FIELD PRACTICUM
Summer Block
Fieldwork Placement 2011
BRIEFING FOR STUDENTS
May 21, 2011
Meeting Schedule
10:00–11:45am General rules and requirement
Ms. Julia Lam
11:45-12:15pm Agency Requirement on Student
Workers’ - Roles, Work Attitudes
and Office Disciplines
Mr. Poon Wing Lok
12:15-12:45pm Effective Use of Supervision
Ms. Chan Ki
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Meeting Schedule (2:30-4:30pm)
KKL LG104 Family Service (FS)
• Ms Lianne Tai & Miss Anna Choi
KKL 1307 Medical Social Work Service (MSS)
• Ms Christina Wan & Ms Debby Ko
KKL 1301 Services for the Youth (YS)
• Ms Catherine Chung & Miss Bobo Chan
KKL 1327 Services for the Elderly (ES)
• Miss Joanne Lo
KKL1226 Community Development (CD)
• Dr. Lee Kar Mut
KKL1225 International Fieldwork Placement (IFP)
• Ms. Julia Lam
KKL LG 101 Rehabilitation Services (RS)
• Ms Phyllis Wong
* MCSW will be delivered on the other dates
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Meeting Schedule (4:30-5:00pm)
KKL LG or 13/F Rooms
• Students Meeting with Fieldwork
Supervisors (for local placement only)
• Students should self approach respective
supervisor to make self / group
appointment
• If your supervisor cannot join, do reach
him/her at least 2 weeks prior to the
placement commencement
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FIELDWORK MODULES
• Summer Block Placement
BSWFT2 – 400 hrs
MSWFT1 – 450 hrs
• Concurrent Placement
BSWFT3 – 400 hrs
BSWPT3 – 400 hrs
MSWFT2 – 450 hrs
MSWPT2 – 450 hrs
MSWPT3 – 450 hrs
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Summer Block Placement Duration
• Duration:
Jun 7 to Aug 15, 2011, 10 wks (local)
May 30 to Aug 12, 2011, 11 wks (overseas)
* Some adjustment with the schedule and
period can be flexibly arranged with
allowance of one week’s time subject to the
consent of fieldwork and agency
supervisors
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Fieldwork Objectives
• Demonstrate social work principles, values
in actions and attitudes;
• Practice theories and models and develop
skills;
• Enhance self-understanding, maximize
potentials and own capacity
• Develop own style of work within the
bounds of professional practice and
development
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Learning Activities
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Pre-placement orientation workshops
Orientation visits, community search and field visits
Library and literature study
Proposal and reports writing
Self-reflective logs
One-to-one fieldwork supervision, live supervision (A-V
tapes are welcome) and group supervision
Mid-term & final evaluation review
Sharing sessions
Training workshops
Agency meetings, staff development programs
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Supervision Time
• 20 hours in total for BSW 400 placement hrs (2 hrs. per
student per week, 50% about 10 hrs. should be conducted
on individual basis)
• 22.5 hours in total for MSW 450 placement hrs (2.25 hrs.
per student per week, 50% about 11 hrs. should be
conducted on individual basis)
• Keep record of supervision duration and have to record
the total hours in the Final Evaluation Form (A10)
• Live supervision and demonstration can be counted as
supervision time
• On-site supervision is expected
• Please refer to A01 – List of fieldwork supervisor’s task
and A02 – Guidelines for non-university fieldwork
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supervisors in supervising students’ placement
Roles and Responsibilities
Responsible to Agency/Clients:
• “Student social worker” (實習社工)
• Comply with agency policy, admin. procedures,
office disciplines and proper documentation
• Obtain approval before proceeding
• Professional image, behaviors, appearance and
dress code
• Ensure confidentiality, privacy and code of
ethnics
• Active participation and engagement
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Roles and Responsibilities
Responsible to Supervisor/HKU
• Agreement on learning goals
• Responsible, active and reflective learner
• Cooperative and mutual support
• Paper submission on time (24 hrs. prior to
supervision time)
• Well prepare for supervision
• Open to share and question
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Working Hours
• Should follow the agreement made among the agency,
fieldwork supervisor and student
• Should consider the first benefits of service recipients and
the agency than the student
• Should try to fix the schedule on regular basis
• 8 hours’ placement can entitle one hour lunch / dinner
break, counted as placement hours
• BSW usually takes 8 hours per day and MSW has to take
9 hours or additional Sat duty so as to fulfill 45 hrs per wk
• 3 sessions full day duties will not be allowed except for
some discretions
• Orientation programs, training and sharing programs with
approval can be counted as placement hours (a maximum
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of 5% of total fulfillment of placement hours)
Assignments
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4-6 cases or
2-3 cases + 1 group or
1-2 cases + 1 group + 1 activity or
1 group + 1 project + 1 activity
Workload amount will be decided by fieldwork
supervisor
• Individual assessment and fair learning opportunity
• Each student should be in charge of at least 1 task
• Please refer to A03 – General requirements on
student workload in fieldwork placement
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Written Assignment
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Orientation report
Learning contract
Self-reflective logs
Case intake, summary and/or process recording,
transfer/termination summary
Project /Group proposal, session plan, session report and
final evaluation report
Programme proposal and evaluation report
Mid-term & Final Evaluation Report
Exact workload and requirement will be decided by the
respective fieldwork supervisor subject to student’s
learning pace
Fulfill both HKU and Agency requirements
English writing is preferable
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Assessment Criteria
• Professional requirements
- work attitude
- learning attitude
- professional development
• Organizational requirements
- understand agency & service
- role performance & accountability
• Practice competence
- theoretical knowledge application
- communication & relationship skills
- Problem exploration & assessment
- Goal setting and contracting
- Planning, implementation and monitoring
- Skills in facilitating change
- Action evaluation and termination
- Writing skills
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Leave Entitlement
• Public holidays (no entitlement, have to make up)
• School holidays (no entitlement with special
arrangement by supervisor, concurrent only )
• Overtime duties with supervisor’s approval can be
compensated but should not be accumulated (no
more than one day on each claim)
• Need to make up the missing hours on sick leave
• Medical certificate for sick leave is required for two
consecutive days
• Discretion will be given to supervisor to manage the
make up in following the rules of HKSWRB
• A-15 Guideline on Placement Hours Calculation
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Evaluation Reports
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Mid-evaluation Form (A07)
Student’s Review (Form A08)
Agency Feedback Form (A09)
Final Evaluation Report (A10)
Student Feedback on Placement (A11)
Placement Hours Record Form (for part time
students only (C01))
• Travelling Expenses Claim Form (for full time
students (C02))
• Training Record Form (C05) (for optional use only)
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Assessment & Evaluation
• On-going process evaluation
• Keep record of any verbal / written warnings
• Report to the coordinator (mid-term) on the early
detection of failure cases
• Keep all written work and comments in soft-copy
• Students have to keep all hardcopies with anonymity
for 3 months after placement ends
• No need to hand in assignments to the Dept. except
upon special request by internal/external examiners
• Students have to declare proper handling of client’s
data and information
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Grading System
• The grade given by the fieldwork supervisor
is a RECOMMENDED MARK, reviewed by
internal examiners and endorsed by BOE
• “C” is the passing grade for MSW and “D”
for BSW
• A student who fails in a placement is
required to re-take the placement
• If he/she fails twice, then resulted with
discontinuation
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Situations Leading to Failure
• Displays behaviors that damage to clients
and agency
• Recurrent series of irresponsible and/or
inappropriate behaviors with no sign of
improvement
• Fails to hand in written assignments as
required (24 hrs. before supervision and 2
weeks after placement ends)
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Special Case Handling and Warning
• Students should actively reflect own
feelings and constraints with fieldwork
supervisor and be open to accept advice
• Students are encouraged to bring their
difficulties to the attention of Deputy and/or
Director of Field Instruction as early as
possible
• All verbal and written warnings should be
documented to support those failure cases
Appeal Procedures
• Formal appeal to the Faculty - only for failure case
or suspected marks calculation mistakes
• Students may appeal to DDFI for a review before
submitting marks to the Faculty, the request should
be made within a week’s time after the evaluation
• Appeal panel will be set up to review all written
assignments and reports
• Concerned personnel and the agency staff will be
consulted
• Final decision will be made by the Dept’s appeal
panel
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Orientation Programs
• Orientation Program for all Students on May 21,
2011 at 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
• SWD Orientation Course on May 27, 2011 (SWD
settings only)
• Infection Control Training on May 20, 2011
(Medical settings only)
• Other orientation visits arranged by the agency
and/or initiated by students or setting coordinators
* Please liaise actively with your fieldwork supervisor
on the proper arrangement of orientation
programs
Concurrent Placement Preference
• Last deadline for changing preference
choice on or before Jun 24, 2011
• Should consult fieldwork supervisor’s
views on your choice of next concurrent
placement
• Submit the request of changes via email
direct to Julia Lam, Deputy Director of
Field Instruction at:
julialam@socwork.hku.hk
Website
• Fieldwork Placement Handbook, Forms and
Reference Corner
http://placement.socialwork.hku.hk/
• Contact Person
Dr. Debbie Lam (Director of Field Instruction)
(debbie@hkucc.hku.hk) (2859-2082) (KKL1312)
Julia Lam (Deputy Director of Field Instruction)
(julialam@socwork.hku.hk) (2241-5549) (KKL1319)
Mrs. Anna Lau (Secretary)
akyyip@hkusua.hku.hk) (2859-2075)
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Knowledge and skills are vehicles…..
But the fuel is “PASSION”!
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