WS5517 - Foundations for Social Work Practice
Credit points: |
6 |
Year: |
2021 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
4
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Administered by: |
College of Arts, Society & Education |
This subject introduces students to the key professional underpinnings, skills, processes
and ethical concerns relevant to social work practice. It emphasizes the role of social
justice in Australian social work and explores how it underpins and informs social
work practices. Learning will include working respectfully with Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples in the context of social work. During the subject students
will explore their own values and ethics; consider the use of the AASW professional
Code of Ethics as a tool for unravelling ethical dilemmas; and, review skills and
frameworks that can be used when interacting with people in the context of social
work and explore their own career preferences, goals and employability skills. Students
will be required to demonstrate empathic, respectful, interpersonal skills in one-on-one
interactions and in designated learning groups as well as identify, reflect upon and
critique their use of those skills in relation to their own developing practice framework
and the employment market.
Learning Outcomes
- critically appraise the history and context of social work practice in Australia with
a focus on its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
- work independently and/or in teams to creatively, collaboratively and effectively
use audio-visual and online technologies to demonstrate appropriate interpersonal
skills;
- evaluate and apply the skills, values and ethics relevant to social work practice
and employability in the human services industry;
- demonstrate professional listening and reflective communication skills and use these
skills in transforming structures, processes, practices and inequities;
- critique and apply core theoretical frameworks to engage with and enable individuals
to achieve individual social and environmental justice;
- formulate and demonstrate a high level of self-insight into career motivators, goals,
development needs and accountability for own learning and professional development.
Subject Assessment
- Written > Test/Quiz 1 - (20%) - Individual
- Written > Essay (including multi-draft) 1 - (40%) - Individual
- Oral > Interview - (40%) - Individual.
Special Assessment Requirements
On campus workshop attendance is a requirement of this subject.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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WS3516 WS5516 |
Availabilities
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Townsville,
Mixed attendance,
Study Period 1
|
Census Date 25-Mar-2021 |
Face to face teaching
13-Mar-2021 to 13-Apr-2021 (On-campus workshops: 9 days 13th-16th March 2021 and 9th-13th April 2021)
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Coordinator: |
Dr Ines Zuchowski |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
6
credit point subject is approximately
260 hours.
- 63 hours workshops
- 7 hours online collaboration sessions
- 6 hours online content
- assessment and self-directed study
|
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Townsville,
Mixed attendance,
Study Period 2
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Census Date 26-Aug-2021 |
Face to face teaching
14-Aug-2021 to 03-Oct-2021 (On-campus workshops: 9 days 14th - 17th Aug 2021 and 29th Sept - 3rd October 2021)
|
Coord/Lect: |
Professor Debra Miles. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
6
credit point subject is approximately
260 hours.
- 63 hours workshops
- 7 hours online collaboration sessions
- 6 hours online content
- assessment and self-directed study
|
|
|
Cairns,
Mixed attendance,
Study Period 1
|
Census Date 25-Mar-2021 |
Face to face teaching
13-Mar-2021 to 13-Apr-2021 (On-campus workshops: 9 days 13th-16th March 2021 and 9th-13th April 2021)
|
Coordinator: |
Dr Ines Zuchowski |
Lecturer:
|
Dr Jo Mensinga. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
6
credit point subject is approximately
260 hours.
- 63 hours workshops
- 7 hours online collaboration sessions
- 6 hours online content
- assessment and self-directed study
|
|
|
Cairns,
Mixed attendance,
Study Period 2
|
Census Date 26-Aug-2021 |
Face to face teaching
14-Sep-2021 to 03-Oct-2021 (On-campus workshops: 9 days 14th - 17th Aug 2021 and 29th Sept - 3rd October 2021)
|
Coord/Lect: |
Dr Ines Zuchowski. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
6
credit point subject is approximately
260 hours.
- 63 hours workshops
- 7 hours online collaboration sessions
- 6 hours online content
- assessment and self-directed study
|
|
|
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.