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SCWK4011: Domestic and Family Violence
2026 unit information
This unit of study explores the context and concepts associated with domestic and family violence. Students will examine the professional perspective of social work and learn how to critically engage across practice, policy, and research. Specific themes and topics include nature and extent of domestic and family violence, legal and services systems responses, dignity based social work practice to promote child and family wellbeing, how to address intersecting complexities in practice and learning how to collaborate with intention.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Social Work |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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(SCWK3005 or SCWK3015) and SCWK3011 and SCWK3012 and SCWK3013 and SCWK3014 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Articulate the aims of effective social work practice with survivors and/or perpetrators of domestic violence and/or child maltreatment, their families and communities
- LO2. Describe and develop strategies to achieve socially just outcomes for survivors
- LO3. Research, analyse and interpret contested theories hypothesising the aetiology of domestic violence and child maltreatment
- LO4. Apply a critical lens when assessing current legal and social service responses to prevent and address domestic violence and/or child maltreatment and to develop socially just social work responses
- LO5. Research, analyse, and interpret relevant Federal and State legislation and policy frameworks that guide legal and social responses to domestic violence and child maltreatment
- LO6. Apply principles of social work ethics, human rights and social justice to an analysis of legal and social responses to prevent and address domestic violence and child maltreatment
- LO7. Describe the nature and impact of institutional practices that parallel the tactics deployed by perpetrators of domestic violence and/or child maltreatment
- LO8. Develop individual and collective solutions that resist compounding the impact of violence, abuse and neglect on victims and/or survivors
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Intensive February - March 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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