DFVP20010 - Integrated Services and Systems for Men's Behaviour Change

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit builds your understanding of domestic and family violence as you learn about perpetrator behaviour change at a strategic level, exploring the systems and services associated with family safety. Linkages with other sectors, such as mental health and alcohol and drug services, are critical in this field. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of these and other services to perpetrator behaviour change and formulate strategies which align with these services. Systemic and integrated responses for specific groups, such as Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients are key areas of knowledge and are integrated into this unit. Policies and practice are examined through the application of evidence-based tools of analysis to identify and address issues related to working with users of violence. You will also focus on the establishment and practice of skills required for effective group-work with perpetrators, advancing your knowledge of group dynamics and processes.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the 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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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).

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 30%
2. Practical Assessment 30%
3. Portfolio 40%

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%).

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Term 2 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 71.43% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 46.67% response rate.

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Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Critique contemporary policy and practice approaches, including integrated response models, for working with perpetrators of domestic violence
  2. Apply systems-based tools of analysis to design a set of considerations for working with men to achieve family safety outcomes
  3. Formulate strategies which align with relevant systems and services to meet the needs of men from culturally diverse groups
  4. Interpret and communicate professional knowledge of the dynamics and processes of men’s behaviour change groups
  5. Demonstrate skills for use in group settings which facilitate perpetrator behaviour change.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • • •
7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
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