Human services: agency practice
Phillippa Connelly
4 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: WEL1310 and WEL1330
The subject aims to prepare the human services work student for employment in an organisational setting, and provides the basic groundwork for expertise in one or two specialised areas of practice. General systems theory as a framework for agency practice. Guest lecturers cover welfare practice in a number of areas. Workshops concentrate on the development of skills appropriate to team approaches to intervention and decision making. The conduct of meetings and case conferences.
Assessment
Written reports and essays (5000 words): 100%
Prescribed text
Zastrow C The practice of social work Wadsworth, 1992