Details for Professional Practice

This subject provides a learning placement with opportunities for students to integrate theory and practice through a supervised work environment. This subject consists of a 100-hour placement that students complete in their final semester of study. The placement is completed within an organisation that correlates with social science.

Awards offering Professional Practice

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing Studies
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Social Science
• Master of Counselling

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Identify and apply key competencies and tasks required for professional practice in counselling, chaplaincy and/or care contexts;
2. Critically evaluate the application of these competencies to real-life contexts and workplace situations;
3. Critique professional responsibilities and ethical practice as experienced during the professional placement;
4. Discuss personal and professional development in professional practice through supervision and reflective practice.

Subject Content

• Supervised practical experience which offers opportunity for observation, client contact, reflection and critical supervision
• Experience of the working practices of the placement context and operating within its administrative framework
• Opportunity to explore, discuss and share their personal growth in relationship to placement
• Participating in a professional supervised relationship

This course may be offered in the following formats

N/A as placement subject. This subject is offered in Semester 1 and Semester 2.

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Placement Logbook (30%)
• Superivsion, PD and Research Portfolio (50%)
• Critical Reflection (20%)

Prescribed Text

• Cleak, H.M., & Wilson, J. (2019). Making the most of field placement (4th ed.). South Melbourne: Cengage Learning Australia

Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any texts.