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WS3011:03

Applied Social Policy

Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, External

HECS Band 1

13 hours lectures, 26 hours tutorials or the equivalent in mixed mode on-campus delivery. Semester 2.

Staff:

Ms R Bone (Townsville campus);

Ms R Lynn (Cairns campus).

This subject focuses on the politics of community work and community work as a political activity.

The subject explores the social and political context of practice; the nature of contemporary social policy formulation and the forces that influence and shape its development; and community and social policy practice skills.

Learning Objectives:

have a broad understanding of the range of political structures, issues and ideological imperatives impacting upon community based practice;

have a good understanding of the political ideologies underlying social policy and various models of welfare provision;

be familiar with a number of competing models of social policy;

have an understanding from various sociological insights into the way social problems become selected as targets for social policy and or community work intervention;

be familiar with a range of key concepts, values, principles and choices employed in the study and analysis of social needs and social policy;

be able to undertake a straightforward social policy analysis;

be able to articulate a range of policy practice skills to intervene in the policy process.

Assessment by class presentation of a social policy analysis of a policy/program of your choice, as per frameworks provided (40%); media journal of a current political commentary with analysis from reading guide and text/s (60%).