Interviewing Skills in Social Work and Human Services

Course aim

To enable students to develop and demonstrate effective human service interviewing skills and their appropriate application.

Course content

Students wil develop knowledge of social work approaches and reflexive practice including Anti oppressive, empowerment, strengths based practice and solution focussed approaches, clinical decision-making and identifying, defining and evaluating outcome goals.
Students will use skill based learning to develop their skills in interviewing and the processes associated with human service interviews including developing the relationship, collaborative assessment, conceptualising and assessing client’s problems, concerns and contexts and working with resistance in diverse contexts and with a range of clients.

Textbook(s)

Cormier, S, Nurius, P & Osborn, C 2012, Interviewing and change strategies for helpers: fundamental skills and cognitive behavioral interventions, 7th edn, Brooks Cole, Belmont, California.

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
WELF 1019	Communication Skills in Social Work and Human Services
WELF 1014	Human Service Provision

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Studio	2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online)	3 hours x 13 weeks
External (On-campus workshop)	7.5 hrs per day x 2 days
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Studio	2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Studio	2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, WHYALLA, ONLINE
External (Online)	3 hours x 13 weeks
External (On-campus workshop)	7.5 hrs per day x 2 days

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

Assessment

E-portfolio, Interview Video

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.