Advanced Practice in Social Work

Course aim

To develop students' advanced social work skills in engagement, assessment, intervention and evaluation, using diverse practice perspectives in different contexts.

Course content

Students will develop knowledge of advanced intervention practice skills in crisis intervention, assessing risk (including suicide risk), gendered violence, working with children and women affected by violence and men who use violence, narrative therapy, motivational interviewing, cognitive and behavioural therapies, solutions focused skills, communication and conflict management, working with couples and families and diverse cultural contexts. The students will enhance their skills in the application of diverse practice perspectives; reflective and ethical practice; working with complexity in different practice settings and managing conflicting interests, professional judgement and decision making.

Textbook(s)

Walsh, J 2014, Theories for direct social work practice, 3rd edn, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA USA

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 3007	Contemporary Practice Approaches

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	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 hours x 2 days
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Workshop	1 hour x 13 weeks
Studio	2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Workshop	1 hour x 13 weeks
Studio	2 hours 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

Reflective journal, Skills analysis, Skills video

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4S)
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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.