Faculty of Education and Social Work
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SOCWORK 723 - Social Work in the NZ Context
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Course description
15 points
Examines the history, policy, law, social patterns, trends and issues that contribute to the working environment for bicultural social work practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Content will encourage an understanding of the organisational, statutory and community context of social services, professional practice and the reflective social worker operating in settings that can be examined, challenged and changed.
Course director
Irene De Haan
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Learning outcomes
At completion of this course, students will be able to:- Demonstrate familiarity with the historical, organisational and legal framework for social service delivery in New Zealand
- Articulate the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi for the design and delivery of social work services in New Zealand
- Demonstrate familiarity with key legislative principles and provisions that shape social work practice in New Zealand
- Demonstrate familiarity with the policy context as it affects social work in New Zealand
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Delivery modes
Weekly lecture
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Currently scheduled classes
2018 Epsom (Semester 1): 3 hour block weekly sessions on Wednesdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm from 28 Feb to 30 May except on 4th, 11th, 18th, April, and 9th May.
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Take this course
This course can be taken as a taught course in the following programmes:
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School
Counselling, Human Services, and Social Work
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