Assessment 1 – Your Learning Journey

Part A - The Learning Plan

Part B - Mid Placement Review

Part C - End of Placement Assessment and Report

Type: Written

Due date:

Part A - Week 2 - 4 of your placement timeline.

Part B - Between weeks 6-8 of your placement timeline.

Part C - Within two weeks of placement completion.

Weighting: pass/fail

Length: Use template supplied

Unit Coordinator: Robyn Kemble

Aim

Part A

The aim of this assessment is to develop a learning agreement which is a commitment by you and the agency where you are placed with CQUniversity to ensure that the AASW Graduate Attributes will be met by the completion of Field Education 1.

Part B

This is the second contact you will have with academic staff or representatives at the field placement review that will take place about mid-way through the placement. You will receive a visit from Field Education Liaison Officer (FELO). This will involve a face-to-face, or online meeting. Whilst the University endeavours to make this review as close as possible to midway, this is not always possible, and it could occur earlier or later than mid-way.

Part C

The end of placement assessment is to evaluate and assess your attainment and application of social work practice standards, ethics, integration of theory to practice and approach to supervision, feedback, and learning. Also, to engage in a final conversation with your key mentor/s on placement to gather final reflections on your placement experience.

The learning agreement is the cornerstone of your placement experience and learning journey; shaping the educational relationships with field educators (supervisors) who offer to guide your learning journey into the human services sector. This document provides a framework for determining whether the AASW practice standards, competencies and student attributes have been accomplished during Field Education 1. It is imperative that you achieve the deadlines stated in this submission as the Learning Agreement clarifies and articulates roles, goals, objectives, tasks and strategies, methods of evaluation that will drive your field education experience. Consolidating these agreements by the due dates is an important milestone and failure to do so may see the placement terminated.

This Learning Journey template is designed to assist you to develop your learning goals and outlines the eight (8) standards (AASW) as the key learning areas where for each learning area you must:

1. Construct at least one learning goal.

2. Identify the tasks, activities, and processes to attend this goal.

3. Describe the learning gained (for the final submission point).

Instructions

You will need to complete the proforma supplied in the tile for Assessment 1.

Part A

1. There are three parts with three point of submission to the proforma that make up your Learning Journey.

2. Using the proforma draft a learning agreement in the first week of field education in collaboration with the field educator (supervisor).

3. It is essential that all person/s perspectives are included and approved in the final agreement, including field educator and/or task supervisor, and Field Education Liaison Officer (FELO).

4. Learning agreements must be signed, by all of the above.

Part B

1. You will need to complete Mid Placement Review section of the Learning Journey proforma as guided by your learning goals, and your meeting with FELO and field educator (Internal or external supervisor +/- task supervisor).

2. You will initiate contact with the FELO and the field educator (supervisor) to arrange mid placement review meetings.

3. You will provide to the FELO the street address of the meeting, any special directions, parking arrangements, and any other relevant information that may impact on the scheduled visit.

4. You will provide the FELO a copy of your learning agreement prior to the visit and your supervisory records through fortnightly emails.

5. Determine with your field educator (supervisor) whether the entire review will include all parties or whether you or they wish to speak with the FELO prior to this meeting.

6. Ensure that you take notes during the mid-placement review meeting to ensure you can complete the template.

7. A documented action plan needs to be attached to the MPR report if there are significant changes or departures from the original Learning Plan or any concerns raised.

8. At the outset of the mid placement review the FELO will ask the field educator (supervisor) to confirm that you are accomplishing the terms set out in the Learning Plan at a pass or fail standard. This confirmation will determine the remaining process of the visit.

9. Once the document is approved by the FELO, Field Educator and you at the Learning Plan Meeting any changes to the learning plan can take place following discussion with your supervisor and FELO and at your Mid Placement Review.

Part C

1. This is the final part of your Learning Journey form to facilitate a check in and confirmation of both you and your supervisors understanding of your strengths and challenges.

2. The field educator (supervisor) will also be required to complete a full final report through a Sonia link they will receive once you have completed your Log of Hours Sonia form.

3. You are responsible for respectfully reminding your field educator (supervisor) two (2) weeks prior to the completion of your field education placement that the final supervision and end of placement assessment is to be completed and that the report that they will receive through a link will be due within two weeks (maximum) after a placement has been completed.

a. End of placement assessment on the proforma to be completed after final supervision session within the last two weeks of placement.

b. This allows time for the field educator (supervisor/s) to discuss their evaluation with you prior to completion of placement.

c. The End of Placement Report – will come to the supervisor through a Sonia link once you have completed your Log of Hours Sonia form.

4. You need to be proactive in terms of scheduling the final supervision around the final review and ensuring the field educator (supervisor) has a copy of the updated proforma.

5. You are responsible for uploading your fully completed Learning Journey proforma to Moodle.

6. The field educator is responsible for completing the End of Placement report through Sonia link, which you will have access to.

Documents that can be used to assist you to create your learning goals include:

a. AASW Practice Standards

b. AASW Code of Ethics,

c. Organisational Codes of conduct,

d. CQUniversity’ s Student Charter

e. Student Misconduct policy, and,

f. Any other relevant occupational health and safety policies relating to the placement setting.

Submission

1. Part A, B and C – The Learning Journey Proforma must be submitted at three points over the placement once each section is completed.

2. Part A must be signed by; the student, the field educator (internal and/or external) and the FELO, at the Learning Plan Meeting or after, prior to submission.

3. Submit the form at each submission date into the appropriate Moodle assignment portal using Microsoft Word Document or PDF.

Marking Criteria

· Please refer to the marking criteria on the Moodle site for more detail on how grades will be assigned.

Assessment 1 – Learning Journey Plan – SOWK13009 – Grading Sheet 2022

Assessment 2 - My Reflective Journey –

A - Supervision Records

B - Online Forums

C - Summary

Type: Written

Due date: Throughout Placement (see below)

Weighting: pass/fail

Length: Various (see below)

Unit Coordinator: Robyn Kemble

Aim

As a student on your first field education experience, you will have an opportunity to further develop your skills and knowledge in reflective and reflexive practice and how to utilise supervision effectively. Student supervision undertaken during your placement is one of the important professional spaces where this in-depth reflection occurs. Feedback is also a vital part of the reflection cycle where your supervisor will provide guidance and support to identify and evaluate your practice in order to assist you to incorporate this into your activities during placement. It is therefore important to develop the techniques and skills involved to successfully record, integrate, apply, and reflect on this process

You are provided with reflective tools to provide you with a process and evidence to integrate theory to practice. This will assist you to be able to demonstrate the attainment of the practice standards to meet the eligibility criteria as set out by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and social work graduate learning outcomes.

Instructions

Part A – Supervision Records - Kept weekly, submitted fortnightly

1. You are required to complete a written supervision record after each weekly supervision session with your relevant social work supervisor, using the Supervision Record and Action Plan, template,

a. Please ensure you keep your word limit to a minimum and use dot points.

2. This record will be kept on a weekly basis and then emailed to your Supervisor and FELO for review and feedback on a fortnightly basis.

Part B – Online Forums – Due Weeks 3, 6 and 9 (of your placement timeline)

1. Online postings of no more than 300 words in the shared Moodle forum on three occasions, where you will:

a. make professional links from theory to practice,

b. discuss learning and

c. provide support to your peers.

2. Please revisit “netiquette” rules ensuring confidentiality and respect of any participants and/or organisations are upheld.

Part C – Reflection Summary – Due final week of placement

1. A final summary will be undertaken in the final week of placement and will reflect on your overall key learning.

2. You are strongly encouraged to maintain a personal reflective journal throughout placement forming part of your own reflective practice writing skills and self-care, however, this will not be submitted or reviewed.

Submission

1. Supervision notes are to be emailed fortnightly to supervisor and FELO

2. Online reflective forums - Week 3, Week 6, & Week 9 (no more than 300 words each)

3. The final Summary following last week of placement is submitted to Moodle for assessment (600 words)

Marking Criteria

Please refer to the marking criteria on the Moodle site for more detail on how grades will be assigned.

Assessment 2 – Reflective Summary – SOWK13009 – Grading Sheet 2022

Assessment 3 – Professional Practice Framework (PPF)

Type: Group Discussion

Due date: Week 9/10/11 of Term

Weighting: pass/fail

Length: 5-minute presentation

Unit Coordinator: Robyn Kemble

Aim

The Aim of this assessment is for you to develop capacity to effectively articulate your social work practice. You are required to present your emerging professional practice framework with your peers and Field Education Coordinator via Zoom.

Instructions:

You will need to refer to the ZOOM meeting instructions on Moodle. For this presentation:

1. You are to prepare a 5 min VERBAL presentation of your professional practice framework in a poster presentation, using any format (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi, Word or other) and may be presented as a metaphor to assist your presentation

2. This presentation is a concise articulation of the key components within your professional practice framework. The framework is continually developing and should form part of the supervision agenda.

3. Your professional practice framework is to be presented to peers in allocated small groups.

4. The presentation should include:

1. A summary of the key elements of the professional practice framework

2. identify and explain the relevant theories, methods, values, skills, and practice contexts comprising your professional practice framework, and

3. reflexive practice - identify strengths and areas of further development in Field Education 2.

5. Please note attendance at these sessions is part of the assessment. If you cannot attend, you MUST seek PRIOR approval from the UC to arrange an alternative group or process to present. Please note it is the student's responsibility to arrange to swap with a peer and then notify the UC of this arrangement.

Submission:

The developed visual material (e.g., PowerPoint/ Prezi/ Word Doc) plus script used to speak to the visual material (if you used one) will be submitted to Moodle within one week following the presentation (not before – as you will have a chance to amend following feedback in groups).

Marking Criteria

Please refer to the marking criteria on the Moodle site for more detail on how grades will be assigned.

Assessment 3 – PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FRAMEWORK – SOWK13009 – Grading Sheet 2022