Year
2016
Units
4.5
Contact
13 x 2-hour lectures per semester
5 x 1-hour tutorials per semester
5 x 1-hour tutorials per semester
Prerequisites
1 Admission into MSWRS-Master of Social Work (Registered Social Worker Entry)
1a Admission into MSWGE-Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry)
1b Admission into MSWQS-Master of Social Work (Qualified Social Worker Entry)
1c Admission into MEDWM-Master of Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health)
1d Admission into MEDWMP-Master of Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health) [1.5 years]
1e Admission into GCEWM-Graduate Certificate in Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e))
1a Admission into MSWGE-Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry)
1b Admission into MSWQS-Master of Social Work (Qualified Social Worker Entry)
1c Admission into MEDWM-Master of Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health)
1d Admission into MEDWMP-Master of Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health) [1.5 years]
1e Admission into GCEWM-Graduate Certificate in Education (Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e))
Enrolment not permitted
SOAD9053 has been successfully completed
Course context
Master of Social Work
Topic description
Educational aims
This topic aims to:
- Explicate the attitudes and values that are fundamental to mental health social work;
- Explicate theories of human development across a range of social contexts to understandings of mental health, well-being and mental health problems;
- Bring a critical perspective to the history of mental health social work;
- Examine evidence-based practice and its application to mental health social work with clients at different developmental stages;
- Identify patterns of thinking, feeling and action which indicate that a client is experiencing mental health problems, and of relevant contextual factors;
- Critically explore the Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5 and the nature of a mental status examination;
- Provide in-depth examination of early intervention, relapse prevention and recovery and rehabiliation approaches;
- Discuss the legal and ethical parameters of mental health social work treatment with clients and families;
- Enable students to develop skills in interviewing, assessment and report writing with regard to mental health.
Expected learning outcomes
To be advised
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.
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