SOWK14005 Advanced Direct Practice
Advanced Direct Practice
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Assessment Tasks
1 On-campus Activity
Assessment Title
Compuslory Residential School 27-29 March Noosa Campus
Task Description
Students will attend and participate in a compulsory residential school 27-29 March Noosa campus.
Assessment Due Date
Attendance for 3 days 27 - 29 March 2020 Compulsory
Return Date to Students
Weighting
Pass/Fail
Assessment Criteria
Referencing Style
Submission
No submission method provided.
Learning Outcomes Assessed
- Demonstrate a range of direct practice skills and techniques in the practical application of the chosen therapeutic approach
Graduate Attributes
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Practical Assessment
Assessment Title
Audio Visual Demonstration and Critical Reflection Role Play
Task Description
ASSESSMENT PRODUCT 1 (40 marks)
During the past three years of study, you have been exposed to simulated learning in the form of role plays at residential schools under the supervision of experienced practitioners and/or academics. These workshops highlighted the value of role plays for developing practice skills. They also highlighted some of the risks associated with role plays including the possible triggering of past experiences and/or the boundaries between role play and personal presentation being crossed. As the development of an audio visual demonstration will occur in an unsupervised environment students are required to undertake considered thought and preparation before arranging or engaging in the role play.
Task Requirement
You are to produce a fifteen minute audio visual recording of yourself in the role of social worker in training (SWIT) and another student or adult volunteer in the role of client. This AV demonstration will highlight the application of the deep listening and advanced clinical skills required to navigate and negotiate a client problem or concern to a role play case scenario in a therapeutic context. It is strongly recommended that your case scenario involves a voluntary client situation. You are to develop your own role play scenario. You may choose to submit an individual or family casework or case management scenario. You are required to demonstrate application of your social work practice framework in an assessment interview incorporating the relevant theories, skills and values that exemplify professional practice.
You will be informed by:
- Assessment frameworks relevant to the context and presenting issues or needs; and
- Advanced clinical skills congruent with an ethical helping relationship; and
- Theories of change relevant to the client's needs and eclecticism ; and
- Ecological systems perspective; or
- Strengths perspective; or
- Brief solutions focused approach; or
- Narrative perspective; or
- Approaches learned through your first social work placement and / or practice experience
Requirements for the role play that must be adhered to:
- Students are not to undertake a role play that considers the following practice issues: abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, and/or verbal); trauma and/or suicide.
- Students are required to carefully read documents; Student Information - Role Play Preparation and Management, and Role Play Information and Consent Form. These documents outline ethical considerations and strategies for minimising risks associated with role plays. All documentation is located on the course Moodle site.
- Students are required to provide a copy of the Role Play Information and Consent Form to all role play participants at least two days prior to the role play and ensure participant's understanding of the content. Additionally students need to inform participants of their right to contact the course coordinator if they have any concerns arising from the role play.
- Students are required to provide a copy of the role play case scenario (developed by student) to all participants at least two days prior to the role play. Social issues presented in the scenario should not be closely related to past, present or future events for the role play participant.
- Students must retain a copy of the signed Role Play Information and Consent Form.
- Students are not to refer to written scripts in the recording of the role play.
- The audio visual recording will be used only for SOWK14005 assessment purposes. Permission will be obtained from both the student and all role play participants if other purposes are being requested.
Duration
The audio visual recording must be 15 minutes in duration (recording range 14 minutes to 16 minutes). Please note: one mark will be deducted for every minute less than 14 minutes and every minute over 16 minutes duration. Viewing will cease once 16 minutes has been reached.
You should focus your role play on the assessment aspect of an intervention in particular navigating and negotiating a client concern or problem. You should select a continuous and unbroken section of your role play for submission. You are encouraged to review the assessment criteria for full details of techniques and skills required for demonstration.
Format
- The audio visual recording is to be uploaded to a cloud drive storage such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or Onedrive and the submission link shared with the Unit Coordinator. Students can contact TASAC for support in accessing and using cloud drive.
- The audio visual recording must be saved in either Windows Media Player or VLC format. Media player and VLC software program are designed for viewing audio visual recordings and are available to download for free from the Internet.
- Before submitting your audio visual recording you must check that the file type extension is either mp4, mpeg, avi, wav or wmv.
- Only in exceptional circumstances will a USB be accepted. Approval must be sought and granted from the Unit Coordinator prior to submission.
Accompanying documentation
- A Role Play Information and Consent Form must be signed by all participants and retained by the student and uploaded to Moodle. Should any issues emerge in relation to the role play experience then the student must be able to produce this consent form as evidence of their preparation and management of their role play.
- An Assessment Cover Sheet and Check List must be completed and also uploaded to Moodle. Ensure the role play submission link (file sharing www link) is documented along with your name and student number.
Submission (Online)
Upload the Assessment Cover Sheet, Checklist, Consent Form and theoretical application transcript to the relevant moodle submission area. Please ensure the web link to your audio visual file is included on the cover sheet.
Please note: An additional copy of the audio visual recording must be retained by the student (on rare occasions recordings have been corrupted or not able to be viewed). A student will receive zero marks for this assessment if they are unable to submit a copy of the audio visual recording when requested by the Unit Coordinator.
ASSESSMENT PRODUCT 2 - Critical Reflection Role Play (20 marks)
Referring to your audio visual demonstration provide a critical analysis and reflection drawing on examples to illustrate your application and integration of theory, skills and values to your practice. Your critique and reflection should be informed by the following prompts:
- What was the context for practice in your scenario and how did your chosen techniques and approach demonstrate contextually responsive practice?
- What were the skills utilised in your assessment scenario? How did your application of these skills demonstrate congruence with your practice framework?
- What social work values were represented in your practice in the role play? How did you demonstrate these and why?
- What theories informed your approach and how are these theories connected to your social work practice framework?
- Were there times where you deviated from your practice framework or chosen approach? What happened and what is your reflection and analysis of this?
- What adjustments may need to be made when working with a client or family from an Indigenous Australian background or from a culturally or linguistically diverse background?
- What are your recommendations for your future practice going into your final placement?
Instructions
References MUST be included to support analysis.
Submission (Online)
Via Moodle
Word Limit
1500 words
The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. It excludes the cover page, abstract, contents page and reference list. It includes in-text references and direct quotations.
Weighting
60%
Assessment Due Date
Week 8 Monday (4 May 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Submission via moodle
Return Date to Students
Week 10 Monday (18 May 2020)
AV submissions will be returned to students within 2-3 weeks.
Weighting
60%
Assessment Criteria
Referencing Style
Submission
Online
Submission Instructions
As described above
Learning Outcomes Assessed
- Demonstrate a range of direct practice skills and techniques in the practical application of the chosen therapeutic approach
- Critically evaluate and reflect on the skills and techniques demonstrated in the practical application of the chosen therapeutic approach and developing social work practice
- Critically evaluate therapeutic models and their relevancy and practical application to social work practice contexts
Graduate Attributes
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Assessment Title
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE FRAMEWORK: A Critical Evaluation
Task Description
ASSESSMENT PRODUCT - A Critical Evaluation
Your practice framework evolves and adapts over time and is contextually responsive. Your practice framework helps guide your practice and influences your social work professional identity. It should be informed by social work values, relevant theories, methods, skills and broader policy context.
Your essay should specify how your practice framework theorises Indigenous issues and constructs relevant practice responses with Indigenous peoples. You are to present your practice framework in written form paying particular attention to how your framework is integrated to your practice.
Your submission should include reference to practice theories (micro and macro theories of change e.g psychodynamic, attachment theory, anti-oppressive, critical and Feminist perspectives) that influence how you work in direct practice as a social worker in training. This requires you to describe the therapeutic approaches and skills that exemplify advanced direct practice. You should provide examples of how this is applied in practice.
You are to evaluate the strengths and limitations of your practice framework and its elements including identifying where and how adjustments may need to be made in your future practice. You are to identify and explain how you will further develop particular components of your practice framework for advanced direct practice including making reference to how you may implement these learning goals in your final social work placement. The written product will include an appendix of your visual representation or metaphor of your practice framework.
WORD LIMIT
1500 words
The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. It excludes the cover page, abstract, contents page and reference list. It includes in-text references and direct quotations.
Assessment Due Date
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 6:00 pm AEST
Moodle
Return Date to Students
Exam Week Monday (15 June 2020)
Weighting
40%
Assessment Criteria
Referencing Style
Submission
Online
Submission Instructions
Submission through Moodle
Learning Outcomes Assessed
- Critically evaluate therapeutic models and their relevancy and practical application to social work practice contexts
- Critically evaluate therapeutic approaches and skills for different cultural contexts including working in Indigenous contexts.
Graduate Attributes
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Academic Integrity Statement
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
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