WS3025 - Advanced Group Work

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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Available to students enrolled in those degrees leading to a professional qualification or those offering a welfare studies/human services major.

This subject will study the roles of groupwork and group workers in social welfare practice. Students will learn about the dynamics of group work through group interaction by experiencing the dual roles of participator/observer and by running and taking part in micro-skills and activity skills workshops.

Learning Outcomes

• understand the dynamics of team work in an organisational setting;
• understand the phases of group development across a variety of settings;
• understand the rationale for group work in social welfare practice;
• understand the theories and parameters of group structure and their relevance to both group tasks and group processes.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively.

Prerequisites:

WS2510Permission from Head of School

Availabilities
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Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	art-les3
Contact hours:	26 hours
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Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	swrlb
Contact hours:	26 hours
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Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	swrlb
Contact hours:	26 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
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Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Face to face teaching (Sept Workshop)
Coordinator:	swrlb
Contact hours:	26 hours - Compulsory workshop in Townsville.
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Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.