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Learning Outcomes
1. | Demonstrate skills to identify and reflect on your personal and professional dimensions of becoming a social worker; | ||
2. | Examine social work practice as a diverse, purposeful activity, informed by core values, ethics, theory and knowledge; and | ||
3. | Explore social work practice within the current and historical context. |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
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Assignment | Video - reflect on the personal and professional dimensions of social work in a 4 minute video (400words equivalent) | 20% |
Test | Ethics and Practice Standards Quiz on the AASW Code of Ethics (2020) and Practice Standards (2013). (100 words equivalent). | 10% |
Project | Project | 40% |
Presentation | Team Presentation Groups of 4 or 5 students present an allocated case study (500 words equivalent) | 30% |
Required reading
The road to social work and service practice, 6th ed.
Chenoweth, L. & McAuliffe, D., (2017)
Cengage Learning, South Melbourne
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