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, offered in 2022 in Summer B at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2022
- Summer B
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
This is the 2022 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 2022 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 culturally appropriate trauma-informed care in your approach to and interventions with people experiencing health and mental health difficulties.
Offerings in 2022
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Summer semester B | Caulfield | Block off |
| Summer semester B | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Case-study analysis and reflection (iSAP) (2,500 word equivalent)60%
- Trauma-Informed Care Plan (1,500 word equivalent)40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Differentiate between various sub-specialities of social work practice in health and mental health.
- 2
Devise and conduct a strengths-based and recovery-oriented assessment.
- 3
Apply the social determinants of health framework to social work practice in health and mental health.
- 4
Evaluate strategies for trauma-informed care and articulate how to implement these in practice with an individual and/or family from diverse cultural groups.
- 5
Conduct an evidence-based, theory-informed social work assessment and intervention plan.
- 6
Adapt and implement an intervention plan that accounts for common practice considerations in the broader structural and cultural systems found in the contemporary Australian context including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials12 hours
- 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
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Melissa Petrakis
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Debbie Ling
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for SWM5119?
SWM5119 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is SWM5119 offered?
In 2022, SWM5119 runs in Summer B at Caulfield.
Does SWM5119 have an exam?
No. SWM5119 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.