HSW201 - Human Rights and Social Justice: Values, Ethics and the Legal Context of Social Work
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Waterfront (Geelong), Online^ with significant campus requirements, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Rebekah Omond |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H330 |
| Prerequisite: | One of HSW101 or ASK101 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | MLS231 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour lecture per week supported by weekly online independent and collaborative learning activities. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online students only: Online independent and collaborative learning activities will support learning across the trimester. NIKERI-CBD students only: Online independent and collaborative learning activities including online practical experiences (workshops). |
| In-person attendance requirements: | Campus students only: 1 x 2 hour lecture per week. Campus students are required to attend at least 9 out of the 11 lectures. Online students only: All online students must attend a compulsory 1 day intensive at the Geelong-Waterfront Campus at which core practical learning requirements will be taught. NIKERI-CBD students only: There are compulsory intensives for all students at the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. These intensives are arranged by year-level. Please contact the NIKERI Social Work Course Team for more information on 1800 063 383. |
Note:*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only. | |
Content
This unit is underpinned by a commitment to ‘reclaiming the ethical’ – a progressive approach to ethics in social work. This approach recognises the neoliberal context of practice, reasserts progressive social work values and engages in critical analysis of how social work ethics is framed. In particular, this unit will provide an opportunity for students to critically analyse the values and ethics of the social work profession, including the ethical and legal responsibilities that emanate from these values. Students will examine key approaches to ethics in social work, in particular human rights and social justice; codes of ethics, and ethical responsibilities that are derived from these as well as the legal context of practice.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Describe the international human rights system and the relationship to Australian legislation and policy and social work practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain the role of social work within the Australian legal system. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Critically analyse the core values of social work in Australia and internationally, with particular focus on human rights and social justice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Critically analyse the relationship between ethics, and a progressive social work practice grounded in human rights. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Critically analyse the role of codes of ethics generally and the responsibilities outlined in the Australian Code of ethics (2010) specifically. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Reflect on the relationship between human rights and ethical critical social work practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Report based on a visit to a legal agency | 1500 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: Case study | 2000 words | 55% |
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| Assessment 3: Discussion posts | A minimum of five weekly discussion posts throughout the 11 weeks of trimester Minimum 100 words per post for a total of at least 500 words overall. | 5% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
Online students only:
Attendance at a 1 day intensive held during trimester at Waterfront (Geelong) campus.
Click here to view intensive dates and locations.
NIKERI students:
Students must also attend and participate in 2 x 5 day (10 days) intensives at the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute, Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSW201 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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