End of placement
presentation
Student: Tinh Le
Supervisors: Polly Chester and Sera Harris
Social Work Practice Research Collaborative
Acknowledgment of country
• I would like to acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal
Custodians of the land where I am and having the
meeting today – the Gadigal people who have been
taking care of this land for more than 70,000 of years. I
would like to thank them for looking after the land that
I have lived on, worked on and studied on for the last 2
years.
My placement
experience
- Groupwork
One-pager
Program logic model
SWPRCC Acknowledgement of country
- Individual tasks
Self-directed learning
Hybrid, online, flexible working
- Weekly content framework: articles, videos,
podcast, reflection
- Social Work Development: Interpersonal skills,
Trauma-informed practice, AASW Practice
Standards,
My placement experience
How did I construct those documents? Read widely and search for relevant Outline the document, then develop Constantly seeking for feedback from
information: articles on Google, Google each session with definition and relevant Polly each stage to stay on track
scholars and WSU liberty, used AI examples to illustrate, review and
ethically to brainstorm ideas. revise.
Critical Reflection
What did I learn through the tasks?
• Learn about some of the critical documents to operate a centre
• The process of how to design and construct them.
• Writing professional documents
Critical
Reflection
Theories in practice
• Strengths perspective: utilise strengths from each person we work
with and available resources.
• Person-centered approach: the placement is designed to
support each student with a meaningful placement
experience, tasks are assigned based on each person
strengths and interest; treat each person respectfully and
individually human being, learning framework.
• Cultural Humility:
+ 3 key principles: Life-long learning and critical reflection;
Recognise and challenge power imbalances; Institutional
accountability
+ Apply C.H in relationships with other students and FE,
+ Look beyond Western ways of being, thinking and doing; be
humble to learn from others.
• And others: system theory, community development, reflective
practice,
Critical
Reflection
Transferable skills:
+ Using Teams as a virtual office, working
collaborate in group work
+ Working independently, time
management, writing academic documents
+ Self-directed learning, working under
pressure
+ Critically thinking and analysing
+ Critically reflection (Gibb's Reflective Cycle
or Kolb's model)
+ Interpersonal skills: active communicate
with teammates and FEs
+ Practice collective care and the use of
supervision
+ Ethical using AI.
Critical Reflection
• Deeply reflect on The AASW Practice Standards
+Standard 1: Code of Ethics
+ Standard 2: Working alongside Aboriginal and
Torrest Islander people
+ Standard 7: Profession identity.
Keys takeaway in practice: Stay upholding the
principles, reflect on those regularly, andreflect
on those regularly, be a lifelong learner to keep
those in practice.
• My practice framework: the use of self: care for others,
social justice; strength-based, system theory and cultural
humility.
Challenges/
Improvement:
Challenges/Improvement:
• The first few weeks was challenging
when I was not too familiar with my
teammates and FEs. Tuckman’s
groupwork model and culture humility
helped.
• Interpersonal and Communication
skills: need to sharpen active
listening, writing skills and articulate
expressing thoughts and ideas.
Thank you!
