Contemporary Practice Approaches

Course aim

To enable the student to develop their framework for social work practice based on their knowledge of the range of social work theories and intervention approaches; and to critically analyse their framework in the context of diverse social identities within society; and contribute to the debates on contested positions in social work knowledge.

Course content

Contemporary practice approaches; contested positions on social work approaches; application of different social work approaches to case studies; historical development of social work thinking; the place of major schools of social work thinking; liberation/oppression; gender; structural; individual behaviour; empowerment; racism/discrimination; identity and action; critical theory; post-structuralist theory; narrative therapy; feminist models of social work practice and reflective practice.

Textbook(s)

Teater, B 2010, An Introduction to Applying Social Work Theories and Methods, 1st ed, McGraw Open Uni Press, England

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
WELF 3011	Social Work Field Education 1

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
WELF 3021	Advanced Practice in Social Work

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online)	N/A x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, WHYALLA, ONLINE
External (Online)	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Online exercise, Tutorial presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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