Working with Families, Children and Young People PG (12020.1)

This unit has an in-person on-campus intensive component. This unit explores models of practice and develops skills in working with families, children and young people in a range of practice settings. Students will explore the complexity of child wellbeing and protection and the role of social workers in statutory settings. Diverse families and interaction with the child protection system is explored including Indigenous and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) families. Students will develop specific skills in working with children and young people in preparation for their field education placement.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Critically analyse and evaluate different intervention models and their applicability to diversity of children and families;
2. Demonstrate culturally safe ways to work with children, families, and communities, including implementing knowledge of culturally respectful and responsive ways of working, as well as adhering to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles; and
3. Critically reflect on the role of social workers in child wellbeing and protection.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.