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Unit Synopsis
Students should be able to articulate the knowledge and practice of social group work and family work and analyse the relationship between different social theories and group work methods. Students should develop the skills of working with groups in various configurations and the ability to analyse the consequences and constructs consistent with various social work methodologies of group and family therapy, including conferencing. Students should be able to address the issues of practising in cross cultural and social exclusion contexts in their deployment of group work methods through the application of intervention plans and role plays.
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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| 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. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 2. Practical Assessment | 30% |
| 3. 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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No previous feedback available
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
I thoroughly enjoyed this unit and learning about the dynamics and complexities of group and family work.
Continue with the content as well as the focus of applying theory to practice
The focus of the unit remains on examining the dynamics and complexities of group and family work.
Source: SUTE Unit Comments
I would have like more video examples of group and family work sessions.
Continue to assess the availability of learning resources that are relevant to the unit content and unit outcomes.
Some video and audio resources were added.
Source: Student communication.
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.
Continue to focus on the applications to practice.
In Progress
Source: SUTE data.
I enjoyed the content, and the second assessment was extremely fun and useful, allowing for creativity.
Continue to have the group work proposal assessment in this unit.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Compare the philosophical assumptions that underpin various models of group work and family therapy
- Apply the basic skills of working with a group to social work case scenarios
- Utilise a knowledge of group and family dynamics in their analysis of social work case scenarios
- Analyse their application of methods to social work case scenarios in written intervention plans informed by the differing theoretical constructs of the profession
- Select and justify the most appropriate social work method to be applied to an example of social exclusion in your local community
- Distinguish the elements of cross cultural competency including working in indigenous group and family contexts
- Analyse their own performance based on feedback drawn from their involvement in professional learning contexts.
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| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 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 | • | • | • | • | |||
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