Foundations of Community Health Work
UndergraduateUNE-HDCW1252024
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Get ready to work with socially and culturally diverse communities to improve their wellbeing. Get to know the boundaries between what’s private and public. Explore your own personal biases. Be ethical and equitable in your decisions and caring.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Foundations of Community Health Work
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- describe the values, philosophies and ethical considerations relevant to case work in the community services sector;
- describe the considerations required for a case worker to effectively plan, coordinate, deliver, evaluate and improve activity in a community services context;
- distinguish between public and private issues arising in community development work; and
- discuss personal biases in the context of their influence on delivery of ethical and equitable case work services in the community sector.
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
This subject introduces the essential knowledge and skills you will need to advance you career in community health and welfare, with opportunities for you to use self-reflective practice to develop personally and professionally for effective community sector case work. With an emphasis on the ethics, values and philosophies underpinning community health work, you will build theoretical foundations to apply when providing community services. Examining distinctions between private and public issues in community development work, you will learn to effectively plan, coordinate, deliver, evaluate and improve community service activities. You will also explore ways to optimise individual outcomes when working in socially and culturally diverse settings.
Assessment 1: 1000 words (equivalent). Activities, group work, quiz. Relates to Learning Outcomes: 1-4;
Assessment 2: 1500 word (equivalent). Written assignment. Relates to Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 4;
Assessment 3: 2000 word (equivalent). Written assignment. Relates to Learning Outcomes: 1-4.- Assessment 2 - Written assignment (40%)
- Assessment 3 - Written assignment (50%)
- Assessment 1 - May include activities such as online group work, online quiz, and online participation. (10%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UNE-CWW-DIP-2024 - Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing
Others
Candidature in the Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. Please refer students to link for requirements: UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
- Other requirements -
Textbook requirements:
Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Diploma in Community Welfare and Wellbeing
UndergraduateUNE-CWW-DIP