UPPVMK041 Social Work

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Fabián, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Ladislav Průša, CSc.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Silberová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K) && ROCNIK(2)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to understand the work of a social worker and a special pedagogue who, within the framework of social services, uses their competences for people with different types and degrees of disability. The subject will focus not only on the principles and theory of social work, but also on the concretization of professional work within the framework of exemplary teaching and on social-type facilities and their characteristics.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge:
- students demonstrate knowledge of basic notions and theoretical concepts of social services within the responsibility of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic
- students know the key underlying principles and theories relating to social work
- students describe social services within a single facility
- students know the context relevant for the issues of implementing social work with disabled people under the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
- students are familiar with the categorization of social work and social services
Professional skills:
- students can independently locate, critically evaluate and objectively sort out facts regarding social services of the Czech Republic
- students can assess the needs and requirements for the care of disabled people from the social point of view
- students can independently analyze social services within individual facilities
General qualification:
- students can independently discuss the burning issues of at least the basics of the contemporary discipline of social work which is especially relevant in the context of special pedagogy
- students know the theoretical basis of selected social work and can apply them in practice
Syllabus
  • 1. Social services for individuals with health disabilities. Basic types and forms of social services.
  • 2. Role and personality of social workers. Dilemmas of social work - e.g. support and social control. Theory of social work (psychodynamic, humanistic, critical, communication models, cognitive-behavioural, task-oriented, feminist, anti-oppressive, ecological).
  • 3. Supervision in social work.
  • 4. Daily service accessibility centres, day care centres, week care centres.
  • 5. Homes for disabled people, special regimen homes.
  • 6. Sheltered accommodation, social therapeutic workshops, social rehabilitation centres.
  • 7. Early care workplaces.
  • 8. Methods of social work with individuals with mental disabilities.
  • 9. Methods of social work with individuals with physical disabilities.
  • 10. Methods of social work with individuals with hearing impairment.
  • 11. Methods of social work with individuals with visual impairments.
  • 12. Methods of social work with individuals with ASD.
Literature
    required literature
  • BRUTHANSOVÁ, D., JEŘÁBKOVÁ, V. Možnosti řešení sociálních důsledků zdravotního postižení - synergické efekty a bílá místa současné právní úpravy. Praha: VÚPSV, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7416-103-2.
  • GUGGENBÜHL-CRAIG, A. Nebezpečí moci v pomáhajících profesích. Praha: Portál, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7367-302-4.
  • MACKOVÁ, M. Sociální práce s handicapovanými [CD-ROM]. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7435-452-6.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Základy sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0211-0.
  • NAVRÁTIL, P. Teorie a metody sociální práce. Brno: Marek Zeman, 2001. ISBN 80-903070-0-0.
  • FABIÁN, P. Teorie a metody sociální práce. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
  • FABIÁN, Petr. Možná to jde i jinak: teorie a metody v sociální práci (Maybe it's different: theories and methods in social work.). 1st ed. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2021, 174 pp. monografie. ISBN 978-80-7560-368-5. info
    recommended literature
  • ONDREJKOVIČ, P. (ed.) Sociálna patológia. Bratislava: VEDA, 2009. ISBN 80-7372-448-1.
  • PAYNE, M. Modern social work theory. Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0230249608.
  • SYŘIŠŤOVÁ, E. a kol. Normalita osobnosti. Praha: AVICENTUM, 1972.
  • URBAN, L. Sociologie: klíčová témata a pojmy. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-5774-2.
  • URBANOVÁ, M. Sociální kontrola a právo. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003. ISBN 80-210-3199-9.
  • URBANOVÁ, M. Systémy sociální kontroly a právo. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2006. ISBN 80-86-898-94-6.
  • STANHOPE, V. Social Work and Integrated Health Care. Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0190607296.
    not specified
  • BAŠTECKÁ, B., ČERMÁKOVÁ, V., KINKOR, M. Týmová supervize: teorie a praxe. Praha: Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-0940-9.
  • KRHUTOVÁ, L. Komunikace v kontextu sociální práce s klienty se zdravotním postižením [CD-ROM]. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7464-411-5.
  • MACUROVÁ, M. I bez sluchu se domluvíme: sociální práce s osobami se sluchovým postižením: sborník výstupů projektu. Praha: Centrum pro komunitní práci střední Čechy, 2018. ISBN 978-80-87809-60-0.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. Metody a řízení sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-502-8.
  • RIEGER, Z. Loď skupiny: inspirace pro současné i budoucí lodivody ve skupinové terapii. Praha: Portál, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7367-222-5.
Teaching methods
Theoretical lecture with a practical demonstration of work on a selected case study using reflective teams and reteaming.
Assessment methods
Knowledge of basic literature and lectures, elaboration of a project on a selected social service for disabled individuals.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
In course of continuous study, students use the study material, processing it to fulfil selected correspondence assignments which will be discussed in conclusion of the course. At the exam, students demonstrate knowledge of compulsory literature and lectures of the in-person instruction. Students will be able to continuously consult the topics studied individually or in teams, via e-mail, or in consultations upon request.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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