SWM5123 Mental health advanced practice
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
SWM5123 Mental health advanced practice is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Other periods
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
The 2027 handbook has no page for SWM5123. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before SWM5123
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After SWM5123
No unit lists SWM5123 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Co-requisite: Must be enrolled in post-graduate course.
Overview
In this unit you will be introduced to the key concepts and principles informing contemporary social work policy and practice in mental health through a lens of recovery-oriented practice, lived experience engagement and relational recovery. Mental health is conceptualised in dynamic and innovative ways that reflect and encourage changing perceptions, theoretical understandings and possibilities during this transition time in the field and society. You will explore dimensions such as culture, gender, class and spirituality on the conceptualisation of mental health and illness, empowerment, capacity and capability. You will also have the opportunity to examine the notion of risk as an underlying tension in social work practice in this field.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester 3 | Caulfield | Online |
Assessment
- Case study analysis (written assignment 2,500 words)Written60%
- Critical reflection (2,000 words)Written40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Contextualise social work practice in mental health care and service delivery, including contemporary debates about recovery-oriented practice and lived experience leadership.
- 2
Critically evaluate concepts of mental illness and recovery using dimensions such as culture, gender, class and spirituality.
- 3
Assess the relevance of current and emerging theories of mental health and recovery to social work practice.
- 4
Critically analyse the notion of risk and its implications for social work practice in mental health.
- 5
Examine relevant social work policy and practice issues and assess their impact upon the population who experience severe and persistent mental illness.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachOnline learning
This is an online unit for both on campus and DE cohorts of students which comprises 9 hours of teacher directed learning activities each week for 8 weeks. Students will be expected to spend up to 9 hours each week for 8 weeks in self-directed study related to the content matter.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Debbie Ling
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Melissa Petrakis
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for SWM5123?
SWM5123 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is SWM5123 offered?
SWM5123 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
Does SWM5123 have an exam?
No. SWM5123 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.