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Unit description
This unit enables students to develop skills and knowledge about the organisational context of social work practice, and assists them to become ethical, reflective and strategic organisational operators. Students will examine the constraints organisations place on social work’s professional agenda, as well as the opportunities to promote social justice through organisational practice. They will also critically reflect on the potential for social workers to contribute to organisational change initiatives, to promote collaborative interdisciplinary practice, and to improve the experience and participation of service users in human service organisations.
Unit content
- Social work and organisational theory
- Organisational change
- Teamwork and interdisciplinary practice
- Decision making and risk
- Leadership and supervision
- Accountability, client experience and ethical practice
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | critically reflect on the role of social work in organisations and interdisciplinary teams, including the potential of supervision and leadership |
| 2 | draw upon multiple organisational theory to analyse human service organisations and the scope for social workers to contribute to organisational change |
| 3 | critically reflect on opportunities for promoting ethical practice and accountability in human service organisations |
| 4 | propose strategies to improve the experiences and participation of service users in human service organisations |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- critically reflect on the role of social work in organisations and interdisciplinary teams, including the potential of supervision and leadership
- draw upon multiple organisational theory to analyse human service organisations and the scope for social workers to contribute to organisational change
- critically reflect on opportunities for promoting ethical practice and accountability in human service organisations
- propose strategies to improve the experiences and participation of service users in human service organisations
Teaching and assessment
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