WS3515 - Social Work and Welfare Practice
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2014 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
1
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Administered by: |
School of Arts and Social Sciences (pre 2015) |
Available to BSW and BCW students only or by permission of Head of School.
This subject will focus on the various contexts and discourses that influence social
welfare practice and introduce students to structural analyses such as feminist, socialist
and anti -racist frameworks. Students will be encouraged to consider the challenges
that confront practice informed by such frameworks and develop skills and competencies
in core social welfare processes such as assessment, intervention, evaluation, brokerage,
mediation and advocacy.
Learning Outcomes
- Upon successful completion of this subject, students will: understand the various
frameworks/ discourses that influence the Australian welfare sector and the impact,
tensions and demands created by these frameworks for social welfare service users
and workers;
- demonstrate an understanding of structural frameworks for practice;
- demonstrate an ability to undertake and engage in the core processes of social welfare
practice;
- consider strategies to assist in the development of personal resilience in a changing
and challenging work context.
Assumed Knowledge:
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To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points
(four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level
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Prerequisites: |
WS2510 AND WS2511 |
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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WS3512 WS3516 |
Availabilities
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External,
Study Period 1
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Census Date 27-Mar-2014 |
Coordinator: |
Mr Peter Garrity, Assoc. Professor Nonie Harris |
Lecturers:
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<Person not found>, Mr Peter Garrity. |
Workload expectations: |
- 24 hours - Weeks 1-5 only
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Method of Delivery: |
WWW - LearnJCU |
Assessment: |
assignments. |
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Townsville,
Internal,
Study Period 1
|
Census Date 27-Mar-2014 |
Coordinator: |
Mr Peter Garrity, Assoc. Professor Nonie Harris |
Lecturers:
|
<Person not found>, Mr Peter Garrity, Assoc. Professor Nonie Harris. |
Workload expectations: |
- 39 hours workshops/Seminars - Weeks 1-5 only
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Assessment: |
presentations (50%); assignments (50%). |
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Cairns,
Internal,
Study Period 1
|
Census Date 27-Mar-2014 |
Coordinator: |
Mr Peter Garrity, Assoc. Professor Nonie Harris |
Lecturers:
|
<Person not found>, Mr Peter Garrity. |
Workload expectations: |
- 39 hours workshops/Seminars
|
Assessment: |
presentations (50%); assignments (50%). |
|
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.