Details for Case Management

Awards offering Case Management

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Graduate Certificate in Arts
• Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing Studies
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Social Science
• Master of Arts

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Critically analyse range of theories and approaches to case management;
2. Describe the case management process and its function within the human services and client empowerment;
3. Identify and describe appropriate service approaches to various client situations and demonstrate a reflective practice.

Subject Content

• The generalist human service approach to practice
• The case management approach and frameworks
• Case management responses to common presenting problems or community issues
• Case studies around the case management framework and its usefulness within the human service sector
• Self-reflective practice and professional development and the usefulness of these tools within the human services
• Research into the many roles that professionals may have within the human services such as advocate, broker, facilitator, mediator
• The definition and theoretical underpinnings of human services
• An overview of Australian, and particularly the local, human service system/agencies
• Specific social issues (e.g. domestic and family violence)
• Where counsellors, chaplains and community workers may fit within the human services

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Onsite (face-to-face)
• Online (e-Learning)
• Intensives

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Minor Essay (30%)
• Major Essay (40%)
• Case Study (30%)

Prescribed Text

• Geldard, D., Geldard K. & Foo, R. (2017). Basic personal counselling (8th ed). Cengage Learning Australia

Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any texts.