Overview

The aim of the placement program is to ensure that trainees have appropriate opportunities to apply, under supervision, the knowledge and skills they have acquired in the class-based components of the course. Trainees will be given opportunities to practise their skills while being supervised in a supportive and constructively critical environment.

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Establish a productive working relationship with clients
  • Develop, apply and evaluate expertise in a variety of intervention strategies used in the forensic context and be capable of evaluating those interventions
  • Compare and contrast the assessment and diagnostic criteria for a range of mental disorders and problem behaviours and their prognosis as well as implications for treatment and management
  • Conduct a forensic evaluation and be skilled in communicating the results of that assessment

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Placement
Placement
13.89 9 weeks 125
On-campus
Workshop
3.00 2 weeks 6
Specified Activities
Group Meetings
0.22 9 weeks 2
TOTAL133

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PortfolioIndividual 100% 1,2,3,4 
Evidence of CompletionIndividual 0% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • The total time spent on placements must be at least 500 hours across 4 placement units, including at least 160 hours of direct client activities as defined in the course handbook

Placements are undertaken in external field settings, organised by the Placement Coordinator in consultation with the student. Placements can occur at a variety of settings, depending upon the trainee's experience, skill and interests and learning needs.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.