10016 (v.5) SW 231- Statutory Work


Area:

Department of Social Work and Social Policy

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1636 (v.6) SW 122 - Practice Models 1 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Historical discourses of statutory practice, legislative and administrative foundations, tensions between professional practice and statutory obligations including power and authority, self determination, child protection, criminal justice and mental health systems. Working with involuntary clients, interagency collaboration, ethics, confidentiality, procedures such as risk assessments, case conferences, reports. Promotion of emancipatory practice.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

90501 Social Work

HECS Band (if applicable):

1

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area