| Effective Term: | 2027/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Psychological Practice |
| Unit ID: | PSYCP6011 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 090701 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
Psychological Practice covers key concepts important to work in psychology and related fields: communication, clients, and workplaces. Students will consider public safety as well as professional and legal issues relevant to work in psychology and related areas. Students will develop their understanding of ethical practice, current codes of conduct, cultural safety, and psychological intervention. They will also acquire knowledge about common issues that arise for professionals working in different roles and with different client groups across a range of settings. There will be an emphasis on developing knowledge and skills relevant to cultural responsiveness with an emphasis on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Students will also learn and practice high-level communication skills relevant to the professional context, including interprofessional practice and working in multidisciplinary teams. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| 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. | Demonstrate knowledge of ethical, legal, and public safety matters across a range of psychological practice contexts |
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| K2. | Understand the principles of interprofessional collaborative practice and respectful and culturally responsive working relationships. |
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| K3. | Understand scope of practice and implications for public safety |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Apply ethical decision-making models to ethical dilemmas |
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| S2. | Understand and summarise key professional registration requirements and the principles of self-care and their importance in psychology for safe and sustainable practice |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Interpret and communicate findings using culturally appropriate language with an emphasis on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. |
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| A2. | Explain how basic psychological intervention strategies can be applied across a range of contexts |
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| Unit Content: |
Professional interpersonal and communication skills Legal and ethical issues in professional practice Professional conduct in workplaces |
| 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 high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: • Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods • Active listening for meaning and influencing • High-level empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams | Y - Present | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments • Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth • Inspiring and enabling others • Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others • Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems | Y - Present | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically on complex problems • Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry • Proposing creative solutions in problem solving | Y - Present | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: • Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research • Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities | Y - Present | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: • The responsible conduct of research • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts • Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable • Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Y - Present |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | Professional Standards |
| 1. |
K1, K2, K3, S1, A1, A2 |
Demonstrate and apply knowledge to a specific client situation. |
Written Assignment |
20 - 40% |
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| 2. |
K1, K2, K3, A1, A2 |
Demonstrate and apply knowledge to a specific client situation. |
Written and/or Oral Assignment |
30 - 50% |
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| 3. |
K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, A1, A2 |
Mastery of unit content: Demonstrate knowledge of professional communication skills, ethical issues relevant to practice with a range of client groups, and workplace dilemmas. |
Mid-semester and/or End-of-Semester Test(s) |
20 - 40% |
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