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Field experience of 60 days in social service agencies under the guidance of accredited fieldwork teachers. Teaching and learning methods seek to facilitate an effective framework for initial practice, in accord with the New Zealand Association of Social Workers competency standards. Students enrolled in SOWK471 must provide attestations as to character and suitability for continuing practice and agree to practice and be bound by the Code of Ethics of the New Zealand Association of Social Workers (Inc.) as well as the New Zealand Social Workers Registration Board's Entitlement to registration: Fit and Proper Person Policy. Students enrolled in this course whose circumstances change in regard to character or suitability must inform their principal lecturer immediately. Changes in circumstances, whether notified by the student or others, may result in the student being required to undergo a re-assessment arranged by the Head of School. Periodic small-group instruction by practice stream teachers. Accredited fieldwork teachers and individual students on placement are supported by designated course tutors.
Field education provides the opportunity for students to apply themselves to practice situations and to develop a congruent framework practice. While classroom courses offer a range of models and theories field education provides the opportunity not only to draw this theoretical knowledge together, but also the opportunity to test out this learning in practice situations. There are two field education placements in the final year. Both placements provide the opportunity for students to begin to link and test theory and knowledge with supervised practice (in working for change with communities/iwi, families/whanau and individuals). It is expected that students will learn to practice social work from a value-base and learn social work tasks and skills. In particulars student are helped to apply practice knowledge of human development and the concepts of family, roles, groups and community, depending on the placement setting.Each placement is of 60 days duration, running approximately from February/March to June in social service agencies under the guidance of accredited fieldwork teachers. The placement is concurrent with classroom teaching, and provides the opportunity for students to integrate classroom learning with experiences in practice. Students take a high level of responsibility for their own learning.Placements provide a ‘live’ venue for learning about the delivery of social services in New Zealand and, therefore, offer the opportunity to see at close hand social services delivery in light of the Treaty of Waitangi and the development of the welfare system in New Zealand.The courses provide an integration function in resolving conflicts and contradictions, filling in the gaps and exploring the best way to use one’s personal/professional attributes.Periodic small-group instruction by practice stream teachers is provided. Accredited fieldwork teachers and individual students on placement are supported by designated course tutors.Students enrolled in SOWK471 must provide attestations as to character and suitability for continuing practice and agree to practice and be bound by the Code of Ethics of the New Zealand Association of Social Workers (Inc.) as well as the New Zealand Social Workers Registration Board’s Entitlement to registration: Fit and Proper Person Policy. Goals:• Identify and understand the purpose, knowledge, and skills of social work process in working for change, and acknowledging the issues of power, authority, professionalism and teamwork. • Develop an effective framework for initial practice, in accord with the New Zealand Association of Social Workers Competency Standards.
At the conclusion of placements, the student is expected to demonstrate, to a beginning social work practitioner level of competency, the following:Understanding of the social, political and economic context in which social work is practiced in the placement agencyUnderstanding of the service the placement agency provides in terms of its social service role and the social work tasks it performs;Ability to apply the social work process in forming a working relationship with individuals and/or families and/or whanau and/or groups and/or communities and/or iwiAbility to practice social work in the placement agency according to its systems and protocols, and the social work roles carried outAwareness of one’s own attitudes and values, social analysis, limitations and strengths in relation to the specific tasks undertaken on placement and an understanding of the professional orientation of social work, including the code of ethicsAbility to make effective use of the teaching and learning opportunities provided on placementAbility to assimilate all of the above into one’s development as a social worker.
360 points including SOWK301, SOWK304, SOWK308 and SOWK310
SOWK571; SOWK671
SOWK451
Jane Maidment
Placement assessments consist of five parts of assessable work. Parts 3 and 4 of the Fieldwork Assessment use the Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB) competence process as the basis of assessment for placement. Students to use the SWRB guide notes to assist in the completion of the assessment document.It is the student’s responsibility to maintain a copy of all work completed during the course of the fieldwork placement.Part One: Case Presentation 15%Part Two: Field Observation 0%The field observation is not graded, but is a mandatory part of placement and must gain a passPart Three: Case Study 35% Provide a case study narrative of a specific piece of work you carried out on placement that demonstrates your achievement of the SWRB core competence standards. The student must pass this piece of assessment. All negotiated learning goals must be attained. Part Four: Self Reflection 35% The self-reflection part of the assessment document requires students to use the SWRB core competence standards to reflect on your placement. In the narrative specific examples are included to provide evidence to support the achievement of each competence standard. The Fieldwork Educator provides specific comment under each core competence standard that illustrates its achievement. A pass is required in the Self reflection, with all learning goals attained, in order to pass the course as a whole.Part Five: Workbook 15%The workbook is a mandatory journaling tool devised to enable students to document reflections, key practice and placement issues, tasks for supervision, and hours. Self Reflection, Case Study, and Workbook must be submitted within one week of the completion of placement hours.
There are no specific texts, recommended readings, or course handbook for this course. The Fieldwork Workbook provides students information regarding course outline, assessment details, and placement journaling requirements.
Learn Assignment Sheet Cover Academic Integrity Guidance for Staff and Students Referencing for Social Work & Human Services Using EndNote for referencing Writing guides for Social Work & Human Services
Domestic fee $2,195.00
International fee $8,925.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
Maximum enrolment is 40
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .