Unit information: Application to Practice in 2011/12

Unit name	Application to Practice
Unit code	ACHS10005
Credit points	20
Level of study	C/4
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director	Mr. Sidgwick
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	School of Applied Community and Health Studies
Faculty	Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

This unit will be an introduction to the 'Reflective Practitioner'. Students will represent their Helping Work Placements to the learning group, through which we will explore a range of practice issues. Although the focus is on current workplace roles (ie. helping) it will also look forward to the counsellor role which the Intermediate level will contain.

Aims:

This unit aims to introduce students to a range of practice issues through reviewing the spectrum of Helping placements which the group brings.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Successful completion of this unit will enable students to:

1. Analyse the workings of Reflective Practice and the role of Reflective Practitioner

2. Identify and evaluate support mechanisms

3. Explore and initially reflect on limits to own practice and examine the referral process

4. Compare and contrast Agency cultures

5. Describe and evaluate own Helping role

Teaching Information

Lectures, Small group work, Seminars, Presentations, e-learning

Assessment Information

Assessment is through:

• A presentation critically reviewing the students helping placement (75%)

• A written reflective self-evaluation on the above, 1,000 words (25%).

THIS UNIT IS NON-COMPENSATIBLE.

Reading and References

• Barrett Lennard, G; (1998) Carl Rogers Helping Systems, London: Sage Publications

• Bond, T.; (2000) Standards and Ethics in Counselling in Action, London: Sage Publications.

• Dryden, W.; (1992) Hard Learned Lessons for Counselling, London: Sage Publications.

• Schon, D.; (1983) The Reflective Practitioner: How professionals think in action, New York: Basic Books

• Williams, S.; (1993) An Incomplete Guide to Referral Issues for Counsellors, Manchester: PCCS Books