Chenoweth and McAuliffe (2015)* talk about "domains" and "fields of practice". The table below lists these: Domains of Practice Fields of Practice • Working with individuals • Group work • Social policy • Working with families and partnerships • Community

Description/Focus:

Essay

Value:

60% of the total grade

Due Date:

Week 12 - 2359 ACST, 25 May 2018 (12%)

Length:

2000 words

Task:

Chenoweth and McAuliffe (2015)* talk about "domains" and "fields of practice". The table below lists these:

*Chenoweth, L. & McAuliffe, D. (2015) The Road to Social Work & Human Service Practice (4th ed.) Victoria: Cengage Learning

Write an essay that:

1. Identifies a human service organisation that employs workers from your discipline and the selected field and domain of practice;

2. Discusses the role of the human service professional and the knowledge and skills required in the context of the chosen field of practice;

3. Identifies the knowledge, values and skills that support working with culturally diverse clientele;

4. Highlights some of the potential ethical dilemmas in working with culturally diverse clients;

5. Applies the professional code of ethics in practice;

Presentation:

The essay must be prepared in electronic format and submitted via the Learnline site for the unit.

Assessment criteria:

The assessment will be assessed according to the following criteria:

· Ability to describe and identify the domains and fields of practice in human service work (20%)

· Ability to identify the role of a human service profession and the required knowledge, values and skills in the chosen field of practice (20%)

· Demonstrate understanding of knowledge, values and skills in working with culturally diverse clientele (20%)

· Evidence of emerging ability to identify ethical dilemmas in practice and apply the professional ethics (20%)

· Evidence of wide reading (use of no less than 8 academic references) and adherence to APA referencing standards (10%)

· Adherence to essay writing standards in relation to flow, logic, punctuation, grammar and spelling (10%)

Further detail is provided in the Essay grading rubric