Unit of Study SWRK6002 Social Work in Groups and Communities (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Enrolment information

Full-time students are advised to take this unit at the same time as SWRK6001 Social Work across the Lifespan. Students are required to meet participation requirements in this unit. Attendance is compulsory. All online students must attend a 3.5-day residential and Gold Coast students must attend four seminars across the term. Further details, including dates, will be advised via the Blackboard site. This unit should be completed after SWRK5001, SWRK5002, and SWRK5004.

Unit description

Develops students' understanding of skills in social work practice in groups and communities. Encourages students to identify the potential of both community development and group work in addressing social justice and human rights issues as they impact on a range of different communities. Enables students to consider different modes of group work practice, including support groups and therapeutic groups.

Unit content

Introduction to community development and group work
Theoretical approaches to groupwork and groupwork in community development
Groupwork in community development using social justice lens
Cultural safety in working with diverse communities
Types of groupwork and operating group in community setting
Skills for working in groups and community practice - linking the global and local groups

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term2	Term2
Online	Term2	Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically analyse and apply different theoretical approaches to group work and community development practice in social work

critically analyse the potential for group and community work to address social justice and human rights concerns, particularly with respect to cultural safety and linking the local with the global

demonstrate skills and critically reflect on own contribution, engagement and knowledge in working with diverse groups and communities

critically analyse different modes of group and community work and the implications for practice, articulating this through diverse media

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Seminar 3 x 7 hours + 1 x 3.5 hours (4 seminars during the term)

Assessment
Presentation	30%
Reflective writing	50%
Participation	SR
Quiz	20%

Teaching method

Residential 7 hours x 3.5 days (Once during term)

Assessment
Presentation	30%
Reflective writing	50%
Participation	SR
Quiz	20%

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Fee information

Domestic

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