Course: Individual internship

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Course title Individual internship
Course code KPZ/P2PIS
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čermák Zdeněk, PhDr.
Course content
Individual internship takes place in social service facilities, e.g. in nursing home, day centres, in facilities providing early care social services, personal assistance, in shelters, facilities providing respite services, integration centres for foreigners, in social services for people with mental illness; the amount of hours is 30 hours/week. Students complete specified procedures, activities, and case studies contained in the "Record of activities, procedures, and other professional activities of the health and social worker".

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Monitoring
Learning outcomes
The aim of the individual internship is to develop professional competences of students, their abilities to engage in reflection and critical thinking, and to encourage continuing education through learning objectives and activities during the internship. Also, the aim is to enable them to gain practical skills and to compare theoretical ideas concerning health and social work with their practical implementation.
Students have experience with social relationships and ways of work in social service organizations under supervision of an authorized employee of the organization. They develop their professional competences, their abilities to engage in reflection and critical thinking, are able to compare the theoretical knowledge of health and social work with practice. Students use supervision as an integral part of the internship. Under supervision, they are able to address such questions that assist them to handle a variety of situations in their practice and to integrate experience and knowledge. In facilities providing social services, the weekly number of hours is set at 30 hours per week due to a practice requirement to complete only a 6-hour work shift.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KPZ/P1MS1 and KPZ/P2PZS

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Work-related product analysis

Completion of compulsory 100% attendance. Completion of specified procedures, activities, and case studies contained in the "Record of activities, procedures, and other professional activities of the health and social worker".
Recommended literature
  • Záznamník činností, úkonů a jiných odborných aktivit zdravotně - sociálního pracovníka.
  • HAWKINS, P.; SHOHET, R. Supervize v pomáhajících profesích. Praha: Portál, 2004.
  • JANEBOVÁ, R. Posuzování životní situace v sociální práci: sborník z konference V. Hradecké dny sociální práce, Hradec Králové 2008. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2008. ISBN 978-807-0414-194.
  • Levická, J. Kazuistický seminár zo sociálnej práce. Trnava: Slovak Akademic Press, 2004.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health and Social Worker (2014) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health and Social Worker (2013) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer