Year
2020
Units
4.5
Contact
On Campus
13 x 2-hour lectures per semester
5 x 1-hour tutorials per semester
Distance Online
10 x 13.5-hour online modules per semester
13 x 2-hour lectures per semester
5 x 1-hour tutorials per semester
Distance Online
10 x 13.5-hour online modules per semester
Prerequisites
1 Admission into MSWQS-Master of Social Work (Qualified Social Worker Entry)
2 Admission into MSWGE-Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry)
3 SOAD9107 - First Placement
Must Satisfy: ((1) or (2 and 3))
2 Admission into MSWGE-Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry)
3 SOAD9107 - First Placement
Must Satisfy: ((1) or (2 and 3))
Enrolment not permitted
SOAD9053 has been successfully completed
Course context
Master of Social Work
Topic description
This topic emphasises a social work perspective to mental health and to the role of social work in a mental health context. It provides information about mental illness and mental health problems, mental health assessments, as well as the legal and policy framework surrounding mental health. A strong focus is recognition of the lived experience. Social workers emphasise a recovery approach in their practice. There is a recognition of the complexity of practice and of the skills and unique values which a social worker can bring into a multi-disciplinary team environment.
Educational aims
This topic aims to:
- Provide a theoretical basis to the delivery of mental health services
- Provide information about mental illness, mental health problems, mental health assessments, as well as the legal and policy framework surrounding mental health
- Emphasise the importance of the recovery approach
- Recognise complexity in the delivery of mental health services.
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic, students will be expected to be able to:
- Apply a theoretical lens to the delivery of mental health services
- Have the beginning skills to conduct a mental health assessment and recognise aspects of the legal and policy framework surrounding this
- Use a recovery approach in relationship with a person with lived experience
- Understand the complexity of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2020 are no longer published.
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