swp3puw pathways to welfare work
PATHWAYS TO UNDERSTANDING WELFARE WORK
SWP3PUW
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject provides a beginning understanding of school welfare practice. Students are introduced to key individual troubles and social problems which confront today's schools as well as the current policy and program responses to those issues. Key knowledge values and practice theories required for school social welfare practice are identified and examined. Students begin to reflect on their own capacity to take on a welfare role in schools.
SchoolSchool Allied Health,Human Serv & Sport
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorDianne Cox
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites SWP1SWB or SWP2SWB.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Modern social work theory. | Recommended | Payne, M 2006 | MACMILLAN. (E-READING). |
| Readings | Rethinking social work: towards critical practice. | Recommended | Ife, J | (E-READING). |
| Readings | Social work skills and knowledge. | Recommended | Trevithick, T 2012 | MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION, MAIDENHEAD. (E-BOOK). |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Identify and analyse key social problems confronting today's schools and critically discuss policy and programmatic responses
- Activities:
- Seminars, online structured learning resources, independent research, on line quiz, individual research, students undertake a verbal individual presentation critically analysing a social problem Seminars, structured online learning resources, on line quiz, individual research, individual essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Identify and appraise the school welfare role for school teachers in Victoria
- Activities:
- Seminars , online structured learning resources, on line quiz, individual research , individual presentation and individual essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Identify and discuss knowledge, theory and values required for effective school welfare practice
- Activities:
- Seminars,online structured learning resources, individual research, individual essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Critically reflect on one's own capacity to undertake social welfare work in schools
- Activities:
- Seminars, structured online learning resources, on line quiz, individual research, individual essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
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