SOWK511 Advanced Family Practice

Critical approaches to family practice and its application in the social services including the active development of professional family practice competence.

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Limited to

PGDipSW, MSW

Notes

Admission subject to approval from Head of the Department of Sociology, Gender and Social Work.

Contact

sgsw@otago.ac.nz

More information link

View more information on the Department of Sociology, Gender and Social Work's website

Teaching staff

Co-ordinator and Lecturer: Associate Professor Anita Gibbs

Paper Structure

Key topics will include:

• Key concepts in family practice
• Theories for family practice
• Bicultural and indigenous family practice
• Parenting and family support
• Managing complex family issues
• Working in partnership
• Family practice with older adults

Teaching Arrangements

Weekly audioconference or scopia seminars and tutorials over one semester.
Guest speakers will offer additional input.
Two compulsory on-campus workshops.

Textbooks

No textbooks required for this paper, but readings will be listed as study outlines and be available on Blackboard.

Course outline

A detailed outline will be provided online at the beginning of the course.

Graduate Attributes Emphasised

Teamwork, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.

Learning Outcomes

Learners will have

• Critically examined family practice theories and frameworks in the national and wider international context
• Developed critical and reflective skills to understand family problems and to work ethically with families to assist them in the resolution of their problems
• Reflected on interventions according to theoretically coherent and professionally acceptable models of practice
• Explored and implemented appropriate indigenous and bicultural frameworks and models

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