| Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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| Code: | PSYC72-737 |
| EFTSL: | 0.250 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Society and Design |
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| Credit: | 20 |
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Description
Under the guidance of an Externship supervisor, you will complete the first of two Externships in a community setting. Throughout this externship, you are required to complete a minimum of 320 hours in the placement. These hours comprise a minimum of 140 direct client contact hours, 24 supervision hours, and client-related activities. You are required to be available over 15 weeks for a minimum of three days per week.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Apply the professional practice policies, governance requirements and statutory obligations of an external health or community service.
- Appraise own clinical practice through supervision to identify areas for professional development, demonstrating integration of learning, reflective practice, and capacity for reflexivity.
- Communicate clinical information orally to clients, families and service colleagues in a culturally responsive manner.
- Produce clinical documentation that meets the record-keeping standards of the host service alongside professional and legal requirements.
- Conduct clinical psychology assessments with the client population of an external service, integrating information from multiple sources including risk.
- Formulate theoretically informed clinical psychology case conceptualisations that account for the client’s presentation, the service context and the treatment pathways available.
- Implement evidence-based clinical psychology interventions within the service delivery model of an external setting, monitoring client progress and intervention outcomes.
- Apply culturally responsive and culturally safe approaches with the client groups served by the host organisation, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team of an external service, all clinic staff and other stakeholders, in the management of client care.
Enrolment requirements
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Pre-requisites:Co-requisites:There are no co-requisites |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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| Restrictions: |
This subject is not available to
Students must have completed all pre-requisites in sequence before enrolling into this subject. Students are required to complete the number of placement hours in full prior to enrolling in Externship II. This subject is offered in the Master of Psychology (Clinical) only. This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure. |
Subject dates
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January 2026
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 17/11/2025 Semester start: 12/01/2026 Subject start: 12/01/2026 Last enrolment: 01/02/2026 Teaching census: 13/02/2026 Withdraw - Financial: 14/02/2026 Withdraw - Academic: 07/03/2026 -
September 2026
Non-Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 19/07/2026 Semester start: 24/08/2026 Subject start: 24/08/2026 Last enrolment: 27/09/2026 Teaching census: 09/10/2026 Withdraw - Financial: 10/10/2026 Withdraw - Academic: 31/10/2026
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 17/11/2025 |
| Semester start: | 12/01/2026 |
| Subject start: | 12/01/2026 |
| Last enrolment: | 01/02/2026 |
| Teaching census: | 13/02/2026 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 14/02/2026 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 07/03/2026 |
| Non-Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 19/07/2026 |
| Semester start: | 24/08/2026 |
| Subject start: | 24/08/2026 |
| Last enrolment: | 27/09/2026 |
| Teaching census: | 09/10/2026 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 10/10/2026 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 31/10/2026 |