WEL420 Working in Child Protection (8)
Enrolment Restriction: Only available to B.Social Science (Social Welfare) and B/Social Work students enrolling in their final year and to post graduate students in the following programs; Master of Child and Adolescent Welfare, Master of Arts (Child Protection Investigation), Graduate Diploma in Human Services(Child and Adolescent Welfare), Graduate Diploma in Child Protection Investigation.
Not for students who have previously completed WEL404 Child Protection 1.
Internet access is essential to the study of this subject.
This subject provides students with a frame of reference for the professional role of social workers, welfare workers and police officers engaged in the statutory protection of children and young people. Students will develop an integrated knowledge and skill base relevant to statutory child protection practice and be able to critically reflect upon the impact of the child protection work upon themselves, their professional practice with clients and the wider community.