SOWK308-24W (C) Whole Year 2024

Social Work Principles and Skills

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 17 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 August 2024

Description

Interpersonal communication and counselling skills are examined using a social work process framework with an emphasis on cultural and strengths perspectives. Skill development must be demonstrated and a pass obtained to progress to fieldwork placements.

The skills course is designed to identify and build the interviewing skills that are generic to any social work field of practice. Throughout the year students will have the opportunity to read about, observe, discuss and demonstrate practice skills within the framework of the social work process.

The practice skills course prepares students for the two fieldwork placements in the final year of the degree programme and is an opportunity for students to develop their interpersonal communication in relation to work with individuals, families and work in the community.

This course employs a range of teaching techniques including lecture, role plays, video work, and practice exercises. There will be homework exercises, LEARN postings and readings to complete between block courses.

Learning Outcomes

  • To identify and use the micro- skills required for work with individuals, families and in the community.
  • To provide an overview of the social work process.
  • To practice social work micro-skills using role plays.
  • To establish the role and tasks of social work through case scenarios and observation.
  • To engage with and understand ethical dimensions of practice
  • To establish links between social work theory and practice.
  • To engage with, understand and apply cultural dimensions into practice with particular reference to work with Māori and Pasifika
  • To prepare students for placements in the final year.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 240 points at 100 and 200 level from the Schedule C and E of the BSW(Hons). Head of Department approval mandatory.

Restrictions

SOWK515, SOWK615

Co-requisites

SOWK301. For students undertaking part time study, SOWK301 together with SOWK308, must be completed in the last two years of study.

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Intensive Block Course A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:00 - 16:00 Wheki 105 (22/2)
Wheki 451 (25/7)
19 Feb - 25 Feb
22 Jul - 28 Jul
Intensive Block Course B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 09:00 - 16:00 Wheki 451
23 Sep - 29 Sep
Intensive Block Course C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 16:00 Wheki 451
19 Feb - 25 Feb
22 Jul - 28 Jul
23 Sep - 29 Sep
Intensive Block Course D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 16:00 Wheki 451
13 May - 19 May
Intensive Block Course E
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 09:00 - 16:00 Wheki 451
13 May - 19 May
23 Sep - 29 Sep
Intensive Block Course F
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 12:00 Wheki 451
23 Sep - 29 Sep
Intensive Block Course I
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 13:00 Rehua 429 (27/2)
Wheki 450 (12/3)
Otakaro 122 (19/3)
Wheki 104 (26/3, 23/4-7/5, 21/5-28/5, 30/7-13/8, 10/9-17/9, 1/10-15/10)
Wheki 103 (16/7)
Wheki 102 (20/8)
26 Feb - 3 Mar
11 Mar - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 12 May
20 May - 2 Jun
15 Jul - 21 Jul
29 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 22 Sep
30 Sep - 20 Oct
Intensive Block Course J
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 13:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 241 (29/2)
Wheki 102 (7/3)
Otago (7/3)
Wheki 104 (14/3-28/3, 25/4-9/5, 23/5-30/5, 18/7, 1/8-15/8, 19/9, 3/10-10/10)
Wheki 105 (22/8-12/9)
Wheki 451 (17/10)
26 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 12 May
20 May - 2 Jun
15 Jul - 21 Jul
29 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 22 Sep
30 Sep - 20 Oct

Timetable Note

Students must attend EVERY activity from each section, block classes are compulsory.
This course includes weekly online discussion and readings between block courses.

Lecturer

Hannah Verheul-Cane

Contact Person

Raewyn Tudor

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Role play practice reflections 30% Due weekly during term time
Role Play and reflection essay 30 May 2024 35%
20 minute practice simulation 24 Sep 2024 35% Held in Pukemanu Centre

Textbooks / Resources

Maidment, J., Egan, R., Tudor, R. & Nipperess, S. (2022). Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare.
More than just common sense (4th edition). Routledge.
This book is not currently in the UC library but is available in book stores

It is a requirement that you bring the above text to all skills sessions.
Additional readings for skills sessions will be posted progressively on LEARN throughout the year.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,687.00

International fee $7,900.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 40

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All SOWK308 Occurrences

  • SOWK308-24W (C) Whole Year 2024