Course Coordinator:Laura Dodds (ldodds@usc.edu.au) School:School of Law and Society
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Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus. |
Please go to usc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
In this course, we will be shining a spot light on a different fields of practice each week to take a closer look at the different contexts, environments and fields you might work in. We will be hearing from practitioners in the field to take an inside look at what you might expect in different organisations and fields of practice, including practice theories and challenges as well as different organisational structures and presenting practice issues. The course has a strong critical social work focus.
Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
Blended learning | |||
Learning materials – Online content | 1hr | Week 1 | 11 times |
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Tutorials | 2hrs | Week 1 | 11 times |
Online | |||
Learning materials – online content | 1hr | Week 1 | 11 times |
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – online tutorials | 2hrs | Week 1 | 11 times |
Throughout this course, we explore diverse practice fields within which social workers operate. These encompass areas such as alcohol and other drugs, the justice system, child and family services, working with older individuals, and addressing domestic and family violence.
200 Level (Developing)
12 units
Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Australian Association of Social Workers | |
1 | Review and critique theories, approaches, communication skills, and information relevant to working in human services and indicate how they condition social work practice |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker Ethical |
5, 6 |
2 | Positively and constructively contribute critical perspectives during classroom and assessment activities that display a capacity to sustain focus, engagement, and verbal and nonverbal communication in busy and stimulated environments |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker Empowered Ethical Engaged Communication Collaboration |
5
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3 | Engage in effective professional dialogue with a diverse range of clients, consumers, and other stakeholders, taking into account their varying communication capacities and needs and working effectively with others in a team environment |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker Ethical Engaged Communication Collaboration Problem solving Organisation Applying technologies Information literacy |
4, 7 |
4 | Apply initiative and judgement in planning, problem-solving, and decision-making, in addition to consulting with other professional practitioners who are contributing to the wellbeing of the people you serve and work with |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker Ethical Engaged Communication Collaboration Problem solving |
6
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5 | Act collectively, as well as individually, to bring esteem to the profession through a common purpose of social justice and human rights, inclusion, and wellbeing for people |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker Empowered Ethical Communication Collaboration Problem solving |
7
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CODE | COMPETENCY |
Australian Association of Social Workers | |
4 | Practice Standard 4: Culture, identity and intersectionality |
5 | Practice Standard 5: Critical thinking in practice |
6 | Practice Standard 6: Exercising professional judgement |
7 | Practice Standard 7: Professional identity |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Not applicable
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SWK402
Not applicable
Standard Grading (GRD)
High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Early feedback will be provided through the Quizzes
Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
All | 1 | Quiz/zes | Individual | 30% | 3 online quizzes 60 minutes each |
Throughout teaching period (refer to Format) | Online Test (Quiz) |
All | 2 | Oral | Individual and Group | 40% | 15-20 minutes - in-class presentation. |
Week 6 | In Class |
All | 3 | Artefact - Professional | Individual | 30% | Presented in-class in a simulated environment to peers and academic staff. |
Refer to Format | In Class |
All - Assessment Task 1:Quizzes | ||||||||||
Goal: | This task will enable you to understand how various core concepts/processes canvassed in the lectures and course key readings inform practice. |
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Product: | Quiz/zes | |||||||||
Format: | Released: Weeks 4, 7, 11 This is an individual assessment. You will access and respond to the quizzes via Canvas. Quizzes may contain multiple choice and/or short answer questions. |
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Criteria: |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Applying technologies |
All - Assessment Task 2:Group Case Presentation & Analysis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goal: | The goal of this task is for you to demonstrate you can identify and apply relevant social work concepts, values, questions and theories to a given practice/social issue, which are supported by relevant contemporary literature. This task further requires you to demonstrate your oral communication and presentation skills as well as your group work and collaboration skills in accordance with the inherent academic requirements of this degree. |
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Product: | Oral | |||||||||||||||||||||
Format: | In small groups, you will present an in-class oral and visual analysis of the chosen practice context/issue. Presented in Week 6 |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Collaboration, Problem solving, Organisation, Applying technologies, Information literacy |
All - Assessment Task 3:Individual Social/Practice Issue Artefact | |||||||||||||||||||
Goal: | The goal of this assessment task is to develop a visual/audio representation of a chosen service delivery/social issue concept and to present this in a simulated professional setting to peers. This task further requires you to demonstrate your oral communication and presentation skills accordance with the inherent academic requirements of this degree. |
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Product: | Artefact - Professional | ||||||||||||||||||
Format: | In-class presentation in weeks 10 & 11 |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Collaboration, Problem solving, Organisation, Applying technologies, Information literacy |
Programme Delivery Mode | Assessment Type | Title | Competency | Teaching Methods |
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Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards (ASWEAS) | ||||
All delivery modes | Artefact - Professional | Individual Social/Practice Issue Artefact | 1 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed |
2 | Taught, Practiced | |||
3 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
4 | Taught, Practiced | |||
5 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
6 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
7 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
9 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
Oral | Group Case Presentation & Analysis | 1 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |
2 | Taught, Practiced | |||
3 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
4 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
5 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
6 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
7 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
9 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
Quiz/zes | Quizzes | 1 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |
2 | Taught, Practiced | |||
3 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
4 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed | |||
5 | Taught, Practiced | |||
6 | Taught, Practiced, Assessed |
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
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Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty
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