Course overview
This course will develop students' advanced social work knowledge and skills in engagement, assessment, intervention and critical reflection, using diverse practice perspectives in different contexts. Students will develop advanced theoretical knowledge and intervention skills in crisis intervention, task centred approaches, assessing risk (including suicide risk and safety planning in gendered violence and working with children and women affected by violence and men who use violence), feminist approaches, narrative therapy, motivational interviewing, cognitive and behavioural therapies, solutions focused approach, in work with couples and families, and in diverse cultural contexts. Students will enhance their skills; in critical reflection, professional decision making and ethical practice; working with complexity in different practice settings.
Course learning outcomes
- Critically analyse the applicability of a range of social work theories to different social work practice fields.
- Apply advanced intervention skills and approaches underpinned by current research evidence.
- Critically reflect on theory as a reflexive social work practitioner.
- Use advanced professional judgement and decision making in the application of evidence based knowledge and skills.
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