UnitLevel 6Postgraduate

SWM5119 Recovery and trauma - informed practice in health and mental health social work

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

SWM5119 Recovery and trauma - informed practice in health and mental health social work is a level 6, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2021. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2021
Not offered
Assessment
Exam 40%
and 2 other tasks

This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before SWM5119

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After SWM5119

No unit lists SWM5119 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Corequisite: Must be enrolled in postgraduate course.

Overview

This unit design is to facilitate student exposure to and understanding of core social work frameworks for assessment and intervention in their role in social work practice.  This unit builds on the foundational knowledge of social work assessment and intervention that you developed through engagement with the foundations for social work practice units in year 1.  

This unit introduces you to a number of the various key sub-specialties in social work practice with people who experience health and mental health challenges, learn how theory informs effective recovery-oriented practice in social work and learn how to deliver trauma-informed care in your approach to and interventions with people experiencing health and mental health difficulties.

Offerings in 2021

The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for SWM5119.

Assessment

  • Recovery-Oriented Practice Assessment
    30%
  • Trauma-Informed Care Plan
    30%
  • Examination (140 minutes)Threshold hurdle
    40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Differentiate between various sub-specialities of social work practice in health and mental health.

  2. 2

    Devise and conduct a strengths-based and recovery-oriented assessment.

  3. 3

    Apply the social determinants of health framework to social work practice in health and mental health.

  4. 4

    Evaluate strategies for trauma-informed care and articulate how to implement these in practice with an individual and/or family.

  5. 5

    Conduct an evidence-based, theory-informed social work assessment and intervention plan.

  6. 6

    Adapt and implement an intervention plan that accounts for common practice challenges in the broader structural and cultural systems found in the contemporary Australian context including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.

Workload and teaching

  • Teaching approachActive learning

This unit is an intensively taught unit over 6 weeks. It uses a blended learning approach comprising 12 hours of teacher directed learning activities for 6 weeks.  There will be pre-class textbook learning activities to be completed prior to the on-campus teacher directed seminars and tutorials and concludes with teacher directed post class online learning activities.  In addition, it is expected that students will engage in up to 12 hours per week for 6 weeks of self- directed learning activities.

Off-campus students participate in a residential workshop of which one day will be devoted to this unit.  During the 6 -week intensive teaching mode these students will be provided with the same resources as the on campus students via Moodle and access to teacher directed activities.  Students will be expected to engage in up to 12 hours per week of self- directed learning activities for six weeks.

For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.

Learning resources

Required resources

See Moodle for details about required resources.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Debbie Ling
Dr Melissa Petrakis
Chief Examiners
Dr Melissa Petrakis

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for SWM5119?

SWM5119 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is SWM5119 offered?

SWM5119 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.

Does SWM5119 have an exam?

Yes. The exam is worth 40% of the final mark, alongside 2 other tasks.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
6
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Social Work
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2021202220232024202520262027