Practicum/Placement Information - PRAC 2/FE 2 Semester 2 2015

Patricia Muncey – 7 April 2015

Field Education Staff or Who’s Who in the ZooDirector of Field Education Patricia Muncey

Coordinator MSW Sophie Diamandi

Coordinator BSW & BSS Patricia Muncey

Field Education Liaison Officers Cécile Dutreix

Fiona Lawrence

Seshni Pillay

Robby Drake

Field Education Support Officer Kirsty Rogerson

Experienced sessional staff from the field

So you want to go on practicum

1. Being practicum ready

3. Matchin

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2. The Practicu

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4. Agency Intervie

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1. Being Practicum Ready – have you done this?

Passed pre-requisite subjects

Completed required forms DCSI checks if neededChild Safe if needed

Completed pre-placement matching form

Do you need to make a pre-placement interview time?Locate your DCSI documents and Child Safe training certificate

YOU

2. The Practicum Planning Process - What do I need to do? • Read Uni emails especially those from Kirsty Rogerson and

psw-fieldeducation@unisa.edu.au and respond where necessary• Complete pre- placement forms|

Include • valid reasons for starting early or late – will require approval• Limitations and preferences – we do our best to accommodate

but there are no absolute guarantees• Interview with Field Education Coordinator if required• Apply for National Criminal History Record Check and Screening

Assessment if necessary• Complete Child Safe Environments Training if it is out of date• Pass all pre-requisite subjects

2. The Practicum Planning Process - What do I need to do? cont

Focus Areas – Opens today until April 30• Choose three

e.g. Aged care – could include Aged Rights Advocacy Service, Domiciliary Care, community centre with focus of programs for aged

Overlaps between the practice areas

Geography• Up to an hour travel • Or two buses• Nominate up to three areas of preference

Pre-placement Planning Forms – due today

Place of Work Application

Due 1st May

Complete all of the other planning processes

SAPI

Over to Deirdre

We will have a separate information session for people interested

Note – you must meet other requires such as GPA and completing one direct practice placement.

3. MatchingSocial Work is a generalist degree and student placements focus on learning requirements and broad areas of interest

Complex process that requires consideration of multiple factors including:• all students learning needs• individual circumstances • availability of placement opportunities• requirement for one placement with AASW qualified

supervisor

3. Matching cont.• Not allowed to arrange own placement UNLESS specific

circumstances and prior approval – email a request to psw field education

• A matter of equity as we match nearly 300 students to a pool of placements

• Also there are University and individual requirements that must be met

• We ask agencies not to agree to privately arranged placements

• Main consideration – is this an existing placement? If it is then we will not approve a self-arranged placement

3. Matching cont.What happens behind the scenes in the matching process?

4. Agency Interview process

• You will receive an email confirming your provisional match.

• Contact the agency within the required time and advise Field Education.

• Prepare by thoroughly researching the organisation.

4. Agency Interview process

• Take your updated resume and other documents to the interview (including insurance and placement contact details form)

• You need to find your DCSI documents and Child Safe certificate

• Let us know the outcome of the interview as soon as possible

4. Agency Interview process

• As we are placing a large number of students rejecting a placement offer without a good reason will mean you are not re-matched until the end of the matching process.

• Good reasons include;• Information which was unknown to you at

the time of matching and affects your ability to do a certain type of placement

• Sudden ill-health or a severe family crisis

Other Support

Action learning sets/tutorialsSupervision/external supervision

Uni contact person

Your LifelineField Education Information Site

http://www.aasw.asn.au/practitioner-resources/practice-standards

2013 AASW Practice StandardsAASW Code of Ethics 2010

Questions