SOCW300-18C (TGA)

Social Work Placement 1

40 Points

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Division of Arts, Social Sciences and Law
School of Social Sciences
Social Work

Staff

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Convenor(s)

Simon Lowe

Simon Lowe
To be advised
simon.lowe@waikato.ac.nz

Lecturer(s)

Administrator(s)

: paula.maynard@waikato.ac.nz

Placement Coordinator(s)

Tutor(s)

Student Representative(s)

Lab Technician(s)

Librarian(s)

: jillene.bydder@waikato.ac.nz

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Paper Description

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This paper, with the addition of SOCW400, meets the Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB) standards for the BSW professional degree. The SWRB requires each student to complete 120 days of field education in their social work degree.

This first 60-day fieldwork placement in a social service agency enables students to start their practice development with a view to reaching a level of graduate competence (Section 10, SWRB) by the end of the second placement. Under supervision, students will initiate, develop and sustain relationships with clients, individuals, families, groups and organisations. They will develop a conceptual framework for intervention, plan and contract client intervention, implement intervention, close the change process, build and maintain agency relationships and comply with agency policies, thereby fulfilling a role as a beginning social worker.

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Paper Structure

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The learning from paper is based mainly on field education in a social services related organisations. Students will be allocated a placement which they must attend for 60 days. Students will be required to attend workshops on the university campus for this paper, prior to placement, once mid-way through placement and finally following the end of placement. These compulsory university days are not considered to be part of your 60 days of supervised practice.Students will have field-based supervisors.

  • The total hours for this paper are approximately 500 hours. Fieldwork placements are to be considered a full-time activity (unless part-time is negotiated), that is, 37-40 hours per week of supervised practice
  • Students are required to work agency hours, this means that students should expect to work a 7.5 hour day (not including breaks) in the organisation in which they are placed completing 60 days of supervised practice, this includes 2 - 3 hours per week for reflective writing
  • Successful completion of the paper will require additional time for study and assignment preparation over and above your fieldwork placement hours of work
  • It is compulsory for all students to complete the Vulnerable Children's Act Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Referee Checks prior to placement
  • It is compulsory for all students to attend and contribute to the fieldwork placement visits by the University of Waikato Fieldwork Placement Coordinator
  • This paper has 13 hours of compulsory class contact time in the form of pre and post-placement workshops. Additionally, there will be a mandatory mid-placement supervision workshop, this will be part of the placement hours.
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Learning Outcomes

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Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:

  • Learning outcomes
    1. understand and, where possible, complete all aspects of the social work process (assessment, plan, intervention, review, discharge) as relevant to the placement agency
    2. understand and apply the principles of Te Tiriti O Waitangi to work appropriately with Māori
    3. communicate effectively and professionally using a range of mediums
    4. practice in accordance with social work values and ethics
    5. understand and apply critical theory and analysis as relevant to the purpose and role of the placement organisation, and its relationship to the broader social, economic, cultural and political contexts.
    6. identify and apply social work theories and relevant theoretical perspectives in practice situations
    7. adopt a socially just approach, working respectfully and inclusively with a range of people in a variety of settings
    8. critically reflect on use of self alongside practice issues, using supervision as a tool.
    Linked to the following assessments:
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Assessment

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Practice capability will be assessed for SOCW300 in the following manner. Each of the three assessment tasks must all be successfully completed to pass this paper, as per the paper outline. There are several components to assessment, which help you achieve the learning objectives / practice requirements for this paper. This paper grants a pass or fail, there will be no grade awarded.

This paper is 100% internally assessed, and there is no examination. All assessment tasks, their grading criteria and feedback mechanisms will be discussed and distributed in the Pre-Placement Workshop. The details will also be made available on Moodle. This paper is marked as a Pass/Fail only. No marks will be attributed to the paper.

The assessment tasks are set out below. Field placement grades (pass or fail) will be assessed by University of Waikato social work staff, supported by recommendations from the Field Educator/Supervisors.

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Assessment Components

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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam. The final exam makes up 0% of the overall mark.

The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0 or 0:0, whichever is more favourable for the student. The final exam makes up either 0% or 0% of the overall mark.

Component DescriptionDue Date TimePercentage of overall markSubmission MethodCompulsory
1. Assignment 1. Placement documentation (Part I)
All Completed
15
  • Email: Lecturer
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2. Assignment 1. Placement documentation (Part II)
All Completed
20
  • Email: Lecturer
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3. Assignment 2: Online Critically Reflective Journal
30
  • Hand-in: Department Office
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4. Assignment 3: Oral Presentation
35
  • Online: Upload to Moodle Forum
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Assessment Total:     100    
Failing to complete a compulsory assessment component of a paper will result in an IC grade
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Required and Recommended Readings

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Required Readings

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  • Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers. (2013). Code of ethics, Christchurch, New Zealand: Author.
  • Beddoe, E. (2000). The supervisory relationship. In L. Cooper, & L. Briggs (Eds.), Fieldwork in the human services: Theory and practice for field educators, practice teachers and supervisors. Crows Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
  • Social Workers Registration Board (2015). Policy: Supervision Expectations for Registered Social Workers. Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.swrb.govt.nz/policy
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Recommended Readings

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Recommended Reading for students

Birkenmaier, J., & Berg-Weger, M. (2011). The practicum companion for social work: Integrating class and fieldwork (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Connolly, M., & Harms, L. (2015). Social work: from theory to practice. London, England: Cambridge University Press.

Davys, A. (2007). Active participation in supervision: A supervisee's guide. In D. Wepa (Ed.), Clinical supervision in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A health perspective. Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Doel, M. (2010). Social work placements: A traveller's guide. New York, NY: Routledge.

Morrell, M. (2013). You deserve good supervision! A guide for supervisees. Fullarton, Australia: Margaret Morrell & Associates Ltd.

Recommended Reading for Field Educators & External Supervisors

  • Davys, A. and L. Beddoe (2009). The Reflective Learning Model: supervision of social work students, Social Work Education, 28(8): 919-933.
  • Davys, A. and L. Beddoe (2000). Supervision of students: a map and a model for the decade to come. Social Work Education 19(5): 437-449.
  • Douglas, J. (2011). Kia tene: off the cuff. Ngā rauemi mō ngā kaiako Tūwaenga me ngā Ākonga mahi Tūwaenga. Resources for Field Educators and Social Work Students. Ako Aotearoa.
  • Available free to download from https://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/kia-tene
  • Maidment, J. (2000). Strategies to promote student learning and integration of theory with practice in the field. Fieldwork in the human services: theory and practice for field educators, practice teachers and supervisors. In L. Cooper and L. Briggs New South Wales, Allen & Unwin: 205-215.
  • Maidment, J. and P. Woodward (2002). Student supervision in context: a model for external supervisors. Learning to practice social work: international approaches. In S. M. Shardlow and M. Doel. London, England. Jessica Kingsley Publishers: 93-109.
  • Moorhouse, L., Hay, K. & O’Donoghue, K. (2014). Listening to student experiences of supervision, Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 26(4), 37-52
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Other Resources

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Journalling resources:

file:///H:/2016/resources/Reflective%20Journalling.%20Uni%20of%20Manitoba%20(1).pdf

  • Ingram, R. D. (2014). Reflective social work practice. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire;New York, N.Y;: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Online Support

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Online support will be offered through the Moodle page for this paper.

See the 'ask your lecturer' forum and the 'peer support' forum.

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Workload

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The total hours for this paper are approximately 500 hours (40 points).

● Fieldwork placements are to be considered a full-time activity (unless part-time is negotiated), that is, 30-40 hours per week of supervised practice.

● Students are required to work agency hours, this means that students should expect to work a 7.5 hour day in the organisation in which they are placed completing 60 days of supervised practice, this includes 2 - 3 hours per week for reflective writing.

● Successful completion of the paper will require additional time for study and assignment preparation over and above your fieldwork placement hours of work.

● It is compulsory for all students to attend and contribute to the fieldwork placement visits by the University of Waikato Fieldwork Placement Coordinator.

● This paper has 20 hours of compulsory class contact time in the form of pre and post-placement workshops.

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Prerequisite(s)

Prerequisite papers: HDCO340, SOCW305 and all required papers in Years 1 and 2 of the BSW specified programme. Admission to SOCW300 is at the discretion of the Convenor of Social Work.

Corequisite(s)

Corequisite papers: SOCW303

Equivalent(s)

Restriction(s)

Restricted papers: SOCW200

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