Human Services: Law and Social Policy
Issued by
Griffith University
Earners are effective practitioner advocates with problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork, cooperation and engagement skills. Earners are empowered to participate in and influence the social policy development process. Earners are equipped to be front-line human services workers with the tools needed to engage in effective advocacy that achieves change. Earners have examined the Australian system of government and the policy making process with a particular focus on influencing change.
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Earning Criteria
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Earners have critically described the nexus between law, policy and human services practice
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Earners are cognisant of practitioner legal obligations such as duty of care, provision of information, privacy and confidentiality requirements
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Earners have described the various philosophical frameworks that inform particular models of welfare, policy development and legal reasoning
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Earners have read and understand key aspects of selected legislation
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Earners have described how social policy and law are made and understand factors influencing its implementation and application in practice
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Earners have identified and critiqued different policy development and advocacy frameworks and their impact on policy and legislative reforms
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Earners have described and analysed the practices and structures of systems of government and law in Australia that contribute to policy formation