DFVP20002 - Domestic and Family Violence Responses and Interventions

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This foundation unit will deepen your understanding of responses and interventions to address domestic and family violence.  You will make critical use of evidence-based research, practice and policy documents to explore some of the complex practice and theoretical challenges that arise from working to prevent domestic and family violence at a community level and working with distinct client groups of victims and perpetrators. You will learn more about domestic and family violence responses for priority populations. Legal, ethical and safety considerations that arise from working in this context will be explored to determine how they impact your and other professionals’ values, ethics and perspectives.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

DFVP20001 is a pre-requisite for this unit.

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).

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 40%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Online Quiz(zes) 20%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 90.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.46% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
DFVP20002 required us to analyse research, data, systems and organisational practice. This has really helped me with understanding and being more tolerant with other services I am working with through integrated responses to DFV for our clients. My learning has definitely benefited my practice with colleagues and clients.
Recommendation
Continue providing learning materials focused on research and organisational practice.
Action Taken
Learning materials continued to be provided that focused on research and organisational practice.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
The practical application of the assignments helped me apply what I learnt in my daily practice with DFV clients and strengthened my practice. I would recommend anyone working in DFV field to do this course. Very well balanced!
Recommendation
Continue with the focus on personal professional practice in assessment items.
Action Taken
The focus on personal professional practice was maintained in the assessment items.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
I appreciated the weekly summaries and found them to be comprehensive and in themselves, a resource to draw upon. I think the learning activities within the summaries were a good guide for further reflection on the point of discussion/topic of the week. I also wanted to say that there was so much put into this unit to support students' learning - the printed summaries were supported by pre-recorded video, which was really helpful.
Recommendation
Continue providing weekly learning guides, learning activities, and recorded lectures.
Action Taken
Weekly learning guides, activities and lectures were all provided for students.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
I am sorry to say that I did not enjoy the power point assessment task - its just a personal preference. I guess that when I do a power point for work, what I would say is organically structured. Hence my dislike for the assessment - I had to spell out (in the notes section) what I would say.
Recommendation
Consider the utility of PowerPoint presentations as an assessment strategy.
Action Taken
The PowerPoint presentation was removed as an assessment item.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
Accessing the library was difficult and I struggled to find the resources I was looking for, however this challenged me to find other ways to find information through google and other academic sites.
Recommendation
Embed more information on using the library search function in the Moodle site.
Action Taken
Additional information about using the Library website was included in the Moodle site.
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Students appreciated the focus on practice in their assessment items, as it highlighted the relevance of what they were learning to their work.
Recommendation
Continue to provide practice-focused assignments for students.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Students highlighted the strengths of the unit learning material in terms of demonstrating how domestic violence responses are delivered, including practical examples.
Recommendation
Continue to provide learning material on the specifics of domestic violence response delivery, and keep updating the material with practice advances and up-to-date practice examples.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
Students would appreciate more instructions on the assignment than is provided in written instructions and pre-recorded assessment videos.
Recommendation
Hold drop-in sessions specifically for questions on the assignments.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Differentiate among primary, secondary and tertiary responses to domestic and family violence.
  2. Evaluate organisational structures, behaviours and perspectives which are relevant to domestic and family violence responses.
  3. Appraise responses to people experiencing/perpetrating domestic and family violence, incorporating a focus on priority populations.
  4. Reflect on own values, ethics and perspectives in the area of domestic and family violence.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Written Assessment • •
2 - Written Assessment • •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • • •
2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • •
4 - Research • •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • •
7 - Leadership • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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