Graduate Diploma in Family-centred Practice

Course code: 3056 + Course abbreviation: GradDipFamCentPr + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 years part-time + No intake in 2007

Study mode and course location

Off-campus (Gippsland – P/T only)

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.

Course structure

Students complete 48 points consisting of four units taken over two years:

SCW4301 Family-centred practice: concepts and skills
SCW4302 Models of family-centred practice: critical perspectives
SCW4303 The family-centred worker in context
SCW4304 Family-centred practice: critical issues

All units include a compulsory two-day residential school component.

Exit points

There are no alternative exit points from this course.

Articulation

For further study options please contact the School of Humanities, Communication and Social Science or visit www.arts.monash.edu.au/prospective/course/postgraduate

Course coordinator

Barbara Fraser and Margaret Lynn

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