Program Overview

Unit of Study SWRK6007 - Social Work Field Placement II (2026)

Unit Snapshot

• Unit type: PG Coursework Unit
• Credit points: 36
• Faculty/College: Faculty of Health
• Placement: Yes
• Pre-requisites: SWRK5007 - Social Work Field Placement I
• Anti-requisites: SWRK6005 - Social Work Field Placement IIa

Enrolment Information

International onshore students must enrol in the internal offering of this unit. This placement should be completed at the end of your degree. This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending.

Unit Description

Engages students in 600 hours of supervised social work practice, in a different human service organisation to which they completed the first social work field placement. Develops professional skills, knowledge and values in line with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) practice standards for social work. Transfers learning gained from other units in the course to practice in a real organisation. Emphasis is placed on the use of research to inform social work practice and policy change.

Unit Content

1. Professional social work relationships
2. Communicating with stakeholders
3. Agency and policy context
4. Social work practice theory and models
5. Professional supervision
6. Research-informed practice
7. Professional presentation
8. Evaluation and professional development
9. Use of knowledge for practice and policy change
10. Leadership in human service organisations
11. Professional practice frameworks

Availabilities

• Location: Gold Coast, Online
• Domestic: Tri Term1,2
• International: Tri Term1,2

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• form, maintain and end professional and ethical social work relationships with clients, colleagues and supervisors in a human service organisation at the level of a beginning practitioner
• demonstrate and critically reflect on professional identity, practice skills and practice approaches with clients, colleagues, supervisors and other key stakeholders, and identify learning needs that extend beyond graduation
• critically analyse and reflect on the evidence-base for and ways in which social work services are provided in the organisation and wider practice field and how this addresses client needs and enhances social justice
• use and critically reflect on social work knowledge, including theoretical and research knowledge, to inform social work practice and policy in a range of settings, and draw on this to inform professional identity and articulate a professional practice framework

Prescribed Learning Resources

Tri Term 1

• Prescribed Texts: Cleak, H & Wilson, J , 2022, Making the Most of Field Placement , 5th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne.
• Prescribed Resources/Equipment: No prescribed resources/equipment.

Tri Term 2

• Prescribed Texts: Prescribed text information is not currently available.
• Prescribed Resources/Equipment: Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.