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COU8050 Masters Counselling Practicum

Semester 1, 2023 External
Units : 2
School or Department : School of Psychology and Wellbeing
Grading basis : Pass/Not Pass
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

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Requisites

Pre-requisite: COU8101 and COU8102 and COU8103 and COU8104 or equivalent. Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MCCO

Overview

This course offers students the opportunity to undertake a supervised placement, and will help students consolidate and apply the theory, knowledge and skills relevant to the sector.

The assessment in this course is competency-based. Students will achieve either a pass or fail for each assessment. Students need to pass all assessment items to successfully complete the course. These competency items form part of the UniSQ accreditation agreement with the accrediting organisation/s (where relevant). Students must complete 200 hours of placement experience including completing 40 hours of counselling, 10 hours of clinical supervision, and 5 hours of professional development. Students will need to attend the assigned placement workplace/s for most of the placement requirements.

Students must attend at least 80% of the 12 hours mandatory online synchronous tutorials.

This counselling practicum provides opportunities for students to develop professional and clinical skills within a supervised agency setting. The field experience, professional development, and assessments are designed to integrate theory with practice, and prepare students for real world practice and towards membership in professional counselling associations. Students will develop a range of counselling, professional, and organisational skills.

Course learning outcomes

On completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Skilfully assess, develop, and apply theoretically informed case formulation and treatment delivery using counselling skills within an agency setting;
  2. Display effective self-management by performing agency and course requirements to consistently high standards;
  3. Critically reflect on one鈥檚 own performance and responsibilities within a supervisory context;
  4. Effectively utilise high level interpersonal and teamwork skills appropriate to the profession through their interaction with clients, colleagues, supervisors, and other stakeholders;
  5. Employ advanced written communication skills by preparing and submitting a range of professional documents in a timely and appropriate format (see assessment details below);
  6. Apply critical reasoning, problem solving, and professional and ethical judgement with initiative to identify and resolve a range of therapeutic professional, legal, and ethical practice issues.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Completion of counselling hours, supervision and professional development 33.00
2. Performance of agency duties 33.00
3. Expertise Development (Reading, Practice) 34.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

There are no texts or materials required for this course.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Portfolio No 20 5
Assignments Practical Placement Performance 1 No 20 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignments Practical Placement Performance 2 No 20 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignments Practical Practical No
Assignments Oral Presentation (ind, grp, mltmd) No 20 1
Assignments Written Reflection (personal/clinical) No 20 3
Date printed 9 February 2024