Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | ||
| Online |
Unit description
Develops students’ skills in social work communication with a wide range of clients. Enables students to understand the principles of effective interpersonal communication in professional settings, and to reflect critically on the development of their own communication ability. Seeks to introduce students to common approaches to assessing and working with individuals in social work settings.
Unit content
- Introducing social work relationships and communication
- The developing professional relationship
- Interviewing skills
- Skills for building relationships
- Social work assessments
- Human development
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 | apply the principles of and strategies for effective communication in social work practice with a range of client groups, including people from culturally diverse backgrounds |
| 2 | demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills in a simulated social work context, including an ability to communicate cross-culturally |
| 3 | explain the relevance of human development theories for engaging with people at different points in the lifespan |
| 4 | apply knowledge and demonstrate skills in bio-psycho-social and risk assessment |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- apply the principles of and strategies for effective communication in social work practice with a range of client groups, including people from culturally diverse backgrounds
- demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills in a simulated social work context, including an ability to communicate cross-culturally
- explain the relevance of human development theories for engaging with people at different points in the lifespan
- apply knowledge and demonstrate skills in bio-psycho-social and risk assessment
Prescribed Learning Resources
- Harms, L, 2015, Working with people: Communication skills for reflective practice, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne.
- No prescribed resources/equipment.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Residential 7 hours x 4 days (Once during term) |
| Assessment | |
| Clinical skills | 60% |
| Report | 40% |
| Participation | SR |
| Teaching method |
| Residential 7 hours x 4 days (Once during term) |
| Assessment | |
| Clinical skills | 60% |
| Report | 40% |
| Participation | SR |
Fee information
Domestic
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International
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