Week 11

Wider Team Collaboration

By Week 11, I began to understand more clearly that social work practice in aged care does not happen in isolation. I observed how social workers work alongside other professionals to understand residents’ needs.

Key Placement Learnings

Collaborative Insights from Practice

Multidisciplinary Synergy

Professional Communication

Holistic Resident Wellbeing

Understanding social work within a multidisciplinary team while recognising different professional roles, scope, and individual areas of expertise.

Developing clear professional communication and structured information-sharing skills to support inter-professional collaboration across aged-care settings.

Understanding the distinct social work contribution to resident wellbeing and recognising how collective teamwork shapes person-centered practice.

Core Practice Connection

Multidisciplinary practice, professional communication, collaboration, role clarity and holistic practice.

Effective practice involves sharing relevant information, communicating professionally, and recognising different roles within the team to ensure residents receive comprehensive and dignified holistic care.

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