Content

This unit builds upon the foundations created in Social and Community Services 1 in order to further explore the contextual, philosophical and practical concerns of contemporary social services that are being delivered by Christian faith-based agencies. There is a particular focus on management functions including program planning, service delivery and community development frameworks.

Unit code: DM2194B

Unit status: Archived (Major revision)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2

Unit discipline: Missiology

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Eva Burrows College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Describe the key principles that underpin community development approaches.

2.

Discuss the capacity for community development programs to impact structural disadvantage.

3.

Analyse the role of capacity building within community development programs.

4.

Demonstrate clear understanding of planning, managing and evaluating programs as they relate to the provision of social and community services.

5.

Describe the key features for effective community engagement processes.

Unit sequence

DA2/3193B Social and Community Services 1 or equivalent

Pedagogy

Lectures, tutorials, online videos, online meetings, class discussions, discussion boards

Indicative Bibliography

  • Bacchi, Carol. Analysing Policy: What’s the Problem Represented to be? Sydney: Pearson Education, 2009.
  • Beilharz, Linda. Building Community: The Shared Action Experience. Bendigo: Solutions Press, 2002.
  • Egan, Gerard. The Skilled Helper. 10th edition. Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole, 2013
  • Hughes, Philip. et al. Building Stronger Communities. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2007.
  • Judd, Stephen. et.al. Driven by purpose: Charities that make the difference. Greenwich, NSW: Hammond Press, 2012
  • Kenny, Susan.* Developing communities for the future: community development in Australia*. 5th edition. South Melbourne: Nelson Thomson Learning, 2016.
  • Kretzmann, John P. & John L. McKnight. Building Communities from the Inside out – a Path Towards Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets. Chicago: ACTA publications, 1993.
  • Mendes, Philip. Australia’s Welfare Wars Revisited. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2008.
  • Needham, Philip. Community in Mission: A Salvationist Ecclesiology. London: Campfield Press, 1987.
  • Payne, Malcolm. Modern Social Work Theory. 3rd edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillin, 2005.
  • Rans, Susan & Hilary Altman. Asset Based Strategies for faith Based Communities. Chicago: ACTA Publications, 2002.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

2,500 word Essay – Community development project proposal

2500 60.0
Tutorial Paper/Seminar Paper

1,500 word Tutorial paper and presentation

1500 40.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by LTC on 20 Jul, 2017

Unit record last updated: 2021-06-07 08:43:49 +1000