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Unit of Study SWRK2002 - Social Work Practice II - Teams and Groups (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Engages students with knowledge and skills for working in groups and teams. The interdisciplinary context of social work is examined and students gain skills in work in collaboration with service users and other professionals.

Unit content

  1. Social work practice with groups and teams: An introduction
  2. Social work in interdisciplinary teams
  3. Theories for groupwork
  4. Models of groupwork
  5. Working with groups: roles, skills and practice issues
  6. Groups and professional development

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term4
Term4
Online
Term4
N/A

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:

describe the purpose and theoretical underpinnings of working with groups in social work practice

demonstrate an understanding of the social worker's role in working collaboratively with groups and teams in different practice settings

discuss the role of social work in an interdisciplinary team and apply a social work perspective in interdisciplinary team settings

critically reflect on group and teamwork skills

Prescribed learning resources

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