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PROFCOUN 700 : Counselling In Youth Mentoring
Education and Social Work
2020 Semester Two (1205) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
PROFCOUN 700 is an innovative service-learning course connected to the Campus Connections Aotearoa therapeutic youth mentoring programme. The course begins with pre-programme training the first week of semester. Training incorporates a review of programme policies and procedures, positive youth development and evidence-informed best youth practice principles, and critical discussion about the factors that influence the marginalisation of young people living in risk in Aotearoa New Zealand. Each week following training involves a counselling briefing meeting, a pre-practice interactive lecture focused on the application of scholarly literature to youth practice, four hours of on-campus youth mentoring/counselling and a post-practice group debrief session. Practice sessions occur with young people aged 12 to 16 years who are enrolled with an Alternative Education provider and transported to and from Epsom campus each week for mentoring/counselling sessions that include a brief walk around campus, tutoring and goal planning, a shared meal, and prosocial activities facilitated by students.
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 2: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 3: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 4: | Communication and Engagement |
| Capability 5: | Independence and Integrity |
| Capability 6: | Social and Environmental Responsibilities |
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and critically analyse positive youth development, youth counselling and mentoring theories, frameworks and principles, and apply these in counselling practice with young people (Capability 1, 2 and 3)
- Analyse theories of power, privilege and oppression, diversity and social justice and apply these to their own experiences and to the experiences of local youth (Capability 1, 2, 3 and 6)
- Demonstrate critical and systems-thinking skills when examining challenges facing youth at-risk and in identifying the needs and strengths of young people (Capability 2, 3, 4 and 6)
- Demonstrate professional counselling skills in group activity facilitation, case record keeping, one on one counselling practice, multidisciplinary team work, and ethical and reflective counselling practice (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Quizzes | 5% | Individual Coursework |
| Assignments | 25% | Individual Coursework |
| Reports | 20% | Individual Coursework |
| Professional Development | 50% | Individual Coursework |
| 4 types | 100% |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
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Learning Resources
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.
PROFCOUN 700 runs for a full seven-hour day each week of the 12-week semester but four of these hours are spent in counselling and youth development activities with the youth and other students. You can expect to spend 1 hour in a counselling briefing meeting, 1 hour in a lecture, 4 hours in practice, and 1 hour in a post-practice group debrief each week. You are expected to spend 3 additional hours (on average) reading course materials and preparing for practice sessions and assessments.
This time investment is designed to enhance the impact of the experience for both youth and students. Because the face-to-face hours for this course are much higher than for other electives, the number of course readings and the written component of the on-course assessments are reduced. A substantial focus of the course is on practice-based learning and some assessments are completed during class time.
Other Information
Digital Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.