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SOWK11014 Contemporary Human Services

Course details

This course introduces students to social work and human services in Australia and a changing context for human services within the information society. Students will develop an understanding of the history and cultural context of social work and welfare work within the Australian welfare state and how services are currently organised and delivered. Students should be able to the conceptulise social justice, inequality and marginalisation and their relevance to professional practice in social work and welfare work. Students will understand the nature and goals of social work and human services as helping professions within this context, what characterises these professions and their fields and methods of practice. Particular emphasis will be placed on how access to information and the skills required to use information effectively can be an important dimension in addressing disadvantage, oppressive power and exclusion in the post industrial society.

Students are required to attend compulsory residential school in order to achieve specific learning outcomes of the course.


Course at a glance
Career: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Requisites: This course has no pre/co-requisites
Student Contribution Band: 1
EFTSL: 0.12500
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Course availability
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2013 Term One FLEX
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