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Lecturer(s)
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Sychrová Adriana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Social work´s theory base and value base. Social work and modern society. Special social services for minorities, social exclusion. Legal and policy frameworks. Social work, poverty and welfare rights. Social work practise and families at risk. Social work practise and vulnerable children. Social work practise and alcohol and drug problems. Social work practise and people with disabilities. Social work practise and homeless and old people. Social work practise and asylum seekers and refugees.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
- Excursion
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact teaching
- 13 hours per semester
- Individual project
- 18 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 13 hours per semester
- Writing a seminar paper
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 36 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 36 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to introduce the students to social work´s theory base and special social services for marginal groups.
The students will enhance their knowledge in the field of Social Work with marginal groups.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Home assignment evaluation
Active participation in seminars and during an excursion. Seminar paper and its presentation.
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Recommended literature
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GOLDSTEIN, Eda G., Dennis MIEHLS a Shoshana RINGEL. Advanced clinical social work practice: relational principles and techniques. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780231143196.
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POLAKOW, V. & GUIILLEAN, C. (eds.). International Perspective on Homelessness. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2001. ISBN 978-1405182447.
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RUNCAN, Patricia-Luciana, Georgeta RAŢĂ a Ştefan COJOCARU, ed. Applied social sciences: social work. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4438-4329-4.
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SZALAVITZ, Maia a Bruce Duncan PERRY. Born for love: why empathy is essential - and endangered. New York, NY: William Morrow & Company, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-0-06-165679-8.
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WATERHOUSE, Lorraine a Janice MCGHEE, ed. Challenging child protection: new directions in safeguarding children. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015. ISBN 978-1-84905-395-2.
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