Assessment 1 – The Learning Journey 

Part A – The Learning Agreement 

Part B – The Mid Placement Review and Assessment

Part C – The End of Placement Report

Type: Written

Due date:  This form will be uploaded to Moodle at three points;

Part A – Week 4 of your placement hours. 

Part B – Between weeks 6 and 9 (mid-way through) of your placement hours.

Part C - Within two weeks of placement completion.

Weighting: Pass/Fail

Length: Succinct within template provided

Unit Coordinator: Robyn Kemble

Aim

Part A

The aim of the Learning Agreement (LA) is for you to develop your learning goals which are a commitment by you and the placement agency with CQUniversity to ensure that the AASW (Australian Association of Social Workers) Graduate Attributes are met by the completion of SOWK14009.

Part B

The aim of the Mid Placement Review (MPR) and Mid Placement Assessment (MPA) is for you to assess your progress towards meeting your learning outcomes, where you will meet either in person or online with a Field Education Liaison Officer (FELO)  and your field education placement team close to the midway point of your fieldwork. This key assessment point in your placement is what will guide you into meeting the requirements of your placement unit.

Part C

The aim of the End of Placement Report (EPR) is to evaluate and assess your application of social work practice standards and ethics, your integration of theory to practice, your approach to supervision and feedback and your learning. This will also be an opportunity to engage in a final conversation with your key mentor/s on placement to share final reflections on your experience. 

Instructions

Part A Learning Agreement

The LA is the cornerstone of your placement experience and learning journey; it shapes your educational relationships with your field educators (supervisors) who will guide your learning journey in the human services sector. The Learning Agreement provides a framework for determining whether AASW practice standards, competencies and student attributes have been met during Field Education 1. 

It is imperative that you meet the deadlines stated in your Learning Agreement as this document clarifies and articulates roles, goals, objectives, tasks and strategies, and 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 nine (9) standards (AASW, 2023) as the key learning areas where for each learning area you must on the Learning Agreement proforma (supplied):

1.    Draft your Learning Agreement during Week 1 of your placement in collaboration with your field educator and/or onsite task supervisor. 

2.    Construct one or two learning goals for each Standard.

3.    The perspectives and approvals of the field educator and/or task supervisor and Field Education Liaison Officer (FELO) must be included in the final Learning Agreement. 

4.    The final Learning Agreement must be submitted to Moodle by week 4 of your placement timeline.

Part B Mid Placement Review and Assessment

The MPR & A are key assessment points to demonstrate that your learning is on track and will allow the unit coordinator to support your ongoing placement.

Mid Placement Review – Your FELO will lead this. 

1.    Initiate contact with the FELO and the field educator/s to arrange your MPR meeting (please ensure you do this at the time of your LA meeting).

2.    At this MPR meeting you will explore if you are on track with your learning goals in preparation for your Mid Placement Assessment (MPA). 

3.    Provide the FELO with details of the meeting. If the meeting is online, arrange an appropriate link and if the meeting is face to face, share directions, parking arrangements, and any other relevant information to assist the FELO.

4.    Provide a copy of your LA to the FELO and your supervisor prior to the review meeting.

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

6.    At the outset of the review, the FELO will ask the supervisor (onsite and/or external) to confirm that you are accomplishing the terms set out in the LA at a satisfactory standard. This confirmation will determine the remaining process of the visit.

7.    Ensure that you take notes during the MPR meeting so that you can be prepared to give evidence to your learning at the MPA. 

8.    Please ensure you complete and email the first full draft of Part B of the LA proforma prior to the MPA meeting.

Mid Placement Assessment – A member of the Field Education team will lead this

1.    This meeting will be approximately 30 minutes in duration following your MPR, for you to speak to your learning goals and how you are evidencing these. 

2.    This will be just between you and a member of the field education team unless your FELO has recommended the inclusion of them, or one of your supervisors for reasons of concern or request.

3.    This meeting will also address any changes to the original LA or action plans that need developing following any concerns raised.

4.    You will then finalise Part B of the LA proforma with any additional information and submit.

Part C End of Placement Report 

1.    The EPR is the final part of evidencing your LA and will allow both you and your supervisor/s to reflect on your strengths and challenges for future growth. 

2.    Schedule a final supervision session with your supervisor to complete your final review. Please be proactive when scheduling this final supervision and ensuring your supervisor has a copy of the updated LA proforma. 

3.    Complete your section of Part C where you consider key learnings that you have achieved on placement as relevant to each standard.  

4.    Your supervisor might prefer to complete their section with you in supervision after you have drafted your responses or they may ask that you send the updated proforma by email so they can complete their final reflections to support your evidence.

5.    Ensure that your supervisor is aware of the due date of the final sections of the proforma.

Submission

This proforma will be uploaded as a word or PDF document to Moodle at three points;

Part A – Week 4 of your placement hours. 

Part B – Between weeks 7 and 9 (mid-way through) of your placement hours.

Part C - Within two weeks of placement completion.

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.

Assessment 1 – Learning Journey – SOWK13009 – Grading Sheet 2024

Assessment 2 - Your Reflective Journey 

Summary of Supervision Records and Online forums

Type: Written

Due date: Final submission due week 12 of term 

Weighting: pass/fail

Length: 1000 words

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

1.    You are required to complete a written supervision record after each supervision session with your relevant social work supervisor, using the Supervision Record and Action Plan, template (or equivalent), please ensure you keep your word limit to a minimum and use dot points.

2.    Share your supervision record with your supervisor for review and feedback, prior to each supervision session.

3.    Participate in three online forums where you professionally interact with other students and share your placement journey as well as read other students placement journey’s and give strength-based feedback.

4.    Produce a summary of your learning from supervision and the online forum interactions outlining your key learnings. 

5.    Please ensure you have completed regular supervision notes as your FELO, supervisor or a member of the field education team may request a copy if any concerns arise.

6.    Please note whilst this is a reflective piece of writing it is still important to write academically. References are not requested; however, you will still need to reference if you refer to another source as is appropriate.

Submission

1.    Upload your 1000-word summary of your reflections to Moodle in week 12 of term. 

Assessment 2 – Reflective Journey – SOWK13009 – Grading Sheet 2024

Assessment 3 – Social Work Practice Framework (PF)

Type: Group Discussion

Due date: Weeks 9 - 11 of term to be advised

Weighting: pass/fail

Length: 10-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. A social work practice framework shows a map of what we do and why, proposing a foundation for practice, as well as fostering a range of practice tools for assessments and interventions. 

You are required to present your emerging PF with a small group of your peers and a field education team member through an online platform (i.e., Zoom).  

Instructions:

1.    You will need to refer to the online meeting instructions on Moodle for links and times, where you will choose a time and group that suits you.

2.    You are to prepare a 10 min VERBAL presentation of your PF, using any format (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi, Word or other). 

3.    You will use a metaphor to assist your presentation (Tree, boat, basket, river etc.)

4.    This presentation is a concise articulation of the key components within your PF.

5.    Your PF is to be presented to small group of your peers.  

6.    As your framework is continually developing and your identity as a social worker just beginning it should form part of your supervision agenda. 

The presentation should include: 

1.    A brief summary of the key elements of your emerging social worker identity and understanding of your developing practice frameworks and theories.  

2.    Start with you and your background, your own values and beliefs that have been both challenged and that have aligned with your developing social work identity and your understanding of use of self.

3.    Identify and briefly explain the relevant theories, methods, values, skills, and practice contexts comprising your PF.

4.    Identify strengths and areas of further development in Field Education 2. 

5.    Your final slide is a summary of your overall experience of your placement journey and PF creation.

Please note attendance at these sessions is a requirement of this assessment. If you cannot attend, you must seek PRIOR approval from the UC to arrange an alternative group or process to present. If your first choice of time or group is not suitable then 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).

Assessment 3 – Social Work Practice Framework (PF) – SOWK13009 – Grading Sheet 2024

Students must pass four (4) out of the seven (7) criteria to pass the assessment.