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SS1107:06

Child Welfare Practice

[Not offered in 2004]

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%).