SOCW 475

Child Welfare Practice

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

An opportunity to explore all aspects of child welfare practice with a particular focus on balancing the issues of power and authority with helping approaches, identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas, and developing community based approaches to serving families and children. Students will explore their own conceptual and philosophical orientation to child welfare practice.

Prerequisites: 323, or 311 and 312.

Pre- or corequisites: 323 or 413.

Undergraduate course in Social Work offered by the School of Social Work in the Faculty of Human and Social Development.