SWRK4001

Social Work Theory & Practice D

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Humanities and Social Science

20 Units 4000 Level Course

Available in 2013

Callaghan Campus	Semester 1

Previously offered in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

The final year of the social work degree builds on learning from the three previous years of study in the BSW program. This course focuses on advanced theory and practice issues including ethical decision making and interpersonal intervention skills relating to individual, group and community practice.

Objectives

By the end of the course students will:
1. Have awareness of their own values and how these impact on ethical decision making and interpersonal interactions with others, as well as a capacity to re-evaluate these values with reference to the requirements of professional practice.

2. Demonstrate a high level of self-awareness and open transparent practice that is responsive to feedback from clients, peers, supervisors and teaching staff

3. Demonstrate effective communication in a range of contexts including presenting information clearly and concisely, providing feedback in a clear, balanced and constructive way, and adapting the means and language of communication to meet the needs of a specific situation.

4. Have a critical understanding of the application of the AASW Code of ethics and knowledge of a range of perspectives and theoretical frameworks that influence ethical decision making in practice

5. Apply knowledge from a range of theoretical frameworks, models and approaches to assessment and intervention with clients, including work with people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and involuntary clients.

6. Demonstrate effective collaboration with peers and others in the contexts of team work and delivery of direct social work services to clients

7. Demonstrate a capacity to search for and analyse relevant literature in relation to ethical social work practice and specific issues related to direct work with clients

Content

* Ethics theory and practice, including ethical decision making models
* Family therapy
* Narrative therapy
* Other practice models, approaches and frameworks used in direct social work practice
* Ethical decision making and practice responses to a diverse range of client presenting issues including, for example, loss/grief and mental health.

Replacing Course(s)

SWRK4100A - Social Work Theory and Practice III - Part A

Transition

Students who have successfully completed SWRK4100A are not eligible to enrol in SWRK4001.

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

Successful completion of first, second and third year Social Work courses, SOCA1010, SOCA1020, PYSC1010, PYSC1020, SPSW3070, PHIL3580, LGAL1001 or equivalent.

Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Experience Based Learning
Workshop

Assessment Items

Presentations - Individual	Written assignment on an ethical dilemma 40% (2,500 words) Video assessment of practice skills 40% -(video demonstration and 2,500 word paper) Written assignment 20% (1,500 words)
Projects	There are ungraded assessment tasks in this course (satisfactory/unsatisfactory). Students must successfully complete these assessment tasks to pass the course. If an unsatisfactory result is given on an ungraded assessment task a new task will be set to provide an opportunity for the student to attain a satisfactory result.

Contact Hours

Workshop: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Workshop: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term

Compulsory Components

Requisite by Enrolment	This course is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work and associated combined degree programs.

Timetables