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SOCW404 - Child Welfare Specialization Child Protection Practicum

Description

Students will have further opportunity to develop, refine and apply generalist practice knowledge, skills, values and ethics. Under supervision in a mandated child protection setting, students will apply child welfare law and policy to direct practice in child protection investigation, interviewing, assessment and court procedures; guardianship and care plans; and various aspects of case management. The practicum is 350 hours.

Units

4.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

1.5-0-0

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of SOCW 404, SOCW 402, SOCW 404A.
  • Students must submit an application for this course. Summer and fall term applications must be submitted a minimum of 7.5 months before the start of the term. Spring term applications must be submitted a minimum of 8 months before the start of the term.
  • Social Work accreditation standards require that students spend the hours noted above in practice.
  • Field Education courses have two components: a placement in the field and an integrative practice seminar (online).
  • Students may be required to complete a Ministry of Children and Family Development or Indigenous Delegated Authority Partial Delegation Exam prior to or during their practicum placement. Non-BC students may be required to meet the requirements applicable in other jurisdictions.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete 1 of:
      • SOCW304 - Social Work Practicum I (4.5)
      • SOCW304A - Social Work Practicum by Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) (4.5)
    • Complete all of:
      • SOCW319 - Research for Social Change (1.5)
      • SOCW350A - Social Work, Social Justice and the Law (1.5)
      • SOCW350B - Legal and Social Justice Skills for Social Workers (1.5)
      • SOCW354 - Introduction to Indigenous Perspectives on Social Work Practice (1.5)
      • SOCW356 - Global Approaches to Human Development and Social Justice (1.5)
      • Students in the Child Welfare Specialization
    • Complete all of the following
      • Complete all of:
        • SOCW475 - Child Welfare Practice (1.5)
      • Complete 1 of:
        • SOCW469 - Re-defining Abilities in the Context of Theory and Practice (1.5)
        • SOCW471 - Addictions Theory and Practice (1.5)
      • Students in the Indigenous Child Welfare Specialization
    • Complete all of:
      • SOCW491 - Integration of Indigenous Approaches to Healing and Helping (1.5)
      • SOCW492 - Protecting Indigenous Children (1.5)

Pre- or corequisites

  • Complete 1 of the following
      Students in the Child Welfare Specialization
    • Completed or concurrently enrolled in all of:
      • SOCW413 - Critical Social Work Practices (1.5)
      • SOCW451 - Indigenous Policy Analysis in Social Work (1.5)
      • SOCW476 - Family and Child Welfare Policy (1.5)
      • Students in the Indigenous Child Welfare Specialization
    • Completed or concurrently enrolled in all of:
      • SOCW413 - Critical Social Work Practices (1.5)
      • SOCW451 - Indigenous Policy Analysis in Social Work (1.5)

Grading

COM
INP
F
N

Course offered by

School of Social Work

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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