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Unit Set Information

Human Services Major

Effective from 01-JAN-2018 : Code MABUSZ

This major focuses on understanding the rights of people to have access to professionals and services that provide support to minimise harm in their everyday lives. There are two complementary streams within this major, social science and social work. These streams provide the student with knowledge and skills in working with people across the community services sector. The social science stream focuses on community work, helping and interpersonal skills, cultural and gender dimensions, social policy, social research, leadership and management, and challenges the student to consider viewing and solving societal issues from a number of perspectives. The social work stream, undertaken in the third year of study, focuses on social work theory and practice, and includes a a field placement. This major adds another dimension for the student, providing the opportunity for a smooth transition to the Bachelor of Social Work upon completion.

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This Major can be studied in the following courses:

• Bachelor of Social Science

Mode of Delivery

On Campus at South West (Bunbury), Joondalup
Online

Practicum Requirement

Students are required to undertake a social work field placement in their third year of study.

Learning Outcomes

1. Analyse the social, cultural, global and political factors influencing the issues children, families and communities face.
2. Collaborate in team project settings to produce measurable outcomes and evaluate team processes in both formal and informal settings.
3. Demonstrate a deep, broad and coherent understanding of the rights that people have to access professional services that provide support to minimise harm in their everyday life.
4. Demonstrate initiative and judgment in planning, problem solving, and decision making when creating environments that support people's wellbeing.
5. Demonstrate technology, information and numeracy literacy to locate, apply and evaluate information relevant to working with children, families and communities.
6. Efficiently engage, collaborate and communicate with individuals, families and communities to meet common goals and objectives in building environments that support people's wellbeing.
7. Engage in constructive personal evaluation and demonstrate the knowledge and skill requirements for graduate entry level employment in the human services field.
8. Exercise critical thinking and judgment to identify and solve problems that may arise with individuals, families and communities that may affect their level of functioning.
9. Identify sustainability issues and make decisions based upon their full environmental, social, cultural and economic implications.
10. Integrate different disciplinary approaches to highlight complex and ambiguous social problems in innovative approaches to resolutions.
11. Review, analyse and synthesise knowledge to strategize methods and approaches to support people and communities to work together and meet common goals.

Professional recognition

Related Careers

Family Welfare Officer, Parent and Early Intervention Program Coordinator, Child and Family Support Worker, Child Protection Worker

Employment Opportunities

This major prepares students to work in a leadership position in some areas of the community services sector and ensures they are workplace ready. The major has also been designed to meet the specified callings for potential employment in the Department for Child Protection and Family Support.

Major Structure

* Students will be assessed to see if they have achieved the ECU minimum standard of English language proficiency in this unit. Students who don't meet the minimum standard will be provided with appropriate English language support and development.

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