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Area/Catalogue
WELF 4032

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

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

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Course ID
105824

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy

Course aim

To develop students' advanced organisational communication skills required to effectively operate as a social work professional in diverse workplaces.

Course content

The students will develop advanced knowledge needed for professional practice in human service workplaces. Students will demonstrate skills in negotiating to achieve professional outcomes, interprofessional social work, working in culturally diverse contexts, giving and receiving feedback, assuring service quality, managing adverse events and responding to professional scrutiny, supervising volunteers and staff, managing performance, setting professional goals, describing, measuring and valuing social work, representing their agency and clients, using and managing the media, and lobbying and advocacy.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

All third year courses in the Bachelor of Social Work

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture 1 hour x 8 weeks
Tutorial 1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practicals) 1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practical) 6 hours x 1 day
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online) 3 hours x 13 weeks
External (On-campus workshop) 7.5 hours x 2 days
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Lecture 1 hour x 8 weeks
Tutorial 1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practicals) 1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practical) 6 hours x 1 day
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture 1 hour x 8 weeks
Tutorial 1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practicals) 1 hour x 8 weeks
Studio (Studio practical) 6 hours x 1 day
EXTERNAL, WHYALLA, ONLINE
External (Online) 3 hours x 13 weeks
External (On-campus workshop) 7.5 hours 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

Public communication, Reflective report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* 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.

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