SWK 601 - Social Work Practice III: Family and Community Practice

Develops knowledge and advanced skills in approaches that effectively enhance, preserve, and restore family functioning within a community context. Focuses on the knowledge base for work with families (and the communities within which they live) who face the challenges of poverty, mental illness, minority status, family violence, sexual abuse, drug abuse, alcoholism, and major losses. Emphasizes developing advanced skills in assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Integrates the influence of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, developmental stage, organizations, the community and the wider societal context throughout the course.

Credits: 3