WS2510 - Interpersonal Practice

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

Introduction to the skills and frameworks of interpersonal practice and communication in social welfare including the facilitative conditions of helping, reflective empathic listening (including skills of working across culture and difference), a range of other methods of helping in social welfare practice (eg advocacy and mediation)and perspectives on Indigenous styles of helping.

Learning Outcomes

• understanding of and skills in the use of self and attending behaviours including empathy, warmth, respect, openness and genuineness;
• understanding of and skills in using a range of micro-skills of interpersonal communication and helping, including engaging and building rapport, reflective listening, identifying and reflecting feeling, questioning and paraphrasing;
• understanding of the importance of race, ethnicity and culture on the development of empathic relationships in social welfare practice and the ability to demonstrate sensitivity to these issues;
• understanding of a range of other helping interventions used in social welfare practice (eg. mediation, advocacy);
• understanding and appreciation of the contribution that Indigenous frameworks of helping offer in extending the responsiveness and sensitivity of social welfare interventions.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion.

Assumed Knowledge:	To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	WS2019

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Heidi Nietz
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 24 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (50%); assignments (50%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Face to face teaching 18-Apr-2010 to 22-Apr-2010 (Compulsory on campus workshop)
Coordinator:	Dr Heidi Nietz
Contact hours:	40 hours workshops/Seminars - Compulsory workshop in Townsville.
Assessment:	presentations (50%); assignments (50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Debra Miles, Mr Chris Williams
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 24 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (50%); assignments (50%).
Mackay, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Dr Debra Miles, Mr Chris Williams
Contact hours:	26 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (50%); assignments (50%).

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.