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Legal and Ethical Contexts of Practice (SCWK90055)
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
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Overview
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This subject provides an overview of social work ethics and the Australian and Victorian legal systems. It explores values and principles upon which human services law and social work ethics are based. The subject examines current legal and practice issues which practitioners can expect to encounter in such practice areas as child protection, family law, domestic violence, mental health, guardianship, and working with refugees.
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of the subject students should be able to:
- understand the interconnectedness of social work practice and law
- understand the nature of the legal and ethical context of practice and the implications for social work practice.
- understand the notion of rights, their definition and their enforcement
- articulate the interrelationship between access to justice and socio-economic factors, gender, sexual orientation, Aboriginality and ethnicity
- articulate and understand the ethical and legal responsibilities of social workers in their practice generally, and in a range of common practice contexts.
Generic skills
Students who complete this subject should be able to:
- critically analyse texts and practices;
- understand recent developments in social work contexts of practice;
- link theory to practice;
- competently communicate in ways relevant to both academic and practice contexts;
- undertake independent research.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
n/a
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
- A written paper 2,000 words (40%) due mid semester
- 2 short tests (15% each) due mid semester
- A written paper 1,500 (30%) due end of semester
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- August
Principal coordinator David Rose Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 contact hours (7 x 1.5 hour lecture, 7 x 1.5 hour seminar and a 3 hour lecture) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 August 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 6 September 2019 Census date 20 September 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 October 2019 Assessment period ends 30 November 2019 August contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Rice, S. + Day, A. (2014) Social Work in the shadow of the law, (4 th Ed). Annandale: The Federation Press.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Social Work - Links to additional information
- 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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022