Students must maintain a reflective career portfolio based on the activites undertaken in the unit. This can be in the form of a word document.

Each section should be at least 750 words long (1500 words total).

1. CAREER GOALS, AMBITIONS AND PLANNING (15%)

• Document your career goals and ambitions at the start of the unit versus the end. 
• Reflect on the sectors/types of work covered in the unit - what area/s do you wish to pursue and which do you not?
• Reflect upon your reasoning and provide scholarly evidence to support your assumptions about the different fields of work.
• Collect at least five potential role opportunities throughout the term and include these (as a screen shot) in your portfolio. Describe what appeals to you about each position. 

2. CAPABILITIES AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT (15%)

• Based on the activities undertaken in class, what are your skill strengths and areas for improvement. Explain how you measured this/know this (e.g. did you take a personality test?).
• Reflect upon how and why you are stronger in some areas compared to others and the impact this may have on your career. 
• How can you go about developing your skills further to suit your career goals? Provide examples of methods you could use to develop your skills further, supported by scholarly evidence. 

A minimum of eight (8) scholarly sources are required for this task. 

Students should attribute at least 1 hour per week to completing this task. This task will be much easier if you keep a running journal of the workshop activities throughout the term. 

Submit the completed entries by week 12.

Level of GenAI use allowed:  

Level 2:  You may use Al for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas. 

SECTION 1 - Depth of reflection and alignment to unit content and assessment requirements /15

SECTION 2 - Depth of reflection and alignment to unit content and assessment requirements  /15

PART 1: PLACEMENT PROJECT  (worth 40%)

COMPLETE YOUR PROJECT

All students must complete a project attached to their placement experience to be presented at the completion of the unit.

The precise nature of the project is to be negotiated with your placement supervisor and approved by the unit coordinator.

For on-site placements, past projects have included:-  developing a resource, revising a policy or procedure, or other similar outputs that are beneficial to the agency and suitable to your current skill set and capabilities.

For research-based placements, the project may involve:- writing a literature review, assisting with ethics applications, devising research questions, collecting and/or analysing data, producing a research report. 

Students must complete the project to a suitable level and submit it via the Moodle submission box. If the task is not of a suitable quality it will be returned for amendment. Resubmission will be possible once all changes are made. 

PRESENT YOUR PROJECT

Students must submit a 5-minute video presentation about their project (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi) covering the following:

• Project purpose and aim - what were you tasked with doing?
• Project methodology- how did you do it?
• Project findings and outcome - what did you achieve?

These two items (the project and the presentation) will be assessed by the unit coordinator. They are marked out of 40 on the following criteria: -

• Appropriateness of project content for the allocated task /15
• Quality of project output including layut,spelling, grammar etc.  /15
• Quality of project video presentation, including oral communication and accompanying visual media/slides etc.  /10

GEN AI USE FOR BOTH TASKS:- Level 3: You may use AI to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, researching ideas and refining your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any AI-generated content that you use. 

PART 2: PLACEMENT PERFORMANCE (PASS/FAIL) (worth 30%)

All students must receive a satisfactory grade to pass the placement component of the unit and receive the full 30 marks. This is based on completion of the minimum 50 hours of placement experience performed at an expected professional standard. For an overview of these expectations, please see the "Placement assessment report". The outcome is determined by the agency supervisor based on their oversight of the student during the placement experience. Any concerns regarding student performance are expected to be raised with the student and unit coordinator during the placement with an effort made to resolve them before the end of the placement experience. 

All students must log their placement hours via Sonia to pass this component. 

At the end of your placement a meeting will be held between the placement unit coordinator, agency supervisor and yourself to appraise your performance during placement and to provide you with constructive feedback. You must attend and participate in this meeting to attain your mark for this component. 

If you require reasonable adjustments to any of the above tasks, please discuss your needs with the Unit Coordinator at the beginning of the termand provide your Learning Access Plan. 

The 72 hour grace period does not apply to the placement performance component.

PLACEMENT PROJECT 40%

Appropriateness of project content for the allocated task /15
Quality of project output including layut,spelling, grammar etc.  /15
Quality of project video presentation, including oral communication and accompanying visual media/slides etc.  /10

PLACEMENT PERFORMANCE 30%

Hurdle requirement - students must pass this to pass the assessment 

• Satisfactory/unsatisfactory on the basis of performance equivalent to entry level professional expectations (e.g. respectful communication, puncutality, completion of minimum hours and requirements).