HSW201 - Human Rights and Social Justice: Values, Ethics and the Legal Context of Social Work
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Waterfront (Geelong), Online^ with significant campus requirements, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H330 |
| Prerequisite: | One of HSW101 or ASK101 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | MLS231 |
| 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 educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 2 hour lecture per week supported by weekly online independent and collaborative learning activities. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | Online students only: Online independent and collaborative learning activities will support learning across the trimester. NIKERI-CBD students only: Online independent and collaborative learning activities including online practical experiences (workshops). |
| In-person attendance requirements | Campus students only: 1 x 2 hour lecture per week. Campus students are required to attend at least 9 out of the 11 lectures. Online students only: All online students must attend a compulsory 1 day intensive at the Geelong-Waterfront Campus at which core practical learning requirements will be taught. View intensive dates and locations. NIKERI-CBD students only: There are compulsory intensives for all students at the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. These intensives are arranged by year-level. Please contact the NIKERI Social Work Course Team for more information on 1800 063 383. |
| Note: | *National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only. |
Content
This unit is underpinned by a commitment to ‘reclaiming the ethical’ – a progressive approach to ethics in social work. This approach recognises the neoliberal context of practice, reasserts progressive social work values and engages in critical analysis of how social work ethics is framed. In particular, this unit will provide an opportunity for students to critically analyse the values and ethics of the social work profession, including the ethical and legal responsibilities that emanate from these values. Students will examine key approaches to ethics in social work, in particular human rights and social justice; codes of ethics, and ethical responsibilities that are derived from these as well as the legal context of practice.
Hurdle requirement
Online students only:
Attendance at a 1 day intensive held during trimester at Waterfront (Geelong) campus. 2025 intensive dates and locations information will be available mid November.
NIKERI students:
Students must also attend and participate in 2 x 5 day (10 days) intensives at the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute, Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus.
Unit Fee Information
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