSUG1003 or WELRO1001) (CHSUG2101 and CHSUG2102) OR (CHSUG2002) (At least 30 credit points from ANY subject-area at 2000-2999 level) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (WELRO3107) |
| ASCED: | 090515 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
Field education provides an opportunity for the student to apply the academic content from other units studied in a direct practice context. Students are assisted in learning the skills required for effective community and human services practice as field education provides experiences that allow the student to make the transition from "knowing what" to "knowing how". Students will complete 70 days of supervised fieldwork practice in an approved human services agency. For most students, this field placement is the culmination of their unit of study and the final preparation before entering the field. In this way, there is an expectation that during the unit of fieldwork placement, students will attain a level of professional practice equivalent to that of a new worker in the field. |
| Grade Scheme: | Ungraded (S, UN) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| Student is undertaking work experience in industry where learning and performance is not directed by, and support is not received from, the provider. No Fees (unit of study is contribution and tuition fee exempt). |
| Placement Component: | Yes - 70 days |
| Supplementary Assessment:No |
| Supplementary assessment is not available to students who gain a fail in this Unit. |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Analyse the context of welfare practice, including the role and function of the placement agency, and the staff within the agency. |
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| K2. | Integrate theory and appropriate research into practice in an agency context. |
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| K3. | Critically appraise different styles and modes of professional practice, including the role(s) and responsibilities of the welfare professional, and the specific knowledge and skills required for this setting. |
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| K4. | Identify a significant learning incident in the context of human service practice. |
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| K5. | Acquire a strong knowledge of one particular field of practice. |
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| K6. | Develop knwoledge on using ethical decision-making framework in practice. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Demonstrate a high level of appropriate communication skills. |
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| S2. | Practice assessment skills and identify and prioritise the issues to be addressed in working with individuals, groups, families or communities under supervision. |
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| S3. | Demonstrate appropriately chosen interventions (under supervision), including monitoring and evaluation of these interventions. |
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| S4. | Critically reflect on the developing professional identity. |
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| S5. | Keep appropriate records in accordance with agency policy and professional obligations. |
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| S6. | Identify and practise self-protective strategies when working in potentially dangerous or stress inducing situations. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Complete the practicum with a level of skills, knowledge and competence consistent with a newly qualified worker. |
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| A2. | Work collaboratively with other professionals, service providers and servicers/consumers. |
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| Unit Content: |
•Placement expectations and responsibilities
•Professional supervision
•Use of learning contracts
•Reflective practice within the Human and Community Services context
•Trauma informed practice within the Human and Community Services context
•Working with challenging clients, developing self-care and self-protection strategies etc.
•Culturally competent practice within the Human and Community Services context
•Working in legal context: Working in Child protection and more broadly the human services context. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K4, K6, S2, S3, A1 | Identify and discuss a significant learning incident in the context of field placement and an appropriate mechanism through which to address the issue | Significant Learning Incident Report | S/U | | 2. | K1, K3, K5, S1, A1, A2 | Analyse the role and function of the agency in the wider service network, and the place of community and human service practice in its function | Presentation | S/U | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K5, S2, S3, A1, A2 | Achieve the standards of practice expected at final year level in relation to the individual learning contract (must be completed by Final Placement Review) | Learning Contract: Field Education Learning Plan and Assessment Report | S/U | | 4. | K2, K3, S1, S2 | Demonstrate an understanding of integrating theory and practice in relation to a specific placement task | Essay | S/U | | 5. | K3, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2 | Critically reflect on the fieldwork placement experience | Fieldwork Journal | S/U |
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