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Assessing Risk and Vulnerability (SCWK90054)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
Availability | September - Dual-Delivery |
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This subject critically examines perspectives on risk and vulnerability relating to a range of psychosocial issues – mental health, child abuse, family violence, substance abuse, health, and disability. These experiences will be critiqued using a variety of practice, theoretical and consumer perspectives. The implications for social work assessment and practice will be explored.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge
At the end of this subject, students should be able to:
- Articulate substantive knowledge about a range of psychosocial issues such as mental health, child abuse, family violence, substance use, disability, and health by drawing on national and international research and epidemiological resources;
- Describe different practice, theoretical and consumer lived experience perspectives in relation to assessing issues of risk and vulnerability; and
- Identify and describe risk factors that are both unique, and common, to the assessment of risk across psychosocial domains of wellbeing.
Skills
At the end of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critique the social work role in relation to assessing risk and vulnerability across a broad range of psychosocial issues and practice contexts;
- Demonstrate skills in identifying and assessing risk and vulnerability across a broad range of psychosocial issues; and
- Critically reflect upon personal and professional values in relation to these issues.
Application
At the end of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critically evaluate perspectives on risk and vulnerability relating to a range of psychosocial issues, by synthesizing and analysing the evidence for a variety of social work practice, theoretical and consumer lived experience perspectives and applying them to a range of practice settings.
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: 31 January 2024
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Theoretical paper
| Mid semester | 40% |
Case Study
| End of semester | 60% |
Hurdle- attendance at 50% of tutorials Hurdle requirement: Hurdle- attendance at 50% of tutorials | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- September
Principal coordinator Nicole Hill Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 24 contact hours (8 x 1.5 hour lectures, 8 x 1.5 hour tutorials) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 5 September 2022 to 6 November 2022 Last self-enrol date 16 September 2022 Census date 23 September 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 October 2022 Assessment period ends 25 November 2022
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Connolly, M. & Harms, L. (2013). Social Work: Contexts and Practices. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press (3rd Ed.)
- 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: 31 January 2024