School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Social Work Theory and Practice 1: Advanced Interpersonal Skills
  • Unit Code

    SWK3112
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Susan BAILEY

Description

This unit introduces students to advanced interpersonal theories, models and skills commonly used in practice. Students begin the unit by critically reflecting on how their own cultural background influences interpersonal skills. Over the course of the semester, students will practice active listening, engagement strategies and assessment skills to facilitate working alongside people, in support of problem solving and solution focused interventions in a variety of settings.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Off-Campus students must attend the 5-day Residential at the South West campus as there is a practical skills demonstration assessment worth 40%

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 240 credit points

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SWK3111

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise the role of self and the importance of reflexivity and reflective practice within a professional context.
  2. Apply advanced interpersonal skills for use in all social work practice contexts.
  3. Apply effective communication skills, engagement strategies and assessment skills to develop rapport and trust in interpersonal relationships.
  4. Evaluate problem-based and solution-focused approaches in social work practice.
  5. Evaluate role play demonstrations using reflective feedback frameworks appropriate to social work practice.

Unit Content

  1. Understanding of self and impact on interpersonal skills.
  2. Theories informing advanced interpersonal skills.
  3. Advanced active listening and interpersonal skills.
  4. Engagement strategies for working with people.
  5. Assessment skills using problem solving and solution- focused approaches.
  6. Models for critically reflective practice.

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 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 3 hour seminar

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

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
AssignmentMinor paper20%
VivaCritical reflection on skills demonstration40%
TestSkills demonstration40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMinor paper20%
VivaCritical reflection on skills demonstration40%
TestSkills demonstration40%

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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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Social Work Theory and Practice 1: Advanced Interpersonal Skills
  • Unit Code

    SWK3112
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Susan BAILEY

Description

This unit introduces students to advanced interpersonal theories, models and skills commonly used in practice. Students begin the unit by critically reflecting on how their own cultural background influences interpersonal skills. Over the course of the semester, students will practice active listening, engagement strategies and assessment skills to facilitate working alongside people, in support of problem solving and solution focused interventions in a variety of settings.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Off-Campus students must attend the 5-day Residential at the South West campus as there is a practical skills demonstration assessment worth 40%

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 240 credit points

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SWK3111

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise the role of self and the importance of reflexivity and reflective practice within a professional context.
  2. Apply advanced interpersonal skills for use in all social work practice contexts.
  3. Apply effective communication skills, engagement strategies and assessment skills to develop rapport and trust in interpersonal relationships.
  4. Evaluate problem-based and solution-focused approaches in social work practice.
  5. Evaluate role play demonstrations using reflective feedback frameworks appropriate to social work practice.

Unit Content

  1. Understanding of self and impact on interpersonal skills.
  2. Theories informing advanced interpersonal skills.
  3. Advanced active listening and interpersonal skills.
  4. Engagement strategies for working with people.
  5. Assessment skills using problem solving and solution- focused approaches.
  6. Models for critically reflective practice.

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 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 3 hour seminar

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

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
AssignmentMinor paper20%
VivaCritical reflection on skills demonstration40%
TestSkills demonstration40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMinor paper20%
VivaCritical reflection on skills demonstration40%
TestSkills demonstration40%

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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