Undergraduate - UnitSWK4030 - Human rights, legal and ethics knowledge for social work practice

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Social Work
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Bernadette Saunders

Outcomes

Upon completion of the unit, students should be able to:

Utilize a human rights framework in a social work practice situation
Describe the history and current context of the international human rights regime
Demonstrate a beginning knowledge of local, national and international legal systems and how they interface with social work practice
Access and consider the implications of legislation relevant to social work practice
Implement a process of ethical decision-making, making use of the AASW Code of Ethics and other relevant tools
Analyse ethical and legal issues relevant to social work practice
Reflect critically on their approach to human rights and ethical issues
Write required reports on human rights, ethics and legal issues.

Assessment

On-campus students - attendance/participation in seminars/tutorials (10%)
Off-campus students - participation in on-line discussion/commentary (10%)
Court/tribunal related short answer questions and/or report (1,500 words) (40%)
A structured written commentary on a human rights, legal and ethical issue or case study (2,000 words) (50%)