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Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Graduate Diploma in Family-Centred Practice

Course code: 3056 + Part-time only + Off-campus (Gippsland)
Course directors: Barbara Fraser and Margaret Lynn

Course description

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 therapy. 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.

Entry requirements

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.

Course structure

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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