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Course description

Final field placement for supervised practice of 500 hours, (18 weeks at approximately 4 days per week) in a social welfare agency. Focus on integrating knowledge from course material to date, concurrent courses and practice experience. As the placement lasts 18 weeks it starts two weeks before the beginning of semester and concludes during the final examination period. In addition, students must attend a mandatory pre-placement workshop prior to placement commencing, and an integration workshop in the mid-semester break, as timetabled. Prospective students are advised to contact the Field Education Unit (fielded@uq.edu.au), to arrange a pre-placement interview, in the month of April of the same year, prior to going on placement in semester 2. Please visit the Field Education page on the School website for further information www.uq.edu.au/swahs Departmental consent required for semester 1 enrolment. Please contact the School (swahs@social.uq.edu.au) for permission to enrol. Please note that supplementary assessment is not available for this course. This course is for students who started from 2011. Students who started before 2011 enrol in SWSP4088.

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