Counselling and Interviewing Skills (SCWK90053)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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Overview
| Availability | February - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject provides students with an introduction to the microskills of interpersonal communication for professional practice. It is an experiential subject designed to prepare students for entry into supervised agency-based practice. The subject focuses on the development of communication, basic interviewing and counselling, and critical self-reflection skills, for application in a variety of social work contexts. Cultural diversity is explored throughout. In addition to large group discussions and exercises, students engage weekly in role plays and videoed interviews to develop specific micro-skills - in particular, the skills of engaging, attending, listening, questioning, and responding.
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of this subject students should be able to:
A pass in this subject is required before students can begin Supervised Field Practice 1A.
- demonstrate basic competency in the core communication skills for interviewing and counselling that underpin social work practice;
- explain the complexities of communication in a multicultural context, including the technical skills of working with interpreters and understanding the impact of different worldviews and values on establishing an effective social work relationship;
- understand and demonstrate a model of interviewing and the relationship of such a model to the theory and practice of social work;
- demonstrate an increased awareness of themselves in interaction with others;
- improve their ability to critically appraise their own practice following constructive critical appraisal of their practice by others; and
- be prepared for their first field based supervised professional practicum.
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
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
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Written essay
| Mid semester | 30% |
Video taped interview with 3,000 word written essay
| End of semester | 70% |
| Hurdle requirement: Attendance at 100% of tutorial classes and completion of all online lecture preparation material. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: All components must be passed for an overall pass in this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- February - Online
Principal coordinator Nicole Hill Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 16 contact hours per semester (8 x 2 hour tutorial) An additional 8 x 1 hour of online preparation learning material must be completed weekly prior to attending each tutorial class, in place of attending a lecture. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 February 2021 to 25 April 2021 Last self-enrol date 5 March 2021 Census date 12 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 April 2021 Assessment period ends 14 May 2021 February contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Harms, L. (2015). Working with People: Communication Skills for Reflective Practice (2nd ed.). South Melbourne: Oxford University Press
Recommended texts and other resources
Egan, G. (2014). The Skilled Helper: A problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping (10 th ed.). Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole.
- Related Handbook entries
- 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
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
Last updated: 3 November 2022