Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Tobia Fattore
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is based on an exploration of the concept of care and its meaning in a range of different human service developments such as mental health, childcare, child protection, disability services and aged care. A starting point for these discussions is an examination of the ideas of care. We explore the links between informal supports, typically, although not exclusively, provided by women within families and households; and formal supports as provided by professional, trained and untrained staff, through organisations and other, often newly emergent, systems of support. Drawing together the fields of social theory and applied research, this unit provides an opportunity to examine responses to changing concepts of human need for interpersonal support. You will be able to learn from policy makers and practitioners working in this field, and analyse current research on care and human services in Australia and other comparable countries.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Human Services Concept Paper | 30% | No | September 9 (End of Week 6) |
Innovation Review | 40% | No | November 11 (End of Week 13) |
Tutorial Participation | 20% | No | Weekly |
Reading Summaries | 10% | No | Weeks 2-12 |
Due: September 9 (End of Week 6)
Weighting: 30%
Length: 1,500 words maximum (Not including references)
You must select a theoretical concept that is used to understand the manner in which care is organised in society.
Your task is to describe what the concept is and its relevance to understanding care and or human services, using academic literature on the concept. You will be required to:
This assessment aims to develop your understanding of how care is socially organised and the value of social theory for understanding practical issues associated with the provision of human services and care.
More details are provided on the iLearn page.
Due: November 11 (End of Week 13)
Weighting: 40%
Length: 2,500 words maximum (Not including appendices, figures, tables or references)
Identify one recent innovation in human service delivery in Australia or one overseas country and critically examine its characteristics, the logic for its introduction, and its current or potential contribution to policy. The review should also discuss links between the development of the innovation and broader processes of social, demographic and political change.
The review should be with reference to an innovation that relates to one or several of the following fields of human services:
• aged care;
• disability services;
• mental health;
• child protection;
• child care;
• health care; or
• supported accommodation.
Some examples of the innovations that could be considered include:
• case management innovations;
• consumer-directed care;
• service contracting arrangements;
• improvements in service coordination; or
• innovative servicing arrangements for a particular client group.
More detailed guidelines for undertaking this assignment are provided on the iLearn page.
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 20%
MQ Internal Student Presentation Requirements
Attendance at the tutorial each week is required. All students will be assigned a mark for participation in the workshop based on:
MQ External and OUA Student Presentation Requirements
MQ External Students
You will be required to undertake a small group presentation on one of the weekly tutorial topics, similar to the requirement for on-campus students. This will require you to form small groups of 3-4 external students and develop a presentation based on the weekly readings for one of the weeks.The presentation, which should be approximately 20 minutes in length, can be submitted either as a video link or presented on-campus.
OUA Students
You will be required to develop an individual presentation on one of the weekly tutorial topics. The presentation, which should be approximately 10 minutes in length, can be submitted as a video link or presented by organising a zoom or skype meeting with the unit convenor. This will be presented individually.
MQ External and OUA Students
Additionally, your participation will be assessed on the basis of your responses to the weekly course readings through the Discussion Forums set up for you each week. As a guide, each response should be approximately 100 words in length and should focus on the issues you see as important in regard to the week’s topic. Please read other contributions and engage with them in your postings to the forum.
There will also be guided discussion points that will be posted for your use in the course of the unit.
Due: Weeks 2-12
Weighting: 10%
From Week 2 – 12 all students (MQ internal, MQ external and OUA students) will be required to submit on a weekly basis a summary of one of the set readings for the week.
In your own words briefly express the main idea, arguments and other relevant details of your selected reading. Your purpose in writing the summary is to give the basic ideas of the reading and relate it to the weekly topic. What was it about and what did the author(s) want to communicate?
The reading summary should be no longer than 150 words. A summary could include the following:
The teaching program consists of:
Readings are set each week and are available through the MQ Library Unit Readings function.
While there are no required textbooks for this unit, the following are useful texts for students undertaking this unit:
Week |
Topic |
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Introduction: Human Services in the 21st Century |
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Understanding care: Contested definitions and perspectives |
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Formal and Informal Care: The substitutability of care |
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Human services as Organisations: The value of organisational theory for understanding care |
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Total Institutions and the Critique of Institutional Models of Care |
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Reinventing Human Services: Alternatives to Institutional Models of Care |
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The Political Economy of Human Service Provision |
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Working in the Human Services |
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Historical Site Visit – Details to be advised |
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Care around the World |
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The Future of Human Services: Biotechnology and the Bioethics of Care |
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Conclusion: Multiple perspectives on Human Services in the 21st Century |
13 |
Study week – No classes |
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