SWM5131 Social work capstone: Contemporary issues in social work practice
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
SWM5131 Social work capstone: Contemporary issues in social work practice is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2023. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Other periods
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before SWM5131
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After SWM5131
No unit lists SWM5131 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 84 cp of study, unless enrolled in and completing SWM5170.
Overview
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 social work contemporary challenge and critically appraise structural inequality, complexity and the political ideologies that shape individuals, groups and community experiences. In doing so, create an evidence-informed approach integrating your learning including placement experiences to formulate your emerging professional practice in written and oral form.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester 3 | Caulfield | Block off |
| Trimester 3 | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Evidence informed written report (Notional hours of effort applied) (2,500 - 3,000 word equivalent)60%
- Oral Presentation (15 minutes)40%
- AttendanceCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply the lenses of structural inequality and complexity to address the resolution of a contemporary social work issue or challenge.
- 2
Critically appraise the role of social work at a micro, meso and macro level.
- 3
Appraise how cultural constructs, social norms and values impact on working with diverse client groups including, people with disability, multicultural communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- 4
Critically evaluate the implications for social work practice in the current socio-political context.
- 5
Articulate your emerging professional practice framework to support your developing professional identity as a reflexive social work practitioner.
- 6
Demonstrate social work knowledge and critical thinking to formulate and communicate an evidence-informed response to the amelioration of the selected social work issue or challenge.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials30 hours
- Workshops35 hours
- Lectures9 hours
12 hours of teacher directed study per week, including a 1-2 hour seminar/lecture and fortnightly 2 hour tutorials; remaining hours involve directed readings and class preparation, along with guided reflection and consolidation activities. 12 hours per week of self-directed study.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Tejaswini Patil
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Catherine Flynn
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for SWM5131?
SWM5131 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is SWM5131 offered?
SWM5131 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.
Does SWM5131 have an exam?
No. SWM5131 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.