HSW313 - Doing Critical Social Work: Social Work Theory and Practice F

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

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: TBA
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work (H330)

Prerequisite:

HSW314 (or equivalent practice experience approved by the unit chair, provided students have completed all level 1 and level 2 HSW coded core units)

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
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 3 day intensive  at the Geelong Waterfront campus at which core practical learning requirements will be taught.
Click here to view intensive dates and locations.

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

Please click here to view intensive dates and locations.

Note:

*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only.

Content

This unit links anti-oppressive theories to social work practice. It develops assessment, counselling and intervention skills and focuses on particular social work settings and specific client groups. The unit utilises critical reflection, mutual inquiry, small group discussion, exercises and role play practice across situations from key fields of social work practice with different populations and issues. Social work theory, values and ethics will be integral to this practice unit.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Explain the relationships between colonialism, worldviews, social work theory and practice.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Articulate the connections between and critiques of, critical social work, critical theory and the inter-related methods of social work practice across counselling, group work, community work, social action, research, social policy, and management.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO3

Critically explore social work theory and practice issues across a number of fields of practice.

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Describe awareness of own social locations and ability to reflexively respond to individuals, families, groups and communities across similarities and differences.

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO5

In practice and assessment written essays and simulated role plays, critical social work process-orientations as nested in an overall critical social work approach to explore, understand and respond to issues raised by service users (or colleagues, team members, managers, professional bodies, policy makers, politicians and corporate leaders).

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO6

Consider, apply, and critically reflect on, the use of different social work process-orientations, as nested within a critical social work approach, and underpinned by critical theory. These process-orientations include: dialogical praxis; deep, respectful and ethical listening; mutual consciousness-raising; cultural humility; culturally friendly attitude using mutual respect inquiry; universalising, individualising and externalising; witnessing, validating and resisting; clear contracting, use of discretion and deviant social work; critical questioning, deconstruction, reflectivity and reflexivity; research, policy analysis and advocacy.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Essay 1500 words 50%
  • Week 5
Assessment 2: Video role play and written critical analysis of role play Video role play: 12-15 minutes
Written critical analysis of role play: 1000 words
50%
  • Week 11

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 3 day intensive held during trimester at Waterfront (Geelong) campus.

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Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSW313 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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