SOCWORK 213 : Social Work Practice Skills
Education and Social Work
2020 Semester Two (1205) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
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 6: | Social and Environmental Responsibilities |
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate the key features of the interview process with clients. (Capability 1.2, 1.3, 2.2 and 3.2)
- Apply key skills of engagement, questioning, reflection, summarising, assessment, intervention, closure, evaluation and referral in practice demonstration. (Capability 4.1 and 4.2)
- Identify the impact of self on the use of clinical skills in interview situations. (Capability 1.2, 1.3, 4.1 and 4.2)
- Identify the dimensions of professional power, ethics and boundaries in interview situations with clients. (Capability 1.1, 4.1, 6.1 and 6.2)
- Demonstrate the ability to adapt their interviewing skills to communicate effectively with specific ethnicities, and cultures such as Maori, children, adolescents, older adults and LGBTIQ communities. (Capability 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance and participation | 10% | Individual Coursework |
| Article summarisation and presentation | 10% | Group Coursework |
| A record of 20-minute role play video and your reflection | 30% | Individual Coursework |
| Live role play of an interview (20 minutes length) | 50% | Individual Coursework |
| 4 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Attendance and participation | ||||||||||
| Article summarisation and presentation | ||||||||||
| A record of 20-minute role play video and your reflection | ||||||||||
| Live role play of an interview (20 minutes length) | ||||||||||
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 15-point course. On average, students are expected to spend 10 hours per week in each 15-point course that they are enrolled in.
A typical semester is approximately 12 weeks. During this period students should expect to commit 36 hours to direct contact via on-campus lectures/tutorials.
Students can also reasonably expect to commit approximately 100-120 hours to independent learning. This may include reading (and more reading), note-taking, face-to-face and/or online discussion, writing, engaging in collaborative group work, problem-solving, undertaking practical tasks, reflecting on learning, accessing learning and study resources, assignment and live role play assessment.
For this course, students can expect 10 hours of lectures, 20 hours of tutorials, 20 hours of reading and reflecting on the content and 15 hours of work on assignments and a live-role play preparation.
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.