SOWK12011 - Social Group Work and Family Work

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics, processes, and techniques for effective social group work and family work. You will explore key theories and social work practices to prepare you to navigate various group and family work situations. Additionally, you will develop skills that will allow you to work with groups in various configurations ultimately enhancing your ability to enact positive change in the lives of individuals, families, and communities.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

SOWK12009 Casework and Case Management

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
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).

Assessment Overview

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. Case Study 50%
2. Group Work 50%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 81.82% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.33% 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: SUTE Unit Comments
Feedback
I thoroughly enjoyed this unit and learning about the dynamics and complexities of group and family work.
Recommendation
Continue with the content as well as the focus of applying theory to practice
Action Taken
The focus of the unit remains on examining the dynamics and complexities of group and family work.
Source: SUTE Unit Comments
Feedback
I would have like more video examples of group and family work sessions.
Recommendation
Continue to assess the availability of learning resources that are relevant to the unit content and unit outcomes.
Action Taken
Some video and audio resources were added.
Source: Student communication.
Feedback
The unit helped me in my work. I was able to implement some group work with our clients and share my learnings with my colleagues.
Recommendation
Continue to focus on the applications to practice.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE data.
Feedback
I enjoyed the content, and the second assessment was extremely fun and useful, allowing for creativity.
Recommendation
Continue to have the group work proposal assessment in this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Analyse the underlying philosophical tenets informing family work models.
  2. Explain the knowledge underpinning group and family processes to analyse social work case scenarios.
  3. Identify, describe and apply the essential core skills for effective social group work and family work.
  4. Justify social work method for family and group work in a particular situation.
  5. Critically reflect on social work group work including the use of self in the group process

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Case Study • • • •
2 - Group Work • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
5 - Team Work • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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