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Unit description
This advanced unit builds on learning undertaken in previous core units and expands students’ theoretical knowledge and skills in direct social work practice methods with individuals, families and key population groups. Students will further develop their capacity to use critical theories and other sources of contemporary social work knowledge to analyse complex cases and devise effective and ethical responses to challenging practice situations. They will also will learn advanced methods and skills for working with clients who are involuntary, hard to reach, or require specialised practice approaches.
Unit content
- Understanding and responding to complexity in contemporary social work practice
- Synthesising knowledge for social work practice
- Social work practice with clients who are involuntary, hard to reach, or require specialised approaches
- Social work practice with children and young people
- Social work practice with families
- Applying knowledge in 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 | integrate a body of disciplinary knowledge to critically examine complex cases across micro, meso and macro levels of analysis |
| 2 | propose strategies for practicing in complex and challenging situations requiring practical reasoning, risk assessment, ethical decision-making, collaboration and critical self-reflection |
| 3 | combine knowledge of multiple theories to perform social work skills in engagement and relationship building, assessment and intervention with complex cases involving clients who are involuntary, hard to reach, or require specialised practice approaches |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- integrate a body of disciplinary knowledge to critically examine complex cases across micro, meso and macro levels of analysis
- propose strategies for practicing in complex and challenging situations requiring practical reasoning, risk assessment, ethical decision-making, collaboration and critical self-reflection
- combine knowledge of multiple theories to perform social work skills in engagement and relationship building, assessment and intervention with complex cases involving clients who are involuntary, hard to reach, or require specialised practice approaches
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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