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SOWK14006 Professional Leadership in Human Services
Professional Leadership in Human Services
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General Information

Overview

This unit provides you with an overview of the ideas and practices of contemporary management and leadership and relates these to social work practice. You should be able to critically analyse the role of social worker as a manager, evaluate management and leadership approaches, and explore alternative leadership strategies to assist in the integration of social work values and ethics alongside the role of the manager and specific agency requirements for the delivery of services. You should be able to propose leadership models appropriate to social work practice contexts and provide relevant strategies to promote social work values and ethics, and collaborative leadership. You will have opportunities in this unit to integrate your learning with experiences in the workplace or field education.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 4
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Successful completion of 48 credit points and pre-requisite of SOWK13009 is required.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2026

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Students enjoyed the zoom sessions, particularly assessment zoom sessions.

Recommendation

Continue to provide zoom sessions.

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Students reported to enjoy the content and readings.

Recommendation

Continue to provide diverse learning activities and readings.

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Students reported that the content was relevant to their graduating and emerging professional identity.

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Continue to provide authentic learning opportunities and assessments.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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