Undergraduate - UnitSWK3410 - Critical social work 2: Community work, context and practice

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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 Second semester 2015 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Philip Mendes

Synopsis

This unit explores the concept of 'community' and its applications in Australian society; the theory and practice of the various community work models (social planning, community development and social action); the role of community work in social work activities; and the skills involved in the practice of community work.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

understand and evaluate different perspectives on the nature of community;
understand and evaluate the different models of community work, their ideological bases and the skills they involve;
apply this knowledge to the practice of community work within social work setting.

Assessment

Interview with community development worker (1,000 words) (30%)
Essay (3,500 words) (70%)

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Philip Mendes

Off-campus attendance requirements

Mandatory attendance is required by off-campus students for a 1 day workshop which is held at the Caulfield campus in September.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Social work

Prerequisites

SWK3240 or SWK3400.

Prohibitions

SWK4410.

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/socialwork/