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Unit of Study WELF3005 - Planning and Delivering Human Services (2021)

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Unit description

Critically analyses human services planning and examines the organisational dimensions of delivering human services, including teamwork, leadership, governance and the management of resources.  

Unit content

Topic 1:  Human Services Organisations: purpose and direction setting
Topic 2: Ideological, legislative, policy and organisational context
Topic 3: Politics, ethics and social justice in planning and delivering services
Topic 4: Structuring for service delivery
Topic 5: From needs identification to planning and delivery
Topic 6: Managing people, process and scarce resources
Topic 7: The worker and workforce in Human Services Organisations
Topic 8: Professional relationships, collaborative practice and team work
Topic 9: Service users experiencing service delivery, issues of power, participation and advocacy
Topic 10: Future directions and social innovation in human services planning and delivery.

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Gold Coast
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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically analyse human services planning with particular reference to ethical and social justice issues

demonstrate skills in teamwork and leadership

analyse how human services organisational policies, structure and culture impact on service delivery

identify processes that enable service users to influence service delivery and design.

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