Word limit/weighting: 1700 words Deadline-4th November 7 am Adelaide timing
Task: Suppose that you are applying for a position as a graduate social worker/community worker.
Background steps
- Go to Seek.Com or LinkedIn and select a position that you are applying for (Suggestion: make it in the area in which you have done a placement so that you can rely on your field knowledge).
Name: Jemi Johnson DOB: 07/11/1995
Position could be ‘Case Manager-Youth Services’ or ‘Lifestyle Support Coordinator’
2. Access the following documents:
• PD which should have a brief statement about the organisational context, and the sort of work expected in the role.
• The Selection Criteria which will tell you what the recruitment will be based on.
• These will give you an idea of the context and role. Insert these at the head of your paper (they are outside the word limit).
3. After an initial interview, you have been asked to submit a piece of written work for the next stage of the selection process. (These are the creative bits of the task).
Assessment tasks
The request is this:
4. Please supply a statement of your understanding of social work in this role. It should include answers to these questions and rely on your own words built on the academic literature, properly referenced.
- What does professional integrity mean to you?
Tips: You may or may not declare your own philosophical position e.g. derived from you faith/spirituality/politics in a job search process …it may be applicable depending on the organisation…your call here but you can definitely makes statements that are consistent with wider social work thinking and values
2) How will you deal with ethical complexity in this role?
Tips: Remember to draw on AASW Code of Ethics (2020), check whether the organisation has a public Code of Practice; refer to the relevant legislation in this field; also draw on the resources from this and all your topics. Dealing with ethical complexity implies recognising, naming ad analyzing ethical dilemmas as well as working through to a resolution.
3) What are your plans for professional growth and development, especially in relation to social work judgment and decision-making and ethical practice?
Tips: Refer to what you have learned in this topic across your degree– what did you learn about yourself and what you need to develop further? Be sure to translate it into this role.
4) How will you sustain yourself in this role?
Tips: Think about personal strategies and approaches that are embedded in your work. See the pre-recorded session: Sustainable social work
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