Course: Community Social Work

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Course title Community Social Work
Course code KPZ/P6KOP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
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)
  • Kmentová Kateřina, Mgr.
Course content
Introduction to the issues, the concept of community. History of community work. Community work as a method of social work. Macro-theory of community work. Micro-theory of social work, communitarianism. Models of community work. Community work in the conditions of Czech social work. The basics of learning about the community. Community project - cooperation of different participants. Involving citizens in community projects. Motivating different groups to participate in community events. Planning in the community.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the essential theoretical basis and models of community work.
Student knows the basic concepts from the field of community work, he/ she can apply the methods of social work with a company on a practical level and create community projects.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The fulfilment of compulsory attendance at lectures and seminars. Processing of assigned written work/ community project. Written test or oral exam fulfilment according to course guarantor decision.
Recommended literature
  • GOJOVÁ, A. Teorie a modely komunitní práce. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2006.
  • HEYWOOD, P. Comunity planning - sustaining active societies. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  • JAROŠOVÁ, D. Úvod do komunitního ošetřovatelství. Praha: Grada, 2007.
  • KAPPL, M. Konstruktivismus v sociální práci s komunitou. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2009.
  • KELLER, J. Soumrak sociálního státu. 1. vyd. Praha: Slon, 2006.
  • LEDWITH, M. Community development in action: putting Freire into practice. Bristol: Policy Press, 2016.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Metody a řízení sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2013.
  • PILÁT, M. Komunitní plánování sociálních služeb v současné teorii a praxi. Praha: Portál, 2015.
  • ŠŤASTNÁ, J. Když se řekne komunitní práce. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Karolinum, 2016.
  • WEIL, M.; REISCH, M.; OHMER, M. L. The handbook of community practice. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2013.


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