1. Practicum/Placement Information - PRAC 2/FE 2 Semester 2 2015 Patricia Muncey – 7 April 2015

2. Field Education Staff or Who’s Who in the Zoo

3. So you want to go on practicum 1. Being practicum ready 3. Matching 2. The Practicum Planning Process 4. Agency Interview Process

4. 1. Being Practicum Ready – have you done this? Passed pre-requisite subjects Completed required forms DCSI checks if needed Child 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

5. 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 necessarypsw- fieldeducation@unisa.edu.au 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Criminal History Record Check and Screening Assessment if necessary Complete Child Safe Environments Training if it is out of date Pass all pre-requisite subjects

6. 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

7. Place of Work Application Due 1 st May Complete all of the other planning processes

8. 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.

9. 3. Matching Social 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

10. 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

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

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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

15. Other Support Action learning sets/tutorials Supervision/external supervision Uni contact person

16. Your Lifeline Field Education Information Site http://www.aasw.asn.au/practitio ner-resources/practice- standards 2013 AASW Practice Standards AASW Code of Ethics 2010

17. Questions