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Unit Synopsis
This unit will introduce you to social work and human services in Australia and a changing context for human services within the information society. You will develop an understanding of the history and cultural context of social work and welfare work within the Australian welfare state and how services are currently organised and delivered. You should be able to conceptualise social justice, inequality and marginalisation and their relevance to professional practice in social work and welfare work. You will understand the nature and goals of social work and human services as helping professions within this context, what characterises these professions and their fields and methods of practice. Particular emphasis will be placed on how access to information and the skills required to use information effectively can be an important dimension in addressing disadvantage, oppressive power and exclusion in the post industrial society.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 1 |
| 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
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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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate 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. Online Quiz(zes) | 10% |
| 2. Online discussion forum | 10% |
| 3. Online discussion forum | 15% |
| 4. Online discussion forum | 25% |
| 5. Written Assessment | 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%).
Past Exams
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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 feedback
Feedback from students throughout the course in 2021 was overall positive. Students commented on the benefit of the residential school and the content and format of these.
Continue to provide engaging residential schools to support student learning.
The residential school model for the course has been reviewed and a 5 day, 1st year residential school will commence in 2023 to enhance student engagement, learning and reduce financial and travel impacts on students.
Source: Evaluations
Students provided feedback on the assessments, stating each were helpful in their learning. There was some feedback that some of the assessments were difficult.
Assessments reviewed and greater clarity about task requirements undertaken.
Assessments continue to be refined each year to ensure relevance and clarity for students.
Source: Via evaluation and direct feedback
Students provided feedback on the assessments, stating each were helpful in their learning. There was some feedback that some of the assessments were difficult
The assessments were reviewed and greater support offered to students with exemplars, ALC support and drop in sessions
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Describe contemporary human services in Australia, their historical origins and how they are currently organised and delivered
- Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of social justice and inequality in Australia and their relevance to professional social work and human services
- Explain the characteristics and goals of social work and welfare work as helping professions within the context of social justice and inequality
- Articulate the key values, ethics, principles and models of practice that characterise social and welfare work
- Demonstrate an understanding of reflective practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of referencing formats for the AGPS Harvard system.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||
| 2 - Online discussion forum | • | • | • | |||
| 3 - Online discussion forum | • | • | ||||
| 4 - Online discussion forum | • | • | • | • | ||
| 5 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Team Work | • | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| 2 - Online discussion forum | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 3 - Online discussion forum | • | ||||||||||
| 4 - Online discussion forum | • | • | • • | ||||||||
| 5 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||