In this capstone course you will undertake a professional placement of 500 hours (approximately 70 days) and two compulsory integrated learning seminars delivered at RMIT. You will be placed in an organisation and be involved in a range of professional social work activities which may include direct practice with individuals, families, small groups and/or communities, program and/or policy development/implementation/evaluation, project work and research. This course will enable you to synthesise and integrate your knowledge, connect theory and practice developed through your program and demonstrate your holistic achievement of the program learning outcomes. This course is based upon experiential learning in which your social work values, knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a workplace context and where feedback from industry and/ or community is integral to assessment of your placement experience and the development of your professional competence to be ready to enter the profession.

You will be allocated to a placement by the academic staff. The allocation is based on a range of factors, including the information you provide in your Personal Planning Form (PPF) and whether you meet the requirements of the organisation.

Please note that:

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:

You will also be required to attend two compulsory Integrated Learning seminars. In these seminars you will have the opportunity to develop your understanding of placement requirements and the organisational context. You will be able to critically engage and reflect upon your placement experience and supervisory feedback with peers. Active participation in these seminars will further develop and meet your learning goals with key placement learning to be reflected in the Learning and Assessment Report.