Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast | Term2 | Term2 |
| Online | Term2 | Term2 |
Unit description
Develops students' understanding of skills in social work practice in groups and communities. Encourages students to identify the potential of both community development and group work in addressing social justice and human rights issues as they impact on a range of different communities. Enables students to consider different modes of group work practice, including support groups and therapeutic groups.
Unit content
- Understanding and theorising groups
- Group development and group processes
- Conceptualising community
- Decolonising community work
- Responding to conflict in groups and communities
- Linking the global and local groups and community contexts
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 | analyse different theoretical approaches to group work and community development practice in social work |
| 2 | analyse the potential for group and community work to address social justice and human rights concerns, particularly with respect to linking the local with the global |
| 3 | critically reflect on cultural safety in working with diverse groups and communities |
| 4 | demonstrate skills in group work and an ability to analyse different modes of group and community work practice |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- analyse different theoretical approaches to group work and community development practice in social work
- analyse the potential for group and community work to address social justice and human rights concerns, particularly with respect to linking the local with the global
- critically reflect on cultural safety in working with diverse groups and communities
- demonstrate skills in group work and an ability to analyse different modes of group and community work practice
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
There are compulsory readings for the unit.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Seminar 3 x 7 hours + 1 x 3.5 hours (4 seminars during the term) |
| Assessment | |
| Presentation | 30% |
| Critical Reflection | 50% |
| Participation | SR |
| Quiz | 20% |
| Teaching method |
| Residential 7 hours x 3.5 days (Once during term) |
| Assessment | |
| Presentation | 30% |
| Critical Reflection | 50% |
| Participation | SR |
| Quiz | 20% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
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International
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