SOWK671-23S1 (D) Semester One 2023 (Distance)

Fieldwork Practicum 1

45 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 May 2023

Description

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, guided by the Social Workers Registration Board 10 core competencies. Students enrolled in SOWK 671 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 and the New Zealand Social Workers Registration Board's registration: Fit and Proper Person Policy. Students enrolled in this course whose circumstances change in regard to character or suitability must inform the course co-ordinator 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 Department. Registered social work field educators and individual students on placement are supported by a designated teaching liaison person.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understanding of the social, political and economic context in which social work is practiced in the placement agency
  • Understanding 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 iwi
  • Ability to practice social work in the placement agency according to its systems and protocols, and the social work roles carried out
  • Awareness 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 ethics
  • Ability to make effective use of the teaching and learning opportunities provided on placement
  • Ability to assimilate all of the above into one’s development as a social worker.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

SOWK471, SOWK571

Co-requisites

Contact Person

Raewyn Tudor

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Field Observation 10% During placement
Placement Workbook 20% Due within 3 days of final placement day
Critial Analysis Essay 28 Apr 2023 35%
Self Reflection Essay 28 May 2023 35%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Chenoweth, Lesley , McAuliffe, Donna; The road to social work & human service practice ; 5th edition; Cengage Learning Australia, 2017.

Connolly, Marie , Harms, Louise, Maidment, Jane; Social work : contexts and practice ; Fourth Edition; Oxford University Press, 2017.

Durie, Mason; Whaiora : Maōri health development ; 2nd ed; Oxford University Press, 1998.

There is no set textbook for this course. It is likely that your field educator will have practice specific reading that they will want you to use on placement. The above reading list however, provides references to material that you could to refer to when preparing for your placement supervision and completing your case analysis essay for this course. These materials are available through the library.
Also included in your book list is:
Maidment, J., Egan, R., Tudor, R. & Nipperess, S. (2022). Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare.
More than just common sense (4th edition). Routledge.
This book is not currently in the UC library but is available in book stores

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,985.00

* 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.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 40

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All SOWK671 Occurrences

  • SOWK671-23S1 (D) Semester One 2023 (Distance)
  • SOWK671-23A (D) Any Time Start 2023 (Distance)