SOCWORK 317 : Supervised Field Practice and Professional Development 1
Education and Social Work
2025 Semester One (1253) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | People and Place |
| Capability 2: | Sustainability |
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 4: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
| Capability 7: | Collaboration |
| Capability 8: | Ethics and Professionalism |
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate appropriate use of self in a professional setting (Capability 1.2, 3.3, 7.1 and 7.2)
- Demonstrate competence to work with Māori and other ethnic and cultural groups in Aotearoa New Zealand (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2 and 7.2)
- Demonstrate competency in basic interviewing and communication skills (Capability 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 and 8.2)
- Demonstrate an ability to develop own learning in a social work practice situation (Capability 3.1, 4.1 and 4.3)
- Demonstrate professionalism and an awareness of how to use supervision effectively (Capability 6.1, 6.3, 8.1 and 8.2)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Completion of field placement portfolio | 100% | Individual Coursework |
| 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Completion of field placement portfolio | ||||||||||
Teaching & Learning Methods
This is a full-time placement for 60 days, completed by students during the first semester. Throughout the placement, students will actively participate in field-based learning and receive guidance from their assigned field educator to help them integrate theories into practice. This placement requires a commitment of five days a week, eight hours per day.
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 30-point course. A typical semester including the lectures/field placement period totals approximately 18 weeks.
For this course, students can expect 3 hours of on-campus lectures for the first 5 weeks at the beginning of the first semester. Students are then expected to spend 40 hours per week for a period of 60 days in supervised agency-based practical experience.
Students can also reasonably expect to commit approximately 40-60 hours to independent learning throughout this course. 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, and assignment preparation then completion.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is required at scheduled activities to complete this course.
The course will not include live online events.
A 60-day full time field placement, a university callback day during the placement period and a Field Educator's Morning Tea event.
Learning 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.
The following learning resources are essential to this course:
Students and their Fieldwork Placement Educators (FE) will be provided with a Placement Handbook (updated annually based on student and FE feedback)
The course will include a reading list in Canvas with resources to support placement learning
SWRB Core Competence Standards
SWRB Code of Conduct
ANZASW Ngā Tikanga Matatika | Code of Ethics
Health & Safety
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.
- Students reported that the handbook was useful to help them navigate their placement. We will continue to use this handbook in conjunction with online Canvas content to support students' engagement in this course. Refinements have been made to the handbook to improve clarity and ensure accuracy of information.
- The portfolio assessments have been significantly reduced and streamlined to reduce repetition and workload for students.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations 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. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
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 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.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
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.