CQUniversity Unit Profile.

This assessment comprises four interrelated requirements completed as part of your internal clinical placement. Together, these tasks provide evidence of your development toward the required standard for completion of Clinical Practice 2 and progression to Clinical Practice 3.

You are not expected to practice independently at this stage. Rather, you are expected to demonstrate foundational clinical skills, professional behaviour, and reflective capacity, supported by appropriate supervision and guidance. By the end of the placement, you should be able to identify relevant clinical, ethical and professional issues; apply foundational psychological knowledge to practice; seek and use supervision appropriately; communicate professionally; and demonstrate responsiveness to client needs, context, culture and accessibility considerations. These capabilities indicate readiness to progress to the first external placement (Clinical Practice 3) and to continue developing toward safe and effective psychological practice.

1. Placement Agreement
You will complete and submit a Placement Agreement co-signed by your Primary Supervisor and Placement Coordinator.

2. Psychologist Competencies (Mid- and End-of-Placement Reviews)
You will participate in Mid-Placement and End-of-Placement Reviews. These reviews assess your development across the eight Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) competency domains, including safe, ethical and professional practice; appropriate use of supervision; application of psychological knowledge and clinical skills; responsiveness to client needs, context, culture, accessibility and risk; and readiness to progress to external placement.

3. Log of Clinical Practice (Logbook) and Supervision Records
You will maintain and submit a signed logbook of clinical practice hours, including direct client work, supervision, and associated placement activities, with corresponding supervision documentation.

4. Interprofessional Education (IPE)

You will participate in two interprofessional group meetings to develop an Assessment Plan and an Intervention Plan, and complete two written reflections based on these meetings.

All components must be completed and submitted by the due date.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

1. Placement Agreement 

Your placement Agreement is completed in full and is signed by you (the student), your supervisor, and the placement coordinator.

2. Psychologist Competencies (Mid- and End-of-Placement Reviews)

Your Mid-Placement and End-of-Placement Reviews are completed in full and signed by you, your supervisor, and the Placement Coordinator.

The Mid-Placement Review is designed to assess your progress toward the required Clinical Practice 2 placement standard. It identifies strengths, areas for development, supervision needs, and any additional learning opportunities required to support successful completion of the placement. Where concerns are identified, a Placement Support Plan may be developed to support your progress within a realistic timeframe.

At the End-Placement Review, you must demonstrate the required Clinical Practice 2 placement standard across all eight PsyBA competency domains and receive an overall rating of Placement Passed to pass Clinical Practice 2 and progress to Clinical Practice 3.

The eight competencies are:

1. Applies and builds scientific knowledge of psychology
   Applies research, theory, and scientific knowledge to inform assessment, formulation, and intervention. This includes selecting, evaluating, and adapting evidence-based approaches for individual clients.
2. Practises ethically and professionally
   Works within ethical, legal, and professional standards, including informed consent, confidentiality, boundaries, risk management, and accountability.
3. Exercises professional reflexivity, deliberate practice, and self-care
   Demonstrates ongoing reflection and reflexivity, deliberate skill development, and management of personal wellbeing to ensure safe, effective, and sustainable practice.
4. Conducts psychological assessments
   Plans and conducts assessments, including interviews, psychometrics, risk assessment, and integrates information to inform understanding of the client
5. Conducts psychological interventions
   Plans, delivers, adapts, and evaluates psychological interventions in response to client needs.
6. Communicates and relates effectively
   Builds therapeutic relationships, communicates clearly, and adapts communication for different audiences and contexts.
7. Demonstrates a health equity and human rights approach with diverse groups
   Provides culturally responsive, inclusive, and equitable care for people from diverse groups by recognising how culture, language, socioeconomic context, gender/sexuality, disability/neurodiversity, and access barriers can affect engagement and outcomes, and by adapting practice to reduce inequities.
8. Demonstrates culturally safe and equity-informed practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
   Provides culturally safe, equity‑informed and rights‑based psychological practice when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, families and communities. This includes understanding the impacts of colonisation and racism, supporting self‑determination, practising reflexively (including awareness of power), and using appropriate consultation and referral pathways (e.g., Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations) as relevant to scope and setting.

Embedded expectations across all competency domains: 

• Ethical and professional practice in line with PsyBA Code of Conduct and Professional Competencies for Psychologists
• Application of scientific knowledge to inform practice
• Digital competence, including safe, ethical, and effective use of technology (e.g., telehealth, digital records, assessment tools, communication platforms, AI use)
• Cultural safety, cultural responsiveness, and reflexivity across all areas of practice

3. Log of Clinical Practice (Logbook) and Supervision Records

Your logbook and weekly supervision records are complete, accurate, and submitted by the due date. Your logbook includes direct client hours, individual and group supervision hours, and associated placement activities. Entries must be verified by your Primary Supervisor, supported by corresponding signed supervision records, and consistent with clinical scheduling systems where relevant (e.g., Cliniko). Your weekly record of your individual supervision must include a brief critical self-reflection on your placement learning, clinical practice, professional development, supervision needs, and/or progress toward competency development. This reflection must be reviewed by your Primary Supervisor, who must provide feedback on the form.

4. Interprofessional Education (IPE)

Assessment and Intervention Plans

• All required sections are completed
• Presenting concerns, client/family context, and goals are clearly articulated
• Plans demonstrate alignment with family and care team goals

Reflections (2 × 250 words).

After each multi-disciplinary team meeting, you will write a 250-word reflection using the provided checklist for team meeting observations as a guide. You will submit one (1) reflection for the assessment plan meeting and one (1) reflection for the intervention plan meeting; two (2) reflections in total. Reflection criteria:

• Clear and concise description of team meeting observations
• Demonstration of critical reflection and reflexivity
• Explicit links to future professional practice
• Writing meets professional standards, APA formatting and referencing, and is within word limit

To pass this assessment, you must meet all assessment criteria for each reflection. If you do not meet the criteria on your first attempt, you will be offered one opportunity to re‑submit.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment.  You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You are required to complete a reflective practice journal based on your learning during your placement. Your reflection should move beyond description and demonstrate critical reflection on your experiences. The task is designed to support the development of professional reflection, ethical awareness, reflexivity, and readiness for safe and effective psychological practice in future placement contexts.

You will write a structured reflective journal entry (approximately 750 words) that critically examines your development as a practitioner across the placement.

In your reflection, you are expected to:

• Apply ethical decision-making to clinical practice experiences
• Reflect critically on your developing knowledge, skills, and your ability to provide safe and effective psychological services
• Reflect on your emerging professional identity, including strengths, limitations, uncertainties, and supervision needs
• Consider how feedback, supervision, client work, and observation have informed your learning
• Demonstrate awareness of the broader client and service context, including how factors such as culture, identity, developmental stage, communication needs, accessibility, family and social context, and systemic influences shape psychological practice. These considerations should be integrated throughout your reflection rather than addressed as a separate section.
• Integrate consideration of cultural responsiveness, equity, and reflexivity within your reflection

You may draw on a range of placement experiences (e.g., client work, assessment, intervention, supervision, documentation, or professional interactions). If you have had limited exposure to particular client groups, you may reflect on how you would adapt your approach, seek supervision, and respond respectfully in future practice.

All reflections must maintain client confidentiality, with no identifying information included. 

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment.  You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will be assessed on:

1. Critical reflection on developing professional competence.

2. Ethical awareness and decision-making.

3. Reflexivity and responsiveness to client context.

4. Preparation for community-based placement.

5. Professional writing and confidentiality.

To pass this assessment, you must meet all assessment criteria. If you do not meet the criteria on your first attempt, you will be offered one opportunity to re‑submit.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment.  You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will deliver a clinical case presentation based on your placement completed in this unit and facilitate a group discussion to support the development of a case formulation. The task is designed to assess your ability to communicate clinically relevant information, support collaborative clinical reasoning, and present a coherent formulation aligned with the case material.

1. Case Presentation and Discussion Facilitation

You will deliver a 30-minute presentation of a clinical case and facilitate a group discussion to support the development of a shared case formulation.

Your presentation should:

• Provide sufficient, relevant clinical information to inform understanding and discussion
• Include key information such as referral context, client demographics, presenting concerns, relevant history, assessment and/or intervention information, risk and protective factors, strengths, client goals, contextual factors, and current assessment and/or intervention needs
• Select and organise information clearly to support understanding of the client in context, rather than presenting all available detail
• Demonstrate a holistic view of the client, integrating developmental, relational, cultural, social, systemic, communication, and accessibility factors. These factors should be integrated into your presentation and formulation, rather than presented as a separate list.
• Demonstrate culturally responsive thinking, including awareness of how culture, identity, and context may influence presentation, engagement, assessment, and intervention
• Identify areas of uncertainty and what may require further exploration, including how supervision may inform your clinical reasoning

You are expected to facilitate discussion in a way that supports collaborative formulation, encourages multiple perspectives, and maintains a clear focus on clinically relevant information.

You must maintain client confidentiality by using a pseudonym or initials and excluding identifying information.

2. Written Case Summary and Formulation
You will submit a concise written summary and case formulation to Moodle prior to your presentation. This should align with the information presented and reflect your developing clinical reasoning.

Presentations will occur between Weeks 2 and 11. This assessment is not eligible for the 72-hour grace period.

 You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will be assessed on:

Case Presentation

• Presents clear, relevant, and well-organised clinical information
• Selects and synthesises information to support understanding of the client in context
• Demonstrates integration of developmental, relational, cultural, and systemic factors
• Demonstrates culturally responsive and respectful understanding of the client, avoiding assumptions and recognising areas requiring further exploration
• Identifies strengths, risks, and key clinical considerations
• Communicates in a clear, professional, and structured manner
• Uses respectful, person-centred, culturally responsive, and non-stigmatising language

Facilitation of Group Formulation Discussion

• Effectively facilitates collaborative discussion
• Encourages multiple perspectives, including consideration of cultural and contextual influences on the client’s presentation and care
• Maintains focus on relevant case material
• Responds appropriately to questions, input, and uncertainty
• Clarifies information, explains reasoning demonstrating clinical judgement
• Demonstrates openness to feedback and supervision-informed thinking

Prepared Case Formulation and Plan

• Provides a formulation that is consistent with the case information presented
• Demonstrates logical, coherent, and evidence-informed clinical reasoning
• Integrates relevant client factors, including cultural, social, and systemic influences
• Demonstrates culturally responsive formulation, including consideration of how context influences presentation, needs, and intervention planning, while avoiding assumptions and identifying areas that require respectful exploration. You are not required to present a client from a specific cultural background. However, you are expected to demonstrate that you can think respectfully and carefully about the client’s context and avoid assumptions. Where relevant information is not known, you should identify what may need to be explored respectfully, how this could inform formulation or intervention planning, and how supervision would support your clinical reasoning.
• Provides a clear summary of assessment or intervention completed to date, where relevant, and outlines an appropriate plan for further assessment or intervention
• Aligns formulation with identified client needs, goals, and context

Additional requirements (must be met to pass):

• Client confidentiality is maintained (use of pseudonym/initials; no identifying information)
• Written case summary and formulation are submitted to Moodle before the presentation
• To achieve a Pass, your case presentation must provide sufficient information to inform the group discussion and formulation, and your prepared case formulation must be consistent with the case information presented. You must demonstrate a satisfactory standard in each of the three assessment components to pass this assessment.

The 72-hour grace period does not apply to submission of this assessment. You must present your case in class the week you have been allocated. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

This assessment requires you to submit a 750-word written case report based on an intervention client from your placement. The task is designed to assess your developing ability to conceptualise an intervention case, apply ethical and professional reasoning, communicate clinical information clearly, and reflect critically on your own practice.

You will prepare a structured case report based on one intervention client you have seen during placement. This should be a different client to the one you presented on in class.

Your report should:

• Present the client’s difficulties, strengths, goals, and intervention needs in context
• Provide a concise summary of presenting concerns, relevant history, formulation hypotheses, maintaining and protective factors, treatment goals, and intervention targets
• Demonstrate clinical reasoning informed by psychological theory and/or evidence-informed practice appropriate to Clinical Practice 2
• Integrate the client’s broader context, including developmental, relational, cultural, social, systemic, communication, and accessibility factors, into your formulation, ethical reasoning, communication, and intervention planning. These factors should be integrated throughout the report rather than described separately.
• Demonstrate culturally responsive and contextually informed practice, including awareness of how identity and systemic factors may influence engagement and outcomes
• Show awareness of your role as a developing practitioner, including limits of competence, use of supervision, and areas for further development
• Consider how client engagement, therapeutic process, feedback, and progress inform intervention planning

Your report must be written concisely and in a professional style appropriate to a clinical psychology context. You should not include highly sensitive client details unless they are directly relevant to the clinical or ethical issues being discussed.

You must maintain client confidentiality at all times. Do not include identifying information.

The report must be submitted with a supervisor-signed cover sheet confirming that the case has been appropriately de-identified.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You will be assessed on:

1. Contextualised case conceptualisation

2. Intervention focus and evidence-informed planning

3. Ethical and professional decision-making

4. Client responsiveness, progress monitoring and supervision

5. Professional written communication

6. Critical reflection on practice

7. Confidentiality and presentation requirements

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment. You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

This assessment requires you to submit a recorded excerpt of an intervention session from your placement, along with supervisor feedback and a written critique. The task is designed to assess your developing intervention skills, therapeutic responsiveness, ethical and professional practice, and capacity for accurate self-reflection.

1. Video Submission (10-minute excerpt)
You will submit a 10-minute video excerpt of an intervention session conducted during placement.

The video should demonstrate your ability to:

• Apply appropriate intervention skills aligned with the client’s presenting concerns, goals, and stage of therapy
• Respond to the client’s communication style, developmental stage, level of engagement, and emotional presentation
• Adapt your approach to meet the client’s contextual, cultural, and accessibility needs
• Manage therapeutic process, including pacing, explanation of concepts, checking understanding, and responding to client cues
• Demonstrate safe, ethical, and professional conduct

The video must be reviewed with your Primary Supervisor, and you must submit the required supervisor feedback and assessment documentation to Moodle.

2. Supervisor Feedback Submission
You will submit your Primary Supervisor’s feedback and assessment (Pass / Fail / Resubmit) using the required documentation.

3. Written Critique
You will submit a brief written critique of your intervention (500 words).

Your critique should:

• Provide a concise description of the session excerpt
• Identify strengths and areas for improvement
• Reflect on aspects of the intervention that were less effective
• Consider how your approach aligned with the client’s needs, including communication, context, engagement, and feedback
• Identify relevant ethical and professional considerations
• Acknowledge limits of competence and outline supervision needs
• Identify how you would adapt your approach in future practice

You must maintain client confidentiality and comply with all Workplace/Wellness Centre procedures for recording, storage, review, and submission.

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment.  You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.

You are not expected to conduct a perfect session; rather, you are expected to demonstrate foundational clinical skills in the areas listed below and provide an accurate, thoughtful reflection on the intervention.

You will be assessed on:

1. Appropriate intervention skills
2. Therapeutic process and client engagement
3. Responsiveness to client communication, context and needs
4. Safe, ethical and professional practice
5. Clinical structure and session management
6. Student critique and reflective practice

Additional requirements

• Submission of supervisor feedback and assessment documentation
• Compliance with recording, storage, and submission procedures
• Maintenance of client confidentiality
   

The 72-hour grace period applies to submission of this assessment.  You must not use AI at any point during this assessment. You must demonstrate your skills and knowledge.