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SOWK28003 Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan

Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan

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General Information

Overview

The unit explores multifaceted personal, interpersonal, cultural, and contextual factors influencing bio-psycho-social-spiritual health and well-being and human development across the lifespan. You will critically examine the dominant, normative discourses on health, including physical health and disability, mental health, drug and alcohol use/abuse, gender and sexual identity, child development, and the aging process. You will examine the implications for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and diverse populations and alternative culturally responsive psychosocial assessments. You will assess the impact of socioeconomic status, life opportunities, trauma, and environmental challenges on health and well-being. Additionally, you will critique theories of grief and loss, trauma, and resilience, identifying the risks to well-being and sources of resilience. You will integrate this knowledge with professional values and ethics to develop your communication skills for conducting holistic social work assessments and interventions through case studies and role plays in health settings. Engaging in critical reflective practice, you will address biases and power relations and ensure ethical, culturally sensitive approaches. Throughout the unit, particular consideration will be given to the ongoing impact of colonisation, displacement and discrimination on the physical and mental health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and integrating culturally sensitive psychosocial assessments to decolonise practice and build partnerships with First Nations people.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate

Unit Level: Level 8

Credit Points: 6

Student Contribution Band: 10

Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

There are no requisites for this unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Sydney

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).