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Social work capstone: Contemporary issues in social work practice

SWM5131

Synopsis

This unit is the culmination of your academic journey into a growing professional identity at an entry-level. The unit provides an opportunity to reflect on the processes, including an examination of personal and professional values that are involved in becoming a reflexive social work practitioner. You are required to develop your professional practice approach by identifying a case scenario or a social work issue, to integrate and apply a range of social work theories, methods, advanced practice skills and ethical decision-making to formulate your emerging professional practice in written and oral form.

Sourced from the Monash Handbook 2026.

Quick facts

Credit points
6
Level
5
Audience
Postgraduate
Type
Coursework
School
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Faculty
Social Work
Handbook year
2026

Prerequisites

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Offerings (3)

  • First semester (extended)Caulfield · BLD-BLK
  • Trimester 3Caulfield · BLD-BLK
  • Second semester (extended)Caulfield · BLD-BLK