Focus Statement:

The learning agreement is the cornerstone of the most important learning relationships you will ever encounter in your professional career; shaping the educational relationships with field educators who offer to guide your learning journey into the human services sector. This document provides a framework for determining whether the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW) practice standards, competencies and student attributes have been accomplished during Field Education 1.

Student Role & The Field Education Team

You will need to take a proactive approach to drafting your learning agreement in the first week of field education in collaboration with your field educator. You will need to consult with all members of your field education team; including your field educator and/or task supervisor, and Field Education Liaison Officer (FELO), you do not require the signature of the field education coordinator. It’s essential that all person/s perspectives are included and approved in the final agreement. Learning agreements must be signed, by all members of the field education team at a Learning Planning Meeting coordinated and facilitated by the FELO.

Products/Performance: The Field Education Package – Part A and Part B

Your learning agreement is a unique plan that articulates your journey towards professional entry. The document will need to demonstrate the conceptualisation and organisation of your learning needs, learning agendas, and methods for demonstrating competency. There are two major components/parts of this document;

• Part A - Placement Structure - Field Education Package; this template is designed to assist the student to develop and apply a clear and thorough understanding of the placement structure. Including key agency information, role of the social worker in the agency, the service delivery models of the organisation; and in relation to their placement monitoring, support and supervision; the specific responsibilities and roles of each member of the field education team, including the student, Field Education Liaison Officer, Field Educator (supervisor), and (if relevant) task supervisor and external supervisor. In addition, the preparation for the field that has been undertaken by the student.

• Part B – Learning plan and agreement – Field Education Package; this template outlines six (6) key learning areas. The student must create a goal for each area including;
• identifying the learning objective of the goal,

• identifying the learning objective
• creating an action plan
• implement methods of evaluation
• And, clearly link these to the AASW Practice Standards and AASW Student Social Work Graduate Attributes.

Several key documents must be synthesised into the Learning Agreement including the:

1. AASW Practice Standards
2. AASW Code of Ethics,
3. Organisational Codes of conduct,
4. CQUniversity’ s Student Charter and Student Misconduct policy,
5. Any other relevant occupational health and safety policies relating to the placement setting.

Managing changes/revisions to your learning plan during the placement:

The learning agreement must be undertaken in collaboration with your field educator. Once the document is approved by the FELO, Field Educator and student at the "Learning Plan Meeting" there should be no major changes to the document from that point forward.

Any significant revision of the Learning Agreement that departs from the original document should be communicated to the Field Education Coordinator within (3) working days.

You are encouraged to use your learning agreement at each scheduled supervision session with your Field Educator or External Field Educator. The learning plan and agreement, and supervision record is reviewed at the field education visit, and any changes required can be made at this time, in agreement with both the field educator, University liaison person and the Field Education Coordinator.

Submission:

You will need the learning agreement signed by; supervisor/s (external and internal - if this is the case) at the Learning Plan Meeting in order to submit to moodle. You will need to coordinate with the FELO and Field Educator (supervisor), and/off Task Supervisor (onsite supervisor – if applicable) a Learning Plan meeting to have Part A and Part B approved. All members of the field education team must approve the learning plan before submitting this to moodle.

Focus statement

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, support and 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.

Student role

You are required to complete a written supervision recording after each weekly supervision session with your relevant social work supervisor.

Product

This written record will succinctly (no more than 600 words) record the following details:

1. Date and time of supervision including length
2. Topics for discussion
3. Feedback / evaluation provided to you from your supervisor (strengths, limitations, areas to further develop, critique of social work practice etc)
4. Your reflection and analysis of the feedback provided to you
5. Agreed upon action plan to integrate feedback to your practice and activities and how this will be evaluated or re-visited
6. Any other aspects of supervision you found helpful or challenging

This assessment will be uploaded on a weekly basis and is submitted for viewing by the Field Education Coordinator. Feedback, where required will provided to you in the private forum area on moodle.

Focus statement

Reflective tools are utilised within this unit to provide you and your Field Education Coordinators with a process and evidence of your capacity to integrate theory to practice and demonstrate the attainment of practice standards and social work practice suitable to meet the eligibility criteria as set out by the Australian Association of Social Workers and the Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) graduate learning outcomes.

Your Role

You are to demonstrate creativity and professional presentation of all required elements. You will be required to submit fortnightly reflective postings in a forum and weekly supervision feedback, reflection and action planning. You are encouraged to maintain a personal reflective journal during your placement however, this will not be submitted and should form part of your own reflective practice writing.

ONLINE POSTINGS (Fortnightly 500-600 words & Final Summary 600 words)

You will make online postings in Moodle each fortnight, making professional links from theory to practice, discussing your learning and providing support to your peers. Please ensure that confidentiality of any participants and/or organisations are upheld. Your final summary will be undertaken in your final week of placement and will reflect on your overall learning.

Focus Statement

This is the second contact you will have with academic staff or their representatives at the field placement review that will take place about mid-way through the placement. There are two (2) main components of this assessment;

1) A Mid Placement Review (MPR) meeting facilitated by the Field Education Liaison Officer (FELO) and attended by Field Educator and/or supervisor, and yourself (SWIT). The university endeavours for all MPR’s to be face-to-face, however sometimes locality and availability of FELO staff can result in a teleconference or ZOOM mode of meeting.

The MPR is pivotal to your progress in Field Education 2. Several sources of evaluation will contribute to the overall assessment of student progress. Supervision feedback, participation in organisational tasks and practice, contributions made to working with the field education team inclusive of the University, demonstration of social work knowledge and practice and emerging practice framework etc. all contribute to this evaluation.

The mid placement review provides additional opportunities to identify the practice standards, competencies and student attributes that have been attained. The visit also provides the opportunity for any person involved to discuss concerns about the progress of the learning experience in order to provide you with the opportunity to make necessary changes required for successful completion or where this is not achievable, to conclude the placement.

2) Part C – Field Education Package – the MPR report; this document will be completed by the student and is a record of the meeting. The template is designed for the student to collect and summarise the overall feedback from both the supervisor and the FELO as well as your own input. Please see the Part C document/template for further guidance. Please note you are responsible for completing this document and may need to take notes during the meeting.

Student Role and Responsibilities

1. You are responsible for the timely response to FELO correspondence. Please ensure you check your emails frequently.
2. Consult with the FELO visiting and provide the street address of the meeting, any special directions, parking arrangements, and any other relevant information that may impact on the scheduled visit.
3. Provide a copy of your learning agreement and supervisory record to the FELO who will be facilitating your review either prior to the visit, or on the day. Your supervision records provides the FELO an understanding of your engagement in supervision sessions, and your ability to analyse and respond to feedback.
4. Determine with your field educator whether the entire review will include all parties or whether they wish to speak with the academic member of staff prior to meeting with you.
5. You can take notes during the mid-placement review to ensure you can complete Part C- Mid Placement Review – Field Education package. You are responsible to complete and submit Part C – Mid placement review (this template is available on moodle). Please note it is NOT the responsibility or task of your supervisor or liaison person to complete any of this form.

Product/Performance

You as the student will be responsible to submit Part C – Mid Placement Review – Field Education Package. The template is designed for the student to collect and summarise the overall feedback from both the supervisor and the FELO as well as your own input. Please note it must have a documented action plan attached to the review report if significant changes or departures from the original Learning Agreement.

This document must be submitted in moodle using Microsoft Word Document within seven (7) days following the Mid placement meeting.

The Agenda of the MPR:

The FELO will ask students and field educators or task supervisor (if applicable) and external field educator (if applicable) for their verbal evaluation of the following four issues;

1. A verbal account on the progress of the Learning Agreement and discussion about any changes needed. That includes learning highlights and challenges; the student will be encouraged to discuss how they have or are overcoming challenges.
2. Interpersonal skills; how does the student manage themselves in a team environment; discuss how they are developing in supervision and how do they utilise and respond to feedback. Give an example of feedback being taken; and how it made a difference.
3. Insights into the students learning style; how does this compare and contrast with the field educators learning style and how have they managed this.

4. Once the goals have been reviewed the FELO, and the above content has been discussed the FELO will recommend a Pass or Fail, and consult with the field educator/s in regard to their recommendation. The FELO will then pass on this recommendation to the Field Education Coordinator.

Outcome	Outcomes:	Pass/Developing	Fail
1.	Demonstrate evidence of developing student attributes (discussion of student values and beliefs) and how this integrates into social work practice.	Evidence provided.	Limited/unclear/nil evidence provide.
2.	Select and apply appropriate use of self and problem solving skills as a student social worker within an organisation.	Evidence provided.	Limited/unclear/nil evidence provide.
3.	Analysis and articulation of client's needs using social work theories and evaluation of intervention strategies.	Evidence provided.	Limited/unclear/nil evidence provide.
4.	Work within the AASW Code of Ethics, Practice Standards, and organisational policies and procedures.	Evidence provided.	Limited/unclear/nil evidence provide.
5.	Evaluate elements of professional practice framework.	Evidence provided.	Limited/unclear/nil evidence provide.
6.	Demonstrates achievement of learning goals to a satisfactory level.	Evidence provided.	Limited/unclear/nil evidence provide.
7.	Understands and applies self-care.	Evidence provided.	Limited/unclear/nil evidence provide.
8.	Demonstrates social work values and ethics when communication and professional communication skills and accountability through supervision and the receipt of feedback from all members of the field education supervision team.	Evidence provided.	Limited/unclear/nil evidence provide.
	Students must achieve a pass in at least 6 of the 8 criteria/outcomes to pass the mid placement review and continue placement

Focus Statement

This is the third of three (3:3) contacts your CQUniversity staff will maintain with you throughout your field education experience (1:3 and 2:3 are with the FELO). The main focus of Professional Practice Framework (PPF) Presentation is the demonstration of verbal communication skills articulating your (emerging) personal framework for professional practice, and the application of this PPF to case scenario.

Your Role:

• Refer to the ZOOM meeting instructions on Moodle.
• Prepare a 8-10 min VERBAL presentation of your PPF including VISUAL material (e.g. powerpoint presentation, picture) and apply this PPF to a case scenario generated from client work on placement.

Performance/Product

1. A visual representation or metaphor of your Professional Practice Framework (PPF) and concise articulation of the key components in your framework is to be available for presentation at all times throughout your placement.  Your PPF will continually develop and is part of your supervision agenda.
2. The final product is to be presented to your peers in allocated small groups. The presentation should outline:

i) A summary of the key elements of the PPF; identify and explain the relevant theories, methods, values, skills and practice contexts comprising your PPF, and reflexive practice,

ii) Articulate how your PPF was applied to client work; case management, intake, support plan, and/or service delivery model specific to your placement setting.

iii) Articulate the reflective and reflexive aspects of this client intervention; evaluating the outcomes of this intervention.

Please note if the presentation extends past ten (10) minutes, the remaining content will not be assessed.

Please note failure to attend the session without prior APPROVAL from the UC will result in a fail for this assessment.

The assessment visual material must be submitted to moodle.

Focus statement

You are required to keep an accurate log of the hours that you spend in formal field education activities. You must complete 560 hours.

Your role

Complete log of hours entered into *SONIA and approved by INTERNAL/ONSITE supervisor in SONIA.

Product/performance

The Field education Log begins on your first day.

These activities/events constitute as placement hours:

• It records the hours you spend in the agency,
• meeting attendance (agency/placement associated),
• training in relation to the organisation directed by your supervisor to attend
• contacting or networking with external agencies where directed by your supervisor
• compulsory/mandatory training relating to the organisation (e.g. Queensland Health pre-placement mandatory training)
• and the time it takes you to travel to and participate in the contact review meeting and any supervision sessions.

These activities do not constitute as placement hours:

• Any activities beyond the Learning Agreement will be deemed personal and will not be considered to be a component of Field education 2.
• Travel to and from work
• travel to and from personal appointments attended during placement hours
• personal appointments attended during placement hours
• sick days/leave days
• Assessments relating to this unit undertaken in out of office hours.

The log can be called on at any time by the University. Ensure you have reviewed the Field Education Manual to confirm hours of work appropriate to your placement

PLEASE NOTE: Students must not accrue toil while on placement and should not log more than 40 hours per week max due to health and safety requirements. Should there be an extraordinary requirement for over time, this must be approved by the Unit Coordinator.

You must complete 560 hours - this is recorded as a ‘pass’ or ‘fail’.

*SONIA is a database, instructions regarding use will be on the moodle site and sent out by the school administration officer.

Field Education Log of Hours is submitted in full with no significant departures from reasonable working hours in accordance with the Field Education Manual and assessment outline.

Focus Statement

The end of placement report is an evaluation and assessment of the student social worker's attainment and application of social work practice standards, ethics, integration of theory to practice and approach to supervision, feedback and learning.

Your role/responsibilities

• Students are responsible for respectfully reminding their supervisor two (2) weeks prior to the completion of their field education placement that the report is due seven (7) days (max) after a placement has been completed.
• Students should be proactive in terms of scheduling the final supervision around the report and ensuring the supervisor does have a copy of the template. It is your responsibility to ensure that your supervisor has a copy for completion - a copy can be found on the unit moodle site.
• Students are responsible for uploading this report to moodle (unless a supervisor requests to deliver the report directly to the unit coordinator)

Product/Performance

This report is completed by the supervising social worker (internal or external) and is the responsibility of the supervising social worker. A template of this report is available on the unit moodle site and is provided to your supervisor at their commencement. The final report should be planned in advance of completion with most reports finalised in the last two weeks of placement. This allows time for the supervisor/s to discuss the evaluation report with the student prior to completion. Each relevant practice standard should have been completed and signed before submission.

Please Note:

Grades cannot be completed until the final report has been received and graded. In regards to your final grade the end of placement report is carefully considered, however the Unit Coordinator is responsible for awarding the students final grade.

Students are strongly advised to keep a copy of their end of placement report; as it may be required by their field educator in the students final placement.

Meets the requirements of the AASW Practice Standards 2013.

Important aspects of this assessment:

• The recommendation of your field educator is given significant weight and is incorporated as part of the overall assessment of your attainment of graduate attributes and practice standards. The University awards the final grade.
• Field Educators reserve the right to assess your performance according to the developments made since the mid placement review and overall placement performance.
• SOWK14009 report contains work to be completed and assessed by your field educator and the fieldwork coordinator. Passing grades must be obtained for all assessment items in order to be awarded the grade of PN (Pass non-graded) for SOWK14009.
• Your grade cannot be finalised until this report and all outstanding assessments are received.

For further information please refer to the Field Education End of Placement Report template on the moodle site.