GSC2309

Welfare organisational practice III

Will Crinall

8 points
* Second semester
* Distance
* Available only for students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Social Welfare)
* Prerequisites: GSC2308

Objectives Students will be introduced to the range of organisational structures found in human service agencies such as workgroup and managerial skills which will enable them to complete a competitive tender for the provision of human services. Students will be introduced to the importance of law in welfare practices.

Synopsis This subject will examine two areas of organisational practice: organisational theory and law. Students will study organisational structure, workgroup behaviour, competitive tendering, administrative skills, the Australian legal system, and how the law impacts upon social work organisations. The subject will include a compulsory sixteen-day field education placement, the aim of which is to integrate organisational and legal theory and practice. Students should note that there are no weekend or residential schools in this subject.

Assessment Field education workbook (3000 words): 50%
* Law assignment (3000 words): 50%

Prescribed texts

The current Law handbook relevant to the student's home state
Lewis J and others Managing human service programs Brooks Cole, 1991
Thompson J Social workers and the law Redfern Legal Service, 1989
Tyson T Working with groups Macmillan, 1989