SS1107:06
Child Welfare Practice
| External | HECS Band 1 |
78 hours (flexible delivery). Semester 2.
Staff: Dr J Thomson.
This subject is an introduction to child welfare practice. Topics covered will include definitions of child protection, child abuse and child neglect; the history of Indigenous and non-Indigenous child welfare, the social and political contexts of child maltreatment and child welfare intervention, alternative care, case management and child welfare legislation and policies. There is a special emphasis on research-based practice.
Learning Objectives:
- to examine child welfare practice from a social justice perspective, paying particular attention to definitions of child protection, child abuse and child neglect;
- to become familiar with the history of child welfare in Australia;
- to understand the social and political contexts of child maltreatment and child welfare intervention, including a critical understanding of Indigenous child welfare;
- to gain a knowledge of child welfare legislation, policies and case management.
Assessment by project (50%); written assignments/workbooks (50%).