HPY727 - Working with Diverse Populations
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H744 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include weekly educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 2 hour online seminar per fortnight |
| In-person attendance requirements | Students are to attend 2 x 1 day practical experience (1 day at Burwood campus, 1 day at Waterfront campus). Dates of practical experiences to be advised at the start of the trimester. |
Content
This unit will encourage awareness of the impact of diversity when working with a range of clients in a range of services. Students will learn to adapt their professional practice so they can work competently, ethically and sensitively with diverse groups of people.
A broad interpretation of diversity will be encouraged, namely people who differ from the students in ways such as age, gender, race, culture, language, sexual orientation, geography, socio-economic status, educational attainment, cognitive capacity and/or spiritual orientation. Experts from the field will encourage a sensitive curiosity in practice and introduce guidelines on how to engage, assess and treat: forensic clients, people with alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues, those with cognitive impairment or intellectual disability (ID), LGBTIQ+ and gender diverse people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations. In addition, information on how to identify and access support available for forensic, CALD, LGBTIQ+, ID and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be provided.
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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