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WS1006 Self in Professional Helping Guide: 1. Getting Started

This guide will help WS1006 students complete subject assessment tasks

What do you have to do?

The assignment task instructions tells you exactly what you have to do to complete an assignment. You could use different highlighters to identify important elements: For example:

  • Green to show that you are connecting to ideas of self relating to personal experience and professional practice
  • Yellow to show what you have to do for the assignment, e.g.critically reflect, identity, describe, understand, evaluate, plan and write
  • Blue to show where you need to provide insight on the academic content and skills you will usee.g. connecting experience to WS1006 concepts, subject readings, writing and referencing
  • Pink to show the boundary or limit of the assignment. You are only to reflect on one personal experience.

WS1006 ASSIGNMENT TASK INSTRUCTIONS EXTRACT (from a previous year)

  • Using this experience as the starting point you then need to critically reflect on that experience in the light of your learning in the subject so far...
  • This will involve making connections between your own personal experience (and sense of self) and the ideas, concepts, theories, exercises, and literature used in the subject...

What are you being marked on?

Applying your highlighter to the marking rubric will also help you understand what you need to do to compete the assignment task and get the grade you want.

WS1006 MARKING RUBRIC EXTRACT (from a previous year)

  • Evaluates what actions worked well (or didn’t) incorporating an understanding of the “self” from the subject readings
  • Analyses why an experience and how it impacts understanding of being a social worker

Background reading

Is your understanding of some words in your assignment instructions a bit fuzzy? Do you need to do some background reading to help you identify keywords and terms before you start assignment research? You might need to do some background reading.

The following links may help you understand your WS1006 reflective assignment task:

Credo Reference is a great place to start assignment research, particularly when there are terms you don't understand. You can also try out the concept map tool to help you visualise your topic. Search for terms, topics, images or concepts.

Understand the question

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