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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Social Work

196-309 Social Work Theory and Practice 1

Credit Points:

16.7 3rd year

Coordinator:

Ms Helen Murray

Prerequisite/s:

Entry to Bachelor of Social Work course.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

One one hour lecture, one ninety minute seminar per week

Subject Description:

This subject introduces students to the theory and skills that underpin social work practice. Students who complete this subject should be able to articulate the purposes, value bases and requirements of the professions, demonstrate their familiarity with a limited range of theoretical perspectives related to the practice of social work, and integrate this knowledge with interpersonal and reflective skills at a level sufficient to enable them to begin to work as supervised student social workers in organisations in which social work is practised.

Assessment:

Written assignments of up to 5000 words or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Payne, M, Modern Social Work Theory, Macmillan, London 1991.
  • Hepworth, D and Larsen, J, Direct Social Work Practice, (4th ed.) Brooks/Cole, Ca. 1993.
  • Jones, A and May, J, Working in Human Service Organisations, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne 1992.
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