Social Work with Individuals and Families Module: Students who successfully complete this module will be able to:

• demonstrate a critical and inquiring approach to various theories and issues in social work practice with individuals and families;
• demonstrate competence in making a differential assessment of a family, understanding the role of factors interacting at a range of levels;
• develop a feasible plan of intervention which flows logically from the psycho-social assessment which is sufficiently operationalized to permit outcome evaluation;
• present their knowledge about models for family practice, and the rationale for using them;
• demonstrate an awareness of the dynamics of the client-worker relationship and the ways in which this relationship may be used in a self-aware and purposive manner;
• understand some of the major value and ethical issues in social work practice;
• reflect upon the ways in which the organisational context and systemic influences impinge upon client presentation and practice, and have implications for intervening at policy and service system levels.

Social Groupwork Module: Students who successfully complete this module will be able to:

• demonstrate orally and in writing both a sound understanding of the theory relating to small group processes and effectiveness as group practitioners;
• make informed decisions about the choice of group work as a mode of intervention in any areas of social work practice, including clinical practice, community work, administration, policy and program development;
• understand and undertake the steps involved in the planning, preparation, implementation and evaluation of work with groups;
• demonstrate an awareness of the impact of their own interventions and styles on the functioning of a group;
• demonstrate an awareness of the ethical and value issues inherent in the practice of social work in group settings;

Community Development Module: At the completion of this module students will be able to:

• understand the place of community development as a core strategy of social work practice;
• understand the theoretical and value bases of community development (in particular structural and developmental models of social work);
• conceptualise and utilise the actual and potential contribution of community development to social change;
• demonstrate a familiarity with the range of process and strategy options for working collectively;
• understand how to practise basic social action skills;
• demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of community development in selected areas of current Victorian practice;
• be familiar with the debates and contradictions arising from the role of community development workers and their relationships with the 'State'.

Program Development and Management Module: Students who successfully complete this module will be able to:

• identify the components of human service program design and evaluation, and demonstrate the ability to apply relevant theory to program management situations;
• demonstrate basic analytical skills with which to understand organisational structures and processes, particularly as they relate to human service organisations;
• demonstrate knowledge of a range of frameworks for program design and the strategic planning process;
• appreciate program development as a form of planned organisational change;
• design a basic evaluation framework for programs and relate this to the design of effective decision support systems;
• understand the physical and human resource management issues involved in program design and management;
• apply the principles of social marketing to program design and implementation;
• assess the impact of inter-organisational relations and intra and inter program conflict on program management.