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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

312012 (v.2) Social Work Integrity and Accountability in Practice 241

Area: Department of Social Work
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     312013 (v.2) Social Work Philosophy, Policy and Context 141 or any previous version
    OR
    1635 (v.9) SW 121 - Introduction to Welfare or any previous version
    OR
    300888 (v.3) SW 111- Introduction to Social Work or any previous version
AND
    313394 (v.3) Foundations for Professional Health Practice 100 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 312010 (v.2) Bachelor of Social Work or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit engages students in an exploration of integrity and accountability within legal, ethical and values frameworks. It provides an introduction to key legal discourses and frameworks. Students will develop competence in accessing and interpreting legal information and gain knowledge of key legal concepts relevant to social work practice. Ethics is considered within the Australian Association of Social Workers framework. Students will gain an introduction to social work values and undertake critical comparisons of personal and cultural values with social work values.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 090501 Social Work
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

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Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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