Faculty of Education and Social Work
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SOCWORK 757 - Policy Appraisal and Innovation in Human Services
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Course description
30 points
Enables students to assess the construction and performance of policy in fields of social and human service practice. Explores contemporary policy, comparative policy analysis, research-led policy development, programme monitoring and evaluation. Examines practitioner responsibility for policy appraisal to enable practitioners to become conversant with policy innovation and change in professional settings.
Course director
Phil Harington
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Learning outcomes
At completion of this course, students will be able to:- Critically appraise the policy field in a selected setting in human services.
- Identify and review relevant literature and historical background to a selected topic.
- Critically assess the impact of policy against objectives and the effect of the policy in relevant practice domains and communities.
- Show how policy options can be characterised and assessed against appropriate criteria for adoption.
- Select and advocate for a preferred option in a chosen setting.
- Identify evaluation strategies that can inform policy review and on-going innovation.
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Delivery modes
Block Intensive (intensive on campus days)
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Currently scheduled classes
2018 Epsom (Semester 1): Block session on Thursdays 1st, 15th, 29th March, 19th April, 10th and 24th May from 9:00am to 4:00pm
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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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