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SOWK13012 Professional Practice and Mental Health

Course details

Students should be able to critically examine the various models of mental health, specific intervention strategies and the role of social / welfare workers within mental health services and with clients with mental health issues. Students should be able to integrate knowledge of the role of community, culture and models of mental health in the provision of evidence based strategies that promote mental health practice consistent with social / welfare work values and ethics. Students should be able to evaluate the socio structural context of mental health and the implications for various client groups and determine how these elements translate into various models for intervention.

Students will be required to collate feedback of their professional performance from their lecturer and from other sources, evaluate this feedback and include appropriate strategies in their learning contracts for Fieldwork Education 2


Course at a glance
Career: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Requisites: Successful completion of 48 credit points in any program.
Student Contribution Band: 1
EFTSL: 0.12500
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