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Social Work Practice: Indigenous Peoples (SCWK90063)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
August
Overview
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This subject is designed to introduce students to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues in the context of social work responses. The subject begins with an overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, including pre-contact, colonisation and contemporary developments. Specific attention will be paid to engaging communities - including practice principles, strategies and skills. This subject will emphasise the importance of critical self-reflection.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject will:
- introduce students to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history;
- introduce students to the history of social work practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities;
- build awareness and understanding of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues in Australia;
- introduce culturally responsive strategies and skills for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and
- foster critical self-reflective practice.
Generic skills
Students completing this subject will have gained:
- a critical appreciation of the historical and contemporary interface between non-Indigenous and Indigenous cultures in Australia and the implications for practice
- knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and ways of knowing and the implications for practice
- knowledge of the cultural context of practice and the implications for practice
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Group project participation, mid-study period (10%) [Hurdle Requirement]
- Group presentation (10 - 20 mins) and 1500 word individual written summary, mid-study period (50%) [Hurdle Requirement]
- 2000 word written assignment, due end of study period (40%) [Hurdle Requirement]
Hurdle Requirement: Students must pass all three assessment tasks in order to pass Social Work Practice: Indigenous Peoples overall.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- August
Principal coordinator Winsome Roberts Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 August 2017 to 27 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 8 September 2017 Census date 15 September 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 October 2017 Assessment period ends 22 November 2017 August contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Taylor, Kerry & Guerin, Pauline eds (2014) Health Care and Indigenous Australians. 2nd ed. South Yarra: Palgrave Macmillan
Best, Odette & Fredericks, Bronwyn eds (2014) Yatdjuligin, Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Social Work - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022