Field Education
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Field Education is a significant component of the educational development of all future human service professionals. It represents up to twenty five percent of the student’s undergraduate study and is critical to the ongoing pursuit of integrating academic understandings with practice decisions and activity.
The School’s approach to Field Education continues to evolve in response to changes in the human services field and the diverse circumstances in which organisations and human service professionals find themselves. Increasingly, the approach to Field Education is one of negotiated partnerships with organisations and human service professionals.
Field Education aims to provide a range of programs which focus upon particular areas of practice, policy or research, and within which negotiated placements are available to students. For example: practice in Indigenous contexts, community health, cultural diversity, domestic violence, mental health, community development, and family services.
It is important to note that Field Education is undertaken during the third and fourth year of the Bachelor of Social Work program (or the fourth and fifth year for the double degree students) and the last year of the Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services) program. Students must complete prior course requirements before enrolling into the Field Education course.
It has also become increasingly important for postgraduate students to undertake Field Education studies as supervised practice is a significant component of the educational development of all human service professionals and critical to the integration of theory, values and skills taught in the classroom with the demands of practice in the field.
| Undergraduate Programs |
Field Education Courses |
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Bachelor of Social Work |
Social Work Field Education 1 Social Work Field Education 2 |
| Important note: Prerequisites for enrolment into Field Education courses, students must complete all first and second year courses and Social Work and Reflective Practice | |
| Bachelor of Social Sciences (Human Services) |
Human Service Field Education A Human Service Field Education B |
| Postgraduate Programs |
Field Education Courses |
| Master of Rehabilitation Counselling |
Rehabilitation Field Education 1 Case Management in Vocational Rehabilitation 2 |
| Master of Mediation & Conflict Resolution | Conflict Management Field Practice |
International placements and opportunity to study abroad
The
School has an international field education program where you can
undertake your placement overseas. There are placements in both
developed and developing regions of the world. The School is committed
to opening opportunities for field education where we have well
established international links. At present the School has formal
agreements with India and the Faculty of Social Work, Calgary, Canada.
Vice-versa, if you are an overseas Social Work student wishing to seek placements in Adelaide or other parts of Australia, please contact the Director, Field Education. Adelaide is one of the world's most convivial cities. Our social work program is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers. A semester of study in South Australia is well worth the investment in your professional and personal development.