Advanced Professional Practice

This unit builds directly upon the work based learning gained in ASW3002 Professional Practice. Your final placement experience is enhanced by participation in University based seminars. Upon successful completion you will demonstrate your ability to work ethically, critically, professionally and inclusively. This unit helps to prepare you as an emerging graduate for entry into the social work profession, and informs the work you will complete in your second semester capstone units: ASW4003 Social Work Advocacy: Scope, Research, Design and ASW4004 Social Work Advocacy: Social Change in Action.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Negotiate and validate a plan for professional learning consistent with the placement context of practice and aligned to AASW Graduate Practice Standards and Attributes (2019);
2. Practice according to social work values, ethics and knowledge in alignment with the AASW Code of Ethics (2010) and AASW Graduate Practice Standards and Attributes (2019);
3. Exemplify cultural responsiveness, sensitivity and inclusive practice and promote the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures;
4. Use a broad range of professional communication skills to build and foster collaborative, inclusive and respectful relationships with a diverse range of individuals, groups, colleagues and communities;
5. Demonstrate intellectual independence through the application of critical thought and judgement in social work practice;
6. Identify and effectively engage with ethical dilemmas and issues arising in practice; and
7. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of research and evaluation in generating new knowledge for practice.