HSRV203-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019

Policy Debates in the Social Services

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2019
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 26 July 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 27 September 2019

Description

This course examines key principles guiding policy on the provision of social services. Trends and debates around the shifting relationship between welfare systems and the state are explored along with factors influencing the delivery of human services in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Students will learn to critically assess the implications of social service delivery for providers and consumers of welfare services, and issues around the impact of inequalities in society.

The purpose of the course is to develop the ability to analyse contemporary social issues in a systematic way that equips social workers and human service workers to apply their understanding in practice. The interface between ‘private troubles’ and ‘public issues’ will inform analysis and will assist practitioners with appreciating the forces that impact on their clients’ circumstances and on human service delivery. A history of social policy in Aotearoa is included in the course with emphasis on the effects of colonisation on the socio-economic outcomes for Maori.

Learning Goals:
1. To introduce social policy as it has developed in Aotearoa/New Zealand
2. To explore ideologies, values and beliefs that underpin current social policy
    debates
3. To introduce policy formulation and policy process
4. To analyse contemporary social issues and their social policy implications
5. To consider the influence of social policy on both human service
    organisations and their clients

Learning Outcomes

  • Sound grasp of social policy theories and how they inform current debates
  • Refined capacity to analyse and explain the complex interplay of factors that influence policy development
  • Advanced understanding of policy process and implementation in Aotearoa/New Zealand
  • Facility to critically assess the impact of social policy on service provision

Prerequisites

30 points from HSRV101, HSRV102, HSRV103, HSRV104, SOWK101, SOWK102 and SOWK104. Students without this prerequisite but with at least 60 points in appropriate courses may enter the course with the permission of the Programme Coordinator.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Raewyn Tudor

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 23 Aug 2019 30% 2,000 words
Group Presentation 27 Sep 2019 30% Powerpoint due 27th September - Presentation date/time to be advised.
Tutorial Attendance and participation 10%
Final Exam 30% Date to be advised

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $761.00

International fee $3,188.00

* 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.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All HSRV203 Occurrences

  • HSRV203-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019