WS2513 - Community Work
[Offered in odd-numbered years by External mode. ]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
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This subject introduces students to a range of issues relating to the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for successful and progressive community work practice. Included in this exploration will be: a consideration of the concept of community; critical perspectives on the nature and meaning of community practice; values and ideologies; roles and processes in community work; current trends in community work theory and the critiques and contradictions of theory and practice.
Learning Outcomes
- become familiar with a number of models and theories of community work practice and the ideological and value positions associated with them;
- develop a critical appreciation of strategies and roles for developing sustainable communities;
- develop a critical understanding of the concept of community; the nature of community work and community development and the relevance of these to contemporary societies and social welfare practice;
- develop an awareness of the knowledge and skills necessary for effective, progressive community work practice.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | WS2014 and WS3013 |
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| Coord/Lect: | jc134047. |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
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| Coordinator: | Dr Peter Jones |
| Lecturer: | Mrs Carmel Daveson. |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
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| Census Date 31-Aug-2005 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Peter Jones |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
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| Census Date 31-Aug-2005 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Peter Jones |
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| Method of Delivery: | Printed materials |
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