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Faculty of Regional Professional Studies (Bunbury)

School: Regional Professional Studies

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

    Human Services Leadership and Professional Supervision

  • Unit Code

    SWK6113

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

Social workers are often employed in roles that require them to lead, manage and supervise staff in professionally and culturally diverse setting. This unit will examine the contemporary research and evidence on leadership and supervision practice in human service organisations. Students will analyse and apply this knowledge to professionally relevant case scenarios drawn from human service practice and will learn skills and knowledge required for effective and culturally appropriate leadership and supervision practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply cultural competence knowledge, including Indigenous cultural competence knowledge, to solve leadership and supervision dilemmas through case scenarios.
  2. Apply leadership and management strategies to solve problems as presented in case scenarios.
  3. Compare and contrast international case studies of leadership in business, government and non-governmental organisations.
  4. Demonstrate ability to communicate ideas to peers and work collaboratively in an online group environment.
  5. Distinguish between the roles of leadership, management and supervision in human service teams.
  6. Evaluate theories and research on leadership and management in human service practice, and organisations.
  7. Synthesise knowledge on social work supervision to create a plan for their own continuing professional development.

Unit Content

  1. Comparing and contrasting theories of leadership.
  2. Examining theories of group behaviour.
  3. Indigenous leadership in human service organisations.
  4. Leadership in business, government and non-government sectors internationally.
  5. Leading and managing teams.
  6. Managing organisational change.
  7. Psychological capital and workplace civility.
  8. Supervision and reflective practice for leaders.
  9. The influence of organisational climate on innovation, morale and burnout.
  10. The role of social and emotional intelligence in leadership.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students engage in weekly online learning activities via Blackboard, ECU's learning management system. Regular online access is required. Social interaction is facilitated with the use of discussion boards and other collaborative tools, moderated by the online tutor/lecturer. All assessments are submitted electronically.

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 Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCase study40%
AssignmentGroup Assignment30%
AssignmentProfessional development plan30%

Text References

  • Adair, J. (2010). Develop your leadership skills. London, UK: Kogan Page.
  • Austin, D. M. (2002). Human services management: Organizational leadership in social work practice. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press.
  • Bender, K., Negi, N., & Fowler, D. N. (2010). Exploring the relationship between self-awareness and student commitment and understanding of culturally responsive social work practice. Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 19(1), 34-53.
  • Wonnacott, J. (2011). Mastering social work supervision. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Marvin, D. F. (2013). Distinguishing clinical from upper level management in social work. Hoboken, United States: Taylor and Francis.
  • Munson, C. (2012). Handbook of clinical soical work supervision. (3rd ed.). Hoboken, United States: Taylor and Francis.
  • Rosenberg, G. (2013). Social work leadership in healthcare: Director's perspectives. Hoboken, United States: Taylor and Francis.
  • Lawler, J. (2009). Social work managment and leardership: Managing complexity with creativity. London, UK: Routledge.

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Regional Professional Studies (Bunbury)

School: Regional Professional Studies

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

    Human Services Leadership and Professional Supervision

  • Unit Code

    SWK6113

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

Social workers are often employed in roles that require them to lead, manage and supervise staff in professionally and culturally diverse setting. This unit will examine the contemporary research and evidence on leadership and supervision practice in human service organisations. Students will analyse and apply this knowledge to professionally relevant case scenarios drawn from human service practice and will learn skills and knowledge required for effective and culturally appropriate leadership and supervision practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply cultural competence knowledge, including Indigenous cultural competence knowledge, to solve leadership and supervision dilemmas through case scenarios.
  2. Apply leadership and management strategies to solve problems as presented in case scenarios.
  3. Compare and contrast international case studies of leadership in business, government and non-governmental organisations.
  4. Demonstrate ability to communicate ideas to peers and work collaboratively in an online group environment.
  5. Distinguish between the roles of leadership, management and supervision in human service teams.
  6. Evaluate theories and research on leadership and management in human service practice, and organisations.
  7. Synthesise knowledge on social work supervision to create a plan for their own continuing professional development.

Unit Content

  1. Comparing and contrasting theories of leadership.
  2. Examining theories of group behaviour.
  3. Indigenous leadership in human service organisations.
  4. Leadership in business, government and non-government sectors internationally.
  5. Leading and managing teams.
  6. Managing organisational change.
  7. Psychological capital and workplace civility.
  8. Supervision and reflective practice for leaders.
  9. The influence of organisational climate on innovation, morale and burnout.
  10. The role of social and emotional intelligence in leadership.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students engage in weekly online learning activities via Blackboard, ECU's learning management system. Regular online access is required. Social interaction is facilitated with the use of discussion boards and other collaborative tools, moderated by the online tutor/lecturer. All assessments are submitted electronically.

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 Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCase study40%
AssignmentGroup Assignment30%
AssignmentProfessional development plan30%

Text References

  • Munson, C. (2012). Handbook of clinical soical work supervision. (3rd ed.). Hoboken, United States: Taylor and Francis.
  • Adair, J. (2010). Develop your leadership skills. London, UK: Kogan Page.
  • Austin, D. M. (2002). Human services management: Organizational leadership in social work practice. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press.
  • Wonnacott, J. (2011). Mastering social work supervision. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Lawler, J. (2009). Social work managment and leardership: Managing complexity with creativity. London, UK: Routledge.
  • Marvin, D. F. (2013). Distinguishing clinical from upper level management in social work. Hoboken, United States: Taylor and Francis.
  • Rosenberg, G. (2013). Social work leadership in healthcare: Director's perspectives. Hoboken, United States: Taylor and Francis.
  • Bender, K., Negi, N., & Fowler, D. N. (2010). Exploring the relationship between self-awareness and student commitment and understanding of culturally responsive social work practice. Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 19(1), 34-53.

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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