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SWK1011
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.
6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
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Faculty
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit
Coordinator(s)
Offered
- First semester 2016 (Day)
- First semester 2016 (Off-campus)
Synopsis
This subject is an introduction to the profession of Social Work. It will cover the history and contemporary context of practice. Students will be introduced to the values and ethics of the profession, and will consider contemporary issues in the field - such as climate change, Indigenous issues, human rights, diversity, the role/reality of the welfare state, globalization. Sessions will focus on methods of Social Work practice - for instance case work, research, policy development - and/or a field of practice- such as child protection, aged care, drug and alcohol, mental health.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Identify the various methods and fields of social work practice
- Articulate the importance of research, policy and evaluation on practice
- Describe the historical and contemporary issues that influence social work practice
- Recognize the impact of self on practice
- Demonstrate how social work knowledge, values and ethics impact on the development of a social work identity.
Assessment
Essay (1,500 words) (30%)
On-campus: Small group in-class presentation (1,000 words) (30%)
Off-campus learning: Small group (5 students) (1,000 words) (30%)
Individual assignment (2,000 words) (40%)
Workload requirements
On-campus: lecture - 1 hour; tutorial/ workshop - 2 hours; reading - 3 hours; preparation of assignments - 3 hours; library and internet searches - 3 hours
Off-campus learning: Online and independent workbook based exercises - 3 hours; reading - 3 hours; preparation of assignments - 3 hours; library and internet searches - 3 hours. There is no residential component.
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