Course overview
This course will advance students’ specialist knowledge of practice theories and skills for innovative social work with clients with special needs in a range of practice settings. Students will develop knowledge of the diffusion of innovation in relation to new and emerging programs, policies and practices for working with children and families. The course will explore contemporary approaches in social work assessment and intervention. Students will develop specialised knowledge about intervention and preventative strategies in child abuse and child and family well-being. This includes how abuse and neglect affects child/human development risks, as well as resilience and child and family developmental opportunities in major life stage transitions. Students will critically analyse the impact of child protection policies in the context of historical policies that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities.
Course learning outcomes
- Critically analyse the social and cultural constructions of child/human development, child abuse and neglect and the impact of these on social policy and service provision to clients and their families.
- Explore the place of evidence based practice and diffusion of innovation in the development of social work interventions in child protection.
- Develop and promote a preventative approach to child abuse with particular reference to the cultural and linguistic diversity of our community.
- Critically explore the impact of child protection policy and service provision on Indigenous Australians.
- Utilise specialised professional knowledge to identify indications of child abuse and neglect and what constitutes an appropriate response.
Availability
Class details
Magill
Class number 29467
Section LE01
Size 120
Available 77
Class number 22530
Section TU01
Size 30
Available 30
Class number 22531
Section TU02
Size 30
Available 9
Class number 22532
Section TU03
Size 30
Available 27
Class number 22533
Section TU04
Size 30
Available 11
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