Pre-requisites

CN9400 Professional Placement 1

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

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

• Make effective use of supervisory input to meet learning goals by addressing the needs of both clients and the placement organisation while navigating complex ethical issues

• Critically reflect on progress towards learning agreement goals

• Communicate respectfully and professionally with clients, colleagues and community members while maintaining ethical standards

• Apply advanced counselling theory, skills, knowledge and values effectively, with initiative and judgment, in a practice-based setting

Unit Description

This second of two counselling placement units supports students to gain a further 100 hours of work experience in a real practice setting. The placement will be in a setting distinct from Practicum 1 and will include a further 40 hours of face-to-face counselling experience and 25 hours of supervision within the 100 hour total.

Emphasis in each assessment for this unit is placed on rigorous self-reflection with the support of professional and peer supervisors as well as on wrestling with more complex ethical dilemmas.

Students continue with onsite supervision as well as weekly group supervision with classmates and are required to continue developing and evaluating their learning agreement begun in Practicum 1. Their placement experience culminates in a review by their supervisor.

This unit is a hurdle unit: all assessments must be satisfactorily completed but no grades are awarded.

Topics

1. Reflection on learning agreement progress
2. Ethical practices – reflect on application of ethical practices in the best interest of the client
3. Mandatory reporting – in consultation with supervisor and organisation in serious cases
4. Complex ethical issues – address complex ethical issues for particular client issues and organisational approaches (eg. confidentiality at all costs or family and school involvement)
5. Professional development – value ongoing learning with particular learning objectives

Assessment and Indicative Load

Assessment types include Reflection Paper, Case Study, Field Placement Hours Report, and Attendance. Indicative study load is 150 hours.

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Unit offerings

Face to face: (Demand based)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.