School: Arts and Humanities

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  • Unit Title

    Professional Skills - Case Management
  • Unit Code

    CRI2101
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Nikki RAJAKARUNA

Description

This unit will introduce students to the professional skills associated with case management in the Criminal Justice System. It will provide students with knowledge of the guiding legislation and the administrative requirements to successfully manage a range of case types. It will provide students with the knowledge and understanding of recognised case management models, and the practical skills required to minister to individuals in need, including skills that underpin motivational interviewing and directing clients to appropriate therapeutic programs.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain models and legislative frameworks relevant to case management, by generating a case plan for a fictional client to build students’ knowledge of evidence – based practice.
  2. Critically evaluate ethical issues associated with case management.
  3. Identify strategies for managing and changing behaviour in criminal justice contexts, by providing recommendations to address offending behaviour to develop students’ ability to work with criminal justice populations.
  4. Practice professional writing for case management functions, by preparing case notes and a court report for a fictional client to develop students applied work skills.

Unit Content

  1. Advocating for clients.
  2. Case management.
  3. Factors preventing or hindering client co-operation.
  4. General interviewing skills.
  5. Identify and plan for appropriate intervention programs.
  6. Identify resources and support networks.
  7. Intake interviews and risk assessment.
  8. Ongoing case management and monitoring skills.
  9. Preparing and conducting motivational interviews.
  10. Risk assessment.
  11. Setting goals and outcomes.
  12. The theories of motivational interviews.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is conducted in both the on-campus and online modes. On-campus students attend a three-hour workshop each week. The workshops are designed to introduce the core concepts and models that underpin case management practice. The workshops also facilitate opportunities for students apply their learning and develop their professional and practical skills. These workshop activities are a way for students to improve their oral communication skills, cross-cultural competence, critical thinking skills and teamwork skills. Industry relevant guest speakers deliver some workshop content. Assessment methods provide students the opportunity to demonstrate their content knowledge, critical thinking and develop their written communication skills. Online students are provided with an electronic version of the internal lecture and weekly tutorials. All information is delivered to online students via Blackboard. The workshops are designed to introduce the core concepts and models that underpin case management practice. Online activities delivered via the online modules and the discussion board facilitate opportunities for students apply their learning and develop their professional and practical skills. These activities are a way for students to improve their oral communication skills, cross-cultural competence, critical thinking skills and teamwork skills. Industry relevant guest speakers deliver some workshop content. Assessment methods provide students the opportunity to demonstrate their content knowledge, critical thinking and develop their written communication skills. Regular online access is essential.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceIntake Interview Simulation30%
Case StudyClient Case Plan30%
ReportCourt Report40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceIntake Interview Simulation30%
Case StudyClient Case Plan30%
ReportCourt Report40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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