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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
The mental health field needs future leaders with essential personal characteristics and the skills to empower others, fostering a workplace conducive to mental wellbeing. This unit develops students' practical skills in community engagement, diplomacy, and coaching, crucial for effective leadership in the Australian human services sector. Students learn to plan, implement, and evaluate strategies to support mental health for diverse populations. Additionally, they reflect on mental health, education, legal, and social issues, aligning with government policies for equity and inclusion.
Student undertakes this unit in an accelerated delivery mode over eight weeks.
Students must have passed three units from the following MHC6100, MHC6105, MHC6120 and COU6506 in order to enrol in this unit
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will be encouraged to undertake reflective practice and self-care and develop strong communication, critical thinking and self management skills.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Reflective Practice | Leading mental health initiatives self-assessment and development plan | 30% |
| Presentation | Leading workplace psychosocial risk management change | 20% |
| Report | Workplace mental health needs assessment and intervention plan | 50% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
The mental health field needs future leaders with essential personal characteristics and the skills to empower others, fostering a workplace conducive to mental wellbeing. This unit develops students' practical skills in community engagement, diplomacy, and coaching, crucial for effective leadership in the Australian human services sector. Students learn to plan, implement, and evaluate strategies to support mental health for diverse populations. Additionally, they reflect on mental health, education, legal, and social issues, aligning with government policies for equity and inclusion.
Student undertakes this unit in an accelerated delivery mode over eight weeks.
Students must have passed three units from the following MHC6100, MHC6105, MHC6120 and COU6506 in order to enrol in this unit
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will be encouraged to undertake reflective practice and self-care and develop strong communication, critical thinking and self management skills.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Reflective Practice | Leading mental health initiatives self-assessment and development plan | 30% |
| Presentation | Leading workplace psychosocial risk management change | 20% |
| Report | Workplace mental health needs assessment and intervention plan | 50% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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