Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Tobia Fattore
Contact via By email
Level 2, South Wing, Australian Hearing Hub Building
By appointment
Tutor
Phillipa Bellemore
Contact via By email
Level 2, South Wing, Australian Hearing Hub Building
By appointment.
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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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Program Design Presentation | 25% | No | Weeks 13 and 14 |
Program Design Paper | 20% | No | November 17 (End of Week 14) |
Reflection Papers | 45% | No | Week 5; Week 13 |
Participation | 10% | No | Ongoing |
Due: Weeks 13 and 14
Weighting: 25%
For MQ Internal Students
From Week 3 students will work together in small groups to design a human services program. This group work will culminate in a presentation of the program in Weeks 13 and 14 (times to be allocated) during the times usually devoted to the lecture and tutorials. In addition, students will be required to submit a short paper, based on their presentation, which outlines the key features of their program design (see below).
This will be a guided activity with the weekly tutorials devoted to tasks designed to assist in the cumulative process of developing a human services program. However, additional research will be required by students to obtain the resources they require to inform their program design.
For MQ External and OUA Students
From Week 3 students will work either individually or in small groups to design a human services program. This work will culminate in a presentation of the program to be provided in Weeks 13 and 14. This can be undertaken on-campus, via a live digital presentation or submission of a digital recording of the presentation. This will be arranged during the semester. The presentation should be approximately 20 minutes in length.
This will be a guided activity with each week’s discussion forums designed to assist in the cumulative process of developing a human services program. However, additional research will be required by students to obtain the resources they require to inform their program design.
In addition, students will be required to submit a short paper, based on their presentation, which outlines the key features of their program design (see below).
For All Students - MQ Internal, External and OUA
To undertake this exercise effectively, you/your group will initially need to identify a human services field within which you can develop a program (or human services innovation). Related to this is identifying a need that your program intends to address. These could be for example, a program for ‘at-risk youth’, an early-intervention and prevention program for children, a programs to address isolation among older people, or a service program to meet the needs of recently active military personnel. The choice is up to you.
The presentation should address the following components/questions (that will be used as a guide during the tutorials):
Due: November 17 (End of Week 14)
Weighting: 20%
Length: 1,500 words maximum (Not including appendices, figures, tables or references)
For All Students - MQ Internal, External and OUA
In addition to the Program Design presentation, students must individually submit a paper describing one aspect of the program that has been designed as part of the Program Design activity.
If students have designed the program as a group, group members must submit the individual paper on different elements of the program. For example group member A will submit a paper on potential demand for the program group member B will submit an overview of the program and group member C will submit a budget with justification etc.
If students have designed the program individually, you will be required to submit a paper on one aspect of the program only.
Due: Week 5; Week 13
Weighting: 45%
Weight: Paper 1 (15%); Paper 2 (30%)
Due: Paper 1 End of Week 5 (September 1); Paper 2 End of Week 13 (November 10)
Length: Paper 1 - 1000 words (not including references, tables and appendices); Paper 2 - 2000 words (not including references, tables and appendices);
For All Students MQ Internal, External and OUA Students
The other major assessment component for SOC322/SOCX322 will be two reflection papers, one due at the end of Week 5 the other due at the end of Week 13.
As the tutorials / discussion forums will be devoted to the program design, the two reflection papers will assess student engagement with the core concepts and themes presented in the lectures and readings. Students will therefore be required to submit two reflection papers that must utilise a range of the readings set for the course supplemented by other academic scholarship relevant to the topic.
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 10%
MQ Internal Students
Attendance at the tutorial each week is required. All students will be assigned a mark for participation in the workshop based on your contribution and involvement in tutorial activities throughout the semester.
Your attendance at tutorials will be recorded each week.
MQ External and OUA Students
Your participation will be assessed on the basis of your involvement in the weekly Discussion Forums set up for you each week. These will also be guided by discussion points related to the program design activity
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:
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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 |
13-14 |
Program Design Presentations |
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