Social Work Practice: Individuals, Families & Groups 2 - SOCW3002

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Social Sciences and International Studies
 
 
Course Outline: http://socialwork.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: SOCW2003, SOCW2006
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Examines direct practice within agency contexts and explores a range of models for working with individuals, families and groups. Focuses on students facilitating change processes with individuals and families and developing skills in leading groups. The systemic approach to understanding patterns of interaction and relationships provides an overarching framework for intervention choices applicable to individuals, families and groups.

Learning Outcomes


On completion of this course students should be able to:
  • Utilise a systemic, interactional framework for understanding families and larger systems
  • Formulate intervention strategies that develop and utilise clients' strengths and resources in dealing with problems in living
  • Articulate how counseling interventions differentially target cognitive, affective and behavioral aspects of individual's functioning
  • Apply aspects of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, narrative, solution-focused and systemic frameworks to promoting change within individuals and families
  • Demonstrate leadership skills in facilitating the middle stages of a range of social work groups
  • Manage endings and termination in relation to the worker-client/family relationship and social work groups.

Assessment


  • Written assignment - 45%
  • Exam - 50%
  • Class participation - 10%