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Unit of Study SWRK5003 - Social Policy and Law for Social Work (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Introduces the legal and social policy contexts of social work practice. Identifies the ways in which the law and social policy can be used to promote the rights and needs of clients and community members. Examines the legal obligations of social works and strategies for social workers to use the law and policy in their practice.

Unit content

  1. Social policy and legislation in Australia
  2. Policy analysis and policy advocacy
  3. Children, young people, families and ageing
  4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  5. Mental health, health and disability
  6. Immigration, refugees and asylum seekers

 

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Summer Term
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Online
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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:

explain the ways in which the law and social policy provide both opportunities for and constraints on social work practice

explain the legal obligations of practising social workers in Australia

analyse legal and policy processes in relation to particular fields of social work practice, including mental health, domestic violence, and social security

identify and critically evaluate social work practice strategies that make use of legal and policy knowledge

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Rice, S., Day, A., & Briskman, L. , 2018, Social Work in the Shadow of the Law , 5th Edition, The Federation Press , Sydney. ISBN: 9781760021610.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • The materials for this unit of study are presented  via the Blackboard site for the unit.

Prescribed Texts
  • Rice, S., Day, A., & Briskman, L. , 2018, Social Work in the Shadow of the Law , 5th Edition, The Federation Press , Sydney. ISBN: 9781760021610.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • The materials for this unit of study are presented  via the Blackboard site for the unit.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.