FVP:UVSRPCD011 Teorie a metody sociální práce - Course Information

UVSRPCD011 Teorie a metody sociální práce

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Helena Kolibová, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Helena Kolibová, CSc.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Public Administration and Social Policy (programme FVP, SPPczv)

Course objectives

The course is designed to provide basic theoretical background in social work. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the approaches of social work in the context of the historical development of society and of the field. It introduces students to the role and position of applied and theoretical social work and applied and theoretical social services in the context of Act no. 108/2006 Coll., On social services. The greatest attention is paid to the distinction between application of social work and social services based on the areas (counselling, treatment, prevention) and forms (residential, outpatient, outreach) of social services as defined in the aforementioned Act. After completing the course, students will be well informed on the issue of the origins of socially exclusive events, their causes, diagnosis and types of redress in the process of social inclusion. Students will be able to create, present and defend a case study of individual, group or community social work. Study Outcomes: Professional Knowledge: Students can define basic concepts of social work, social services, social pathology and describe them in the context of the development of society. They can describe basic steps of social work, i.e. from screening tests to the completion of the intervention. They are familiar with basic legislation related to social work, including public finance and social policy, and the methods of financing social services. Professional Skills: Students are able to diagnose social issues based on case histories, propose solutions in the form of social work in institutions offering social work or social services. Students can recognize forms and areas of social services provided and register the social service or social service provider at the regional office in accordance with the above mentioned law. Students are equipped with empathetic and cognitive communication settings according to the type of client. General Qualification: Students can present and defend their ideas on the provision of social assistance. Their presentation and communication skills are transferable not only to other fields, but also to everyday life.

Syllabus

• 1. Basic definitions, concepts, paradigms and dilemmas of social work
  2. The object and mission of social work and social services, according to Law no. 108/2006 Coll., On social services
  3. Selected theory of social work
  4. Education, skills and supervisory support for social workers and social service workers
  5. Individual Work Case
  6. Analysis of the basic methods of work with client
  7. Methodology of Social Work with a group
  8th Methodology for community work
  9. Standards of quality of social services
  10th Social Services Quality Standards
  11. Methods of social work with a selected group
  12. Methods of social work with a selected group
  13. Summary
  Seminar
  The seminars are based on the issues of social work discussed in the lectures, which are dealt with in the forms of case studies. Student will be assigned tasks to create the case according to the assigned issue as follows: case history creation, diagnosis, defining the methods of social services or social work, describing a real provider of social services, including the description of the founder and financing, creation of a time-line of social assistance and feedback on the solution to the problem.
  

Literature

required literature
• Vyhláška č. 505/2006 Sb. info
• Zákon č. 108/2006 Sb., o sociálních službách, v platném znění. info
• GULOVÁ, L. Sociální práce. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3379-1. info
• LEVICKÁ, J. Sociálna práca I. Trnava: Oliva Vydavateľstvo, 2007. ISBN 978-80-969454-2-9. info
• MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Sociální služby. Legislativa, ekonomika, plánování, hodnocení. Praha: Portál, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7367-310-9. info
• ÚLEHLA, I. Umění pomáhat: učebnice metod sociální praxe. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005. ISBN 978-80-86429-36-6. info
• DAVIES, M. (ed.). The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work. Malden, Oxford, Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, 2000. info

recommended literature
• TOLAN, J. Na osobu zaměřený přístup v poradenství a psychoterapii. Praha:Portál, 2006. info
• SHEAFOR, B. W., HOREJSI, CH. R. Techniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice. 7th edition. Boston: Pearson Education, 2006. info
• MATOUŠEK, O., KOLÁČKOVÁ, J., KODYMOVÁ, P.(eds.). Sociální práce v praxi. Specifika různých cílových skupin a práce s nimi. Praha: Portál, 2005. info
• MUSIL, L. "Ráda bych vám pomohla, ale-": dilemata práce s klienty v organizacích. Brno: Marek Zeman, 2004. ISBN 80-903070-1-9. info
• MATOUŠEK, a kol. Metody a řízení sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2003. info
• MATOUŠEK, O. Slovník sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-549-0. info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, I. Metody sociální práce. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1994. ISBN 80-85850-00-1. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.

Teacher's information

In the consultations, students will be assigned monitoring tasks in written form with the topics copying the current situation in the society, in social work or in social services. The outputs of the monitoring tasks will be interpreted at consultations. Students will be able to continuously consult the topics specified in the monitoring tasks in the consultation hours provided.
The instructor will notify the students on the topics that have not been fully lectured for them to seek in the compulsory literature or at the e-learning site.

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