FIELDWORK PLACEMENT
(2015-2016)
BRIEFING FOR STUDENTS
November 15, 2014 (9:30am to 12:30pm)
Briefing Schedule
Time
Content
9:15am – 9:30am
Reception
9:30am – 9:45am
Concentration selection of MSW
students
Dr. Edward Chan
9:45am – 11:00am
General Requirements on
Fieldwork Placement
Mrs. Eltha Wong
11:00am – 11:15am
Speaker
Break
11:15am – 12:00pm
Demonstration of PMS
System Company
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Matching Criteria and Process
Mrs. Eltha Wong
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The Importance of Fieldwork
• An integral part of social work education with the
emphasis on “ Learning through doing”;
• Student works in a social work agency under the
guidance of fieldwork supervisor as to incorporate
theoretical knowledge into social work practice;
• Student is expected to experience the real work
setting, understand agency culture and
requirement, to gain the practice wisdom from
supervisor and agency staffs ;
• An important process to train up a competent and
independent social worker.
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Fieldwork Objectives
Students are given opportunities to:
• 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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FIELDWORK MODULES
BSWFT3 (as at Sep 2014):
SOWK 4006 Fieldwork Placement I*
Summer Block Placement
Duration: Jun 1 to Aug 7, 2015 (10 weeks, 40 hours
per week, fulfill 400 hours)
* Can apply for Overseas / Mainland placement
SOWK 4007 Fieldwork Placement II
Concurrent Placement (local only)
Duration: Sep 22, 2015 to Mar 11, 2016 (25 weeks
on every Tues and Weds, fulfill 400 hours)
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FIELDWORK MODULES
MSWFT1 (as at Sep 2014):
SOWK 6225 Field Placement I *
Summer Block Placement
Duration: Jun 1 to Aug 7, 2015 (10 weeks, 45 hours
per week, fulfill 450 hours)
* Can apply for Overseas/Mainland Fieldwork placement
SOWK 6231 Field Placement II
Concurrent Placement (local only)
Duration: Sep 22, 2015 to Apr 1, 2016 (28 weeks on
every Tues and Weds, fulfill 450 hours)
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FIELDWORK MODULES
MSWPT1 (as at Sep 2014):
SOWK 6225 Field Placement I #
Concurrent Placement (local only)
Duration: Sep 22, 2015 to Apr 1, 2016 (28 weeks, 16 hours
flexibly in daytime or evenings, fulfill 450 hours)
SOWK 6231 Field Placement II *#
Concurrent Placement (local only)
Duration: Sep 2016 and Apr 2017, exact dates will be
announced in 2015
* Can apply for Overseas/Mainland Fieldwork Placement taken in
summer block, but needs to apply for deferment of placement to
summer
# Can apply for Attachment Placement in own employing agency, but
only for social service setting agency
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FIELDWORK MODULES
MSWPT2 (as at Sep 2014):
SOWK 6231 Field Placement II
Concurrent Placement (local only)
Duration: Sep 22, 2015 to Apr 1, 2016 (28 weeks, 16 hours
flexibly in daytime or evenings, fulfill 450 hours)
• Can apply for Overseas/Mainland placement taken in
summer block, but needs to apply for deferment of
placement to summer 2015
• Can apply for ATTACHMENT PLACEMENT in own
employing agency, but only for social service setting
agency if not applying in SOWK 6225
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FIELDWORK MODULES
For all part-time students:
• Please prepare your own work
schedule to match with the placement’s
requirement.
• You need to free 16 hours per work as
to fulfill the placement’s requirement.
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Overseas/Mainland Fieldwork Placement
• Only applies to summer block placement
• Since 1998, the SWSA has already sent a total
of 300 social work students in various placement
settings in different countries and places, such
as Australia, Canada, Germany, Singapore, UK,
USA, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Sichuan,
Taiwan and Japan.
• For interested students, please attend the
afternoon report back session for details
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Attachment/On-the-job Placement
• Only applies to part-time students, who are
now working in social service agency
• Students could apply for attachment placement
once only
• It is strongly recommended that students who
undertake attachment placement at the working
agency should work in a different unit as to
widen the learning opportunities
• Students must get approval from agency and
submit supporting letters at the time of
application
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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, behaviours, appearance and
dress code
• Ensure confidentiality, privacy and code of ethics
• 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
• Well prepare for supervision
• Open to share and question
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Workload
A) Direct Services Guideline
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Case only : at least 5
Cases + group/project : 2-3 cases + 1 group +1 programme
Group only : at least 2
Group, project and programme :1 group + 1 project + 1
programme
• Community work project : 1-2
* The above is for reference only
* Workload is decided by mutual discussion amongst student, agency and
fieldwork supervisor , while final decision rests with the fieldwork supervisor
* Each student should be in charge of at least 1 task
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Workload
B) Written Work
• Casework : Intake/Transfer/Termination Summary, Case
recording (including process recordings)
• Group work : Group proposal, Session plan, Session recording,
Final Evaluation Report
• Project/Programme : Project/Progrmme Proposal, Ongoing
Process record, Evaluation report
• Self-reflective Logs
• Orientation Report, Learning Contract
• Mid-placement and final evaluation report
* Exact workload and requirement will be decided by the respective fieldwork supervisor
subject to student’s learning pace, but must fulfill both HKU and Agency requirements
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Assessment Criteria (Form A10a)
Section One : Professional Requirements (25%)
A failed grade in Section One will lead to a failed grade
in the fieldwork placement regardless of student’s
performance in other assessment areas.
Section Two : Organizational Requirements
(10%)
Section Three : Practice Competence –
Integration of Knowledge, Attitude and Skills
(55%)
Section Four : Written assignment and Use of
Supervision (10%)
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Choices of Placement Setting
(Refer to Hand-out– Choices and Specific Interest)
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Community Development Services (CC/ANSP)
Services for the Elderly (CSE/RSE)
Family Services (FSC/CISC)
Medical Social Services (MSS/MSP)
Multicultural Social Work (EMR/MSC)
Rehabilitation Services (RSD/RSR/PRS/CRN)
School Social Work Services (SSW)
Services for Children & Youth (ICYSC/YR/RS)
Overseas/Mainland Fieldwork Placements (IFP)
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Consideration of Choices
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Personal interest/passion
Personal potential/limitation
Learning expectation/opportunities
Career plan
Location (near to work / home / dorm)
Placement setting’s working hours
Personal work schedule
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Submit Placement Choices
Before submitting the application,
1. Please read through the information in
placement website,
http://placement.socialwork.hku.hk
2. For FT Students, please consult Skill Lab
Teacher/ Class Teacher about your suitability
3. For PT Students, please consult Programme
Director/ Class Teacher/setting coordinators
about your suitability
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District Preferences
1. Central, Western & Southern
2. Eastern & Wanchai
3. Kwun Tong
4. Wong Tai Sin & Kowloon City
5. Kwun Tong & Tseung Kwan O
6. Sham Shui Po
7. Tsim Sha Tsui & Mongkok
8. Shatin & Tai Po
9. North District
10. Tsing Yi, Kwai Chung & Tsuen Wan
11. Tuen Mun, Yuen Long & Tin Shui Wai
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District Preferences
• Please choose 2 districts among the 11
districts as your choice
• Please consider the district which is more
convenient for you to commit placement
from dorm/home/work during the
placement time. The placement venue will
try to be located within the travelling
time of one hour.
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Submit Preference Choices
• Make 3 choices of placement setting
• Indicate 2 choices of specific interest for each
selected setting
Final matching result depends on availability of
offers and students’ suitability
• through PMS (Placement Management System)
on web
Once submitted the choices, no amendment
will be allowed
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System Demonstration
• Type URL as :
http://pms.socialwork.hku.hk
• System will be activated on 1 Dec,
2014, please log in on or after this
date
• Students will receive email notification
on how to log in the system
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Email Notification Sample
Dear Students,
Welcome to the SWSA Placement Management System, you can visit
http://pms.socialwork.hku.hk to complete your application for the coming summer
block and/or concurrent placement in 2015/2016.
Please use your university number and attached password to enter into the PMS.
The PMS will be activated between 00:00 2014/12/01 to 23:59 2014/12/28.
Your password to the PMS is: 55Voo3G2
If you have any enquiries about the PMS, please contact Miss Shirley Yip at 3917
4979, shirleyip@socwork.hku.hk or Mrs. Eltha Wong at 3917 5549, elthaw@hku.hk
HKU SWSA Placement Management System
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Submission Dead-line
23:59 December 28, 2014
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Email Confirmation Sample
Dear Students,
PMS has received your application:
Block Placement:
You will not undertake the Block placement this year
Concurrent Placement:
1st Choice : Family Services
Options 1 : Crisis Intervention and Support Services
Options 2 : Integrated Family Service Centre and family related services and projects
2nd Choice : Medical Social Work Services
Options 1 : Medical Social Service Unit (general)
Options 2 : Medical Special Projects
3rd Choice : Services for Children and Youth
Options 1 : Youth at Risk
Options 2 : Residential Services
Concurrent placement District Preference 1: Tsim Sha Tsui and Mongkok
Concurrent placement District Preference 2: Shatin and Tai Po
HKU SWSA Placement Management System
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Matching process
Month
Task
Dec
Collecting students’ placement preferences
Mid Jan
overseas placement interview
Late Jan –
Early Feb
Sending out summer block placement request letter to respective NGOs/
announcing overseas placement application results
End Feb
Collecting agencies’ feedback on our summer block request
Mar
Matching students’ preferences with agencies’ reply
Early Apr
Announcing matching summer block results to students & Students could
amend the concurrent placement choices
Mid- April
Sending out concurrent placement request letter to respective NGOs
End April
Summer Block Placement Orientation Session
May
Collecting agencies’ feedback on our concurrent request
Early June
Commencement of Summer Block Placement
June
Matching students’ concurrent preferences with agencies’ reply
Late July
Announcing matching concurrent results to students
Early Sep
Concurrent Placement Orientation Session
Late Sep
Commencement of Concurrent Placement
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Criteria for Matching Placement
• No. of offers from different agencies
• Special requirements stated by agencies
(e.g. maturity, year of study, program of
study, sex and religion, etc.)
• Total number of students in competing for
the same placement choice (e.g. Medical
Social Work, Family Services, academic
results will be used as one of the criteria)
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Criteria for Matching Placement
• Suitability of Students (e.g. physically,
psychologically and academically)
• Recommendation from teachers
• If setting preference does not match with
district preference, setting preference
will over-ride district preference
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Good Preparation for
Fieldwork Placement
• Psychologically and Physically well prepared
for the workloads of placement
• Better to be equipped relevant values, attitudes,
knowledge and skills of your preferred
placement settings, strongly advise to match
with your elective studies; be prepared to do
extra study on the subject at your own time
• Good time management
• Seek advice from teachers and previous
students about the survival tips
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Central Enquiry
Contact Person:
Mrs. Eltha Wong(Director of Field Instruction)
(elthaw@hku.hk) (3917-5549) (C0516)
Miss Shirley Yip (Secretary)
(shirleyip@socwork.hku.hk) (3917-4979) (C0534)
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Thanks!