SOCWORK 735 : Supervised Field Placement II
Education and Social Work
2025 Semester Two (1255) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | People and Place |
| 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 social work setting (Capability 1.1, 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 and 1.3)
- Demonstrate competency in interviewing techniques with individuals and/or groups (Capability 3.2, 5.1 and 7.1)
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and initiate their own learning related to context-specific knowledge and skills required in their practice setting. (Capability 3.1, 3.2, 4.1 and 4.3)
- Demonstrate knowledge of organisational structure and implications for practice. (Capability 4.1, 5.2, 6.2, 8.1 and 8.2)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Field Placement Portfolio | 100% | Individual Coursework |
| 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Field Placement Portfolio | ||||||||||
- Placement Learning Contract
- Live Observation & Assessment 1
- Mid-Placement Reflection
- Live Observation & Assessment 2
- Placement Learning Summary
- Placement Timeline & Evaluation
Workload Expectations
- This course is a non-standard 30-point course involving a field placement over a period of approximately 24 weeks.
- For this course, students are expected to spend 3 days (24 hours) per week for a period of 70 days in supervised agency-based practical experience. This placement will be in a statutory agency or advance practice setting.
- Students can also reasonably expect to commit approximately 60-80 hours to independent learning throughout this course. This may include 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 and completion.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
- Attendance is required at scheduled activities to complete the course.
- The activities for the course are scheduled as a pre-placement briefing session, a standard weekly timetable in a placement agency, a university callback day during the placement period, and a Field Educator's Morning Tea.
Learning Resources
- Students and their field educators will be provided with a placement handbook
- 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.
- At the end of every semester students are invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a Qualtrics survey. The course teaching staff will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
- 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 to support students' engagement in this course. The handbook has been updated to improve clarity and ensure accuracy of information.
- 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.