Professional Accountability

This subject will provide classroom support for you while on supervised field placement. It provides both individual and group supervision, and the opportunity to reflect on your cases in other subjects in the course. You will also gain a broader understanding of presenting problems, diagnoses, assessment and management through case conferences involving an approved mix of peer review, professional development and supervisors. This subject has been designed to comply with PACFA training requirement: Students must have com-pleted a course of which at least 100 hours is experiential. Experiential activities refer to clinical training methods, such as modelling by clinicians, counsellor-client practice, clinical placements, role-plays, and concrete and specific feedback.

Quick Info

Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
Course code: SSC319
Credit points: 10
Subject coordinator: Sharon Garro

Prerequisites

Pre-req: SSC222 Ethical and Professional Issues, Co-req: SSC300 Professional Placement

Awards offering Professional Accountability

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

Unit Content

Outcomes

Explain and use professional frameworks and guidelines of practice;
Demonstrate competence in assessment, wisdom in intervention, promptness in necessary referrals and ethical principles in counselling and/or ministry situations;
Prepare and discuss material from caseloads and key incidents in a confidential, orderly, informative and coherent manner, arguing for and defending hypotheses but able to demonstrate an ability to consider the expert opinions of others and reflect these in future practice;
Critically analyse issues and challenges in professional practice from a Christian worldview.

Subject Content

Placement Contexts
Supervision
Contextualisation
Student Presentations
Mentoring
Models of Critical Reflection
Professionalism
Linking Placement and Learning
Problem-Solving
Application of Contextualisation
Student Reports
Student Reports
Assessment and Evaluation
Ethical and Legal Issues
Challenging Issues Presentations

This course may be offered in the following formats

Onsite (face-to-face)
Online (eLearning)
Intensives
Extensives

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

Work Context Paper and Presentation (25%)
Case Reports A and B (50%)
Challenging Issues Presentation and Paper (25%)

Prescribed Text

All readings will be provided