Course Title: Reflect on and improve own professional practice

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2020

Course Code: EMPL7098C

Course Title: Reflect on and improve own professional practice

School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5345 - Diploma of Community Services (Case Management)

Course Contact: Melinda Brown

Course Contact Phone: 9925 4580

Course Contact Email: melinda.brown@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 120

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of reflection and ongoing professional development.

This unit applies to workers in all industry sectors who take pro-active responsibility for their own professional development.

 

This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with:-

  • CHCDEV002 Analyse impacts of sociological factors on clients in community work and services


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice

Element:

1. Reflect on own practice

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Undertake self-evaluation in conjunction with supervisors and/or peers

1.2 Reflect on and recognise the effect of values, beliefs and behaviour in practice

1.3 Share two-way, open and evaluative feedback with co-workers or peers

1.4 Actively seek and reflect on feedback from clients, organisations or other relevant sources

Element:

2. Enhance own practice

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Determine improvements needed based on own evaluation and feedback from others

2.2 Identify potential support networks both internal and external to the organisation

2.3 Seek specialist advice or further training where need is identified

2.4 Recognise requirements for self-care and identify requirements for additional support

2.5 Devise, document and implement a self development plan that sets realistic goals and targets

Element:

3. Facilitate ongoing professional development

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Access and review information on current and emerging industry developments and use these to improve practice

3.2 Assess and confirm own practice against ethical and legal requirements and opportunities

3.3 Identify and engage with opportunities to extend and expand own expertise

3.4 Regularly participate in review processes as a commitment to upgrading skills and knowledge

Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Details of Learning Activities

Classes where information is shared through talks and group discussions, and workshops where exercises are conducted to apply learning. For this course, students undertake placement for 100 hours or more.

During classes, time is allocated for students to work on assessment tasks.

 

 


Teaching Schedule

Week

Topic

Week 1

Course Overview

  • Overview of course – Content, Assessments, Placements.

Intro to Sociology

  • What makes Sociology : Introduction to Sociology as field of study
  • Historical context
  • Sociological Imagination: Linking Private lives to public issues

Week 2

Sociology and social theory

  • Space, Place and Time - the self in relation to society
  • Socialisation and Social Structures
  • Studying society and social behaviour
  • Understanding the role and function of major institutions in Australian society
  • Identifying systems and defining political and economic theory

 

Week 3

Functionalism

  • History
  • A Theoretical overview Functionalism
  • Functionalism and race

Conflict Theory & Marxism

  • History
  • A Theoretical overview of Marxism
  • Neo-liberalism

 

Week 4

Feminist Theories

  • History
  • A Theoretical overview of Feminism
  • Feminism and Community Work

 Week 5

Education

  • A Sociology of education
  • Education and its impact on Society

Deviance, Crime and Social Control

  • Sociology and Deviance
  • Labelling theory
  • Sociological theories of crime
  • Crimes against women

Week 6

Analysing the impact of social and cultural issues

  • Understanding the ways major institutions in Australian society can impact clients
  • Identifying the effects and consequences of inequality on clients
  • Understanding the impacts of long-term unemployment and associated issues
  • Identifying factors associated with age and their impact on clients

Week 7

Working with consumers and colleagues

  • Determining needs and clarifying the social and cultural factors impacting clients
  • Recognising the effect of values, beliefs and behaviour
  • Ensuring consumer participation and engagement
  • Advising, referring or providing clients with access to services

Week 8

Implementing reflective practice to improve performance

  • Key reflective practice processes
  • Peer reflection and supervision
  • Applying a reflective model to analyse an experience

Week 9

Assessing practice and seeking feedback

  • Assessing practice against role requirements, industry practice and standards, and ethical and legal requirements
  • Seeking and analysing feedback
  • Ensuring self-care

Week 10

Conducting training needs analysis

  • Conducting a training needs analysis
  • Identifying your preferred learning style

Preparing and implementing a personal development plan

  • Preparing a personal development plan
  • Implementing and monitoring the plan

Week 11

Post placement workshop

  • Sharing placement experiences
  • Reflecting on practice while on placement


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Carlton Library and Study Support Hub for VE students

https://www.rmit.edu.au/library/about-and-contacts/hours-and-locations/carlton-library


Overview of Assessment

Assessment tasks include;

  • Case study analysis
  • Reflective practice report
  • Workplace supervisors report 
  • Professional development plan


Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Case Scenario/Quiz

Assessment  Task 2: Reflective practice worksheet

Assessment Task 3: Placement Supervisors Report

Assignment Task 4: Personal Development Plan

 

  Students enrolled in Vocational Education and Training qualifications are assessed for Competency. To be assessed as Competent means you have consistently demonstrated the required knowledge and skills at a standard expected in the workplace. To be assessed as competent in this course you will need to complete each assessment task to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback from the teacher at the conclusion of each assessment task.
You should refer to the assessment brief which is available through Canvas for full assessment criteria. Results that apply to courses that are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency based assessments are: CA - Competency Achieved
NYC - Not Yet Competent
DNS - Did not Submit Assessment


Assessment Matrix

A marking rubric for each assessment task is located on Canvas.

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