Word Length: 600 words
Word Length: 600 words
Task Description:
For this task you need to review 2 podcasts presented by your peers (these podcasts will be available to you de-indentified in the Assessment tab one week after the Podcast submission date).
You will write a 600 word essay in which you describe the knowledge and practice approaches mentioned in the podcast. and evaluate the relevance of the knowledge and skills to current practice approaches in human services.
Your academic writing conventions and APA7 referencing will be ideintified ready for your Essay.
Online class time will be provided to discuss the assessment.
Criteria & Marking:
1. Describe key knowledge and skills required to work within the human services sector as identified by the podcasts
2. Evaluate the practice approaches and how these approaches affect practice in a particular field
3. Apply academic skills including; writing an academic essay, using correct APA7 in text and the reference list and critical reflection for learning.
Required readings
Week 1
Required Readings
The SAGE handbook of global childhoods
Book by Nicola J. Yelland; Lacey Peters; Nikki Fairchild; Marek Tesar; Michelle Salazar Perez 2021 Recommended resource.
What is Social Justice? Occasional Paper #1 in National Pro Bono Resource Centre
Document by National Pro Bono Resource Centre 2011 Required resource
Week 2
Required Readings
Chapter 2 Surveying the landscape: Historical and philosophical foundations for practice in The road to social work & human service practice
Chapter Required resource
Note for students
Please read Chapter 2
Perspective on Neoliberalism for Human Service Professionals in Social Services Review
Article by Mel Gray; Mitchell Dean; Kylie Agllias; Amanda Howard; Leanne Schubert Required resource
Extra Knowledge
To extend your knowledge on social determinates of health.
Week 3
Required Readings
Chapter 3 The history of Australian social policy in Australian social policy and the human services
Chapter 1 Fundamental debates in social policy in Australian social policy and the human services
Chapter by Edgar Carson; Lorraine Kerr Required resource
Chapter by Edgar Carson; Lorraine Kerr Required resource
Extra Knowledge
Week 4
Required Readings
Extra Knowledge
The service environment in relationship-based practice: "It's like a community" in Children Australia
Article by Elizabeth C. Reimer 2014 Required resource
Chapter 2 Personal and professional values in human services practice in Australian social policy and the human services
Chapter by Edgar Carson; Lorraine Kerr Recommended resource
Week 5
Required Readings
Chapter 3 Assessment of communities in Social work practice with groups, communities, and organizations: evidence-based assessments and interventions
Chapter by Don M. Fuchs Required resource
Building relationships with Aboriginal people: A cultural mapping toolbox in Australian Social Work
Article by (Brian) Jim Stewart; Julaine Allan 2013 Required resource
Chapter 8 Plunging in:engagement, assessment, intervention,termination and review in The road to social work & human service practice
Chapter Required resource
Extra Knowledge
Chapter 7 Risk Assessment: Working Within a Legal Framework in Skills for human service practice: working with individuals, groups, and communities
Chapter Recommended resource
Week 6
Required Readings
Chapter 2 Surveying the landscape: Historical and philosophical foundations for practice in The road to social work & human service practice
Chapter Required resource
Beyond balancing competing needs: Embedding involuntary treatment within a recovery approach to mental health social work in Australian Social Work
Article by Merissa Courtney; Nicole T. Moulding 2014 Required resource
Brief interventions for alcohol and other drug use in Australian Prescriber
Article by Craig Rodgers 2018 Required resource
