Assessing Risk and Vulnerability (SCWK90054)

• 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.