Course Title: Youth Work 4: Field Education 2 (Working with Industry)
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Youth Work 4: Field Education 2 (Working with Industry)
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
This is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) course. This means that there is an expectation that you will complete 30 full supervised days of field education placement in an industry setting. You are not able to undertake a placement without meeting all requirements and having an active Work Integrated Learning (WIL) agreement in place.
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
HWSS2232 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2022, Sem 2 2023, Sem 2 2024, Sem 2 2025 |
HWSS2232 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Internet |
Sem 2 2019 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
HWSS2232 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
365H Global, Urban and Social Studies |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFx2020 (All) |
Course Coordinator: Sarah Williams
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 (3) 99251670
Course Coordinator Email: sarah.williams2@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Building 8. Floor 10
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses
Successful completion of 053212 - Youth Work 1: An Introduction to the FieldAND053213 - Youth Work 2: Field Education 1 (Engaging in Industry)AND053211 - Youth Work Ethics.
Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.
For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.
Course Description
This course includes a 30 day work integrated learning experience (228 hours) in which your youth work values, knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/ or community is integral to assessment of your experience and development of your professional competence.
The course focuses on your emerging identity and capability as a youth worker, assessed through your developing skills and knowledge applied in a youth work related setting.
You will draw upon previous studies regarding youth work practice skills, ethics, policy, and understandings of youth and young people and their social contexts, to undertake supervised practice in the field.
In the classroom, in structured sessions called a Community of Practice (CoP), you will engage in group supervision and exploration of your WIL experience and emerging youth work practice.
This course includes a work integrated learning (WIL) experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/ or community is integral to your experience.
This means that there is an expectation that you will complete 30 full supervised days (228 hours) of field education placement in an industry setting. You are not able to undertake a placement without meeting all requirements and having an active Work Integrated Learning (WIL) agreement in place.
Course Preparation:
Certain preparation tasks must be completed in advance of your enrolment in Field Education for you to be eligible to participate in the allocation process. For example, you must complete by the appropriate deadlines communicated by the GUSS WIL Coordinator:
- A Police Check and Working with Children Check (WWCC)(confirmed on InPlace).
- Pre-placement quiz
- Completing the Placement Preparation Form (PPF).
You will be allocated to a placement by the GUSS WIL staff. The allocation is based on a range of factors, including the information you provide in your Placement Planning Form (PPF) and whether you meet the requirements of the organisation.
Please note that you must be enrolled in a Field Education course to participate in the placement preparation and allocation process. The placement preparation and allocation process commences at least four months prior to your placement commencing . To be eligible for placement allocation (ideally before the HECS Census date), you need to participate in this process.
If you do not engage in the pre-preparation tasks and with communication from GUSS WIL and/or the WIL Coordinator before the HECS Census date the RMIT cannot guarantee to secure you a placement and you will be unable to complete the requirements of the course.
Signing off on your WIL activity and passing the assessments in the course is a requirement of passing the course. Students who do not drop the course by the University Census date will be financially liable for this course and possibly receive an automatic fail grade. You will be advised to re-enrol in the next available semester and any achieved placement hours and/or submitted assessments will not be attributed upon re-enrolment.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Program Learning Outcomes
In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:
- Engage responsibly and ethically in professional relationships, whilst attending to the wide range of complex issues regarding young people and other key stakeholders, in the execution of your duty of care.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Work effectively and safely within a youth work setting, applying youth work and related knowledge and skills to apply and critically reflect on theories and methodologies relevant to youth work practice across different contexts.
2. Drawing upon feedback received, critically evaluate your youth work specific skills, your professionalism and your ability to work effectively and safely within your placement organisation.
3. Apply contextually relevant values, ethics and standards for youth work practice to demonstrate an ethical orientation and ability to analyse and respond to ethical dilemmas in accordance with the Code of Ethical Practice for Youth Workers in Victoria (2007) in all areas of engagement.
4. Actively participate in supervision, demonstrating understanding of the importance of supervision, institutional legal frameworks, and organisational policies and procedures in enhancing your practice.
5. Form constructive relationships with individuals, groups and communities including user groups such as young people, colleagues, professionals and people in other significant roles / positions.
Overview of Learning Activities
This course is predominantly situated within a Youth Work or Youth Sector setting, where you will undertake structured and supervised duties. The six Community of Practice (CoP) workshops which will have a focus on induction, orientation, de-briefing and group-supervision and integration of theories into practice.
In the Orientation in Week 1 of Semester, you will be provided with an overview of the formal requirements of this placement, including those attached to your assessments and organisational context.
In the fortnightly CoP, you will be able to critically engage and reflect upon your placement experience and supervisory feedback with your peers. Participation in these seminars is crucial to further developing and meeting your key placement learning goals in your Learning and Assessment Report.
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as the Community of Practice model. This involves a framework theoretical lecture, fortnightly tutorials which constitute your CoP tutorials involving reflective practice prompts, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery will predominantly be face to face with a mixture of some online content.
Throughout your placement, you will have access to online learning modules on Canvas, an industry supervisor and point of contact at the University known as an RMIT placement liaison.
WIL Placement:
We recognise and value inclusivity, health, safety and wellbeing and cultural safety for all students on campus and on WIL placements. You may contact your course coordinator, placement liaison or WIL coordinator if you have any concerns before or while on placement. If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability, you can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services to negotiate adjustments during the WIL placement.
Student engagement with placement tasks must begin 4 months before undertaking the course. Students will be notified of when and how to initiate the placement tasks on the BP322 Program Canvas.
Students who do not engage with the required placement tasks:
If the necessary placement tasks (e.g. Working with Children Check, WIL agreement, insurance documents, WIL Preparation module) are not completed and approved prior to the start of semester ie. before 31 March, you will receive an email from the placement Coordinator to consider unenrolling from the course due to it being too late to support students in finding a placement.
Placement start date:
The 30-day placement (225 hours) must be undertaken between weeks 1 and 12 of the semester you are enrolled in the course. You may apply for a placement extension if extra time is needed beyond week 12. Extensions will only be approved where evidence of the need is required (this process of approval is similar to the documentation required for the Special Consideration (SC) process).
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment Tasks
1. Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma, 50%, 2,000 words, CLO 1, 2, 3.
2. Reflexive Praxis - Hybrid Option of Presentation In Class, 15 mins or Essay (1000 words) (week 10)(+/- 10%) 20%, CLO 1, 2, 3, 4.
3. Learning Plan and Assessment Report 30%, 1,000 words, CLO 1,2,3,4,5.
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1: Analysis of an ethical dilemma encountered in practice
Length: 2000 words
Weight: 50%
CLO's: 1,3
Date Due: Week 12 - Friday 17th Oct, 2025, 11.59pm.
This assessment requires you to analyse an ethical dilemma you have encountered during your placement with reference to the model of ethical decision making (McAuliffe & Chenoweth 2008) that you learned about in Youth Work Ethics.
Assessment 2: Reflexive Praxis - Hybrid Option of Presentation In Class, 15 mins or Essay (1000 words)
Length: 15 mins in class or 1000 words essay
Weight: 20%
CLOs: 1,2,3,4
Due: Week 10 - Tuesday 30th September, 2025 in class or 11.59pm for essay.
Assessment 3: Learning Plan & Assessment Report
Length: 1000 words (+/- 10%)
Weight: 30%
CLOs: 1,2,3,4
Due: Week 14 - Friday 31st October, 11.59pm
Further details on how each assessment relates to the learning outcomes and information about performance standards required for each assessment task are detailed in the assignment area of Canvas. This includes assessment rubrics for all tasks over 20%.
This is not a course that uses 'Artificial Intelligence' in assessment tasks. Please refer to Canvas and to the RMIT Academic Integrity Resources https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/my-course/assessment-results/academic-integrity for more information about Assessments and Academic Integrity.