REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: USE OF SELF AND SELF-CARE
SWP5RPS
2019
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This capstone subject will integrate and expand students' capability in critical practice and the knowledge & skills in practice in child wellbeing and child protection. In this subject students will reflect and build upon their own development of knowledge and skills in terms of their history, culture, values, attitudes, resources and constraints. They will formulate plans for self-management and self-care skills and practices, and their ability to build relationships with others in ways that anticipate established leadership capabilities.
School: School Allied Health,Human Serv & Sport
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Margarita Frederico
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Compassion fatigue: coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatised | Recommended | Figley, C 1995 | BRUNNER/MAZEL, PA. |
| Readings | Emotional intelligence, emotion and social work: context, characteristics, complications and contribution | Recommended | Morrison, T 2007 | BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, VOL 37, PP 245-263. |
| Readings | Reflective practice in contemporary child-care social work: the role of containment | Recommended | Ruch, G 2007 | BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, VOL 37, PP 659-680. |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. TBA
- Activities:
- TBA
Other Site, 2019, Semester 2, Off Campus
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Margarita Frederico
Class requirements
Block Mode
One 5.0 days block mode per study period and delivered via face-to-face.
"Block teaching mode of five 6-hour sessions."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 2,500-word essay | 50 | ||
| one 50-minute group presentation | 35 | ||
| one 800-word self-care plan | 15 |