Course code: 3056 + Off-campus learning (Gippsland campus based) + Part-time only + Coordinator: Margaret Lynn
On successful completion of this course, students will have enhanced their professional knowledge, skills and values, so as to perform competently in the complex field of family-centred practice. They will demonstrate advanced practice and conceptual skills to augment their contribution to the field, to their communities and to society. They will have developed a critical understanding of the relationship between family and the social conditions impacting on families and individuals. Their practice will reflect their understanding of the use of self, personal qualities, resources, style and family of origin influences. Second-level units will develop further theoretical depth and will focus on evaluation of practice.
Candidates must have: (a) a bachelors degree in social work, social welfare, nursing, education, psychology or a related field; and (b) be working with families in the field of human services.
Students complete 48 points consisting of four units taken over two years:
All units include a compulsory two-day residential school component.
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