SWM5124 Social work practice in post disaster sites
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
SWM5124 Social work practice in post disaster sites is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2024 in Summer B at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Summer B
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2025 entry.
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Requisites
Before SWM5124
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After SWM5124
No unit lists SWM5124 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in postgraduate course.
Overview
This unit will provide you with an international and national focus on emerging threats such as climate change, water and food insecurity, environmental disasters, terrorist actions, migration and social movements.
You will examine the gendered impact of these threats and how they impact upon peoples and communities.
The unit will also equip you with the knowledge and skills to enable you to formulate a social work response to addressing the ways in which disasters have impacted on the way people and communities live.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Summer semester B | Caulfield | Online |
Assessment
- Case study analysis (Written assignment 2,500 words)60%
- Critical reflection (Equivalent 2,000 words)40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify and assess types of disasters and emerging global challenges upon populations.
- 2
Critically examine international and national policies in relation to disasters, including the increasing acceptance of solutions founded in Indigenous knowledge.
- 3
Identify the unique challenges in response to disasters in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
- 4
Describe the nature of gender, vulnerability, adaptive capacity, resilience and social sustainability in the context of disasters.
- 5
Compare types of social work responses to historical, current and emerging social impacts of disasters in local, national and international contexts.
- 6
Describe social work theories and their applications to social workers attending disasters.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials12 hours
- Teaching approachOnline learning
This is an online unit for both cohorts of students: on campus and off campus that comprises 12 hours of teacher directed learning activities each week for 6 weeks. Students will be expected to spend up to 12 hours each week for 6 weeks in self-directed study related to the content matter.
This is an online unit. Students will be provided with a range of structured teacher directed learning activities comprising Moodle facilitated online discussions, virtual classes, along with online modules, interactive web - based activities, videos, online lectures and guided reading.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Marcelo Maghidman
- Unit Coordinators
- Lena Turnbull
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for SWM5124?
SWM5124 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is SWM5124 offered?
In 2024, SWM5124 runs in Summer B at Caulfield, with an online option.
Does SWM5124 have an exam?
No. SWM5124 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.