FVP:UPPVMP041 Social Work - Course Information

UPPVMP041 Social Work

Extent and Intensity

13/0/0. 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: PhDr. Mgr. Jan Viktorin, Ph.D.

Timetable

Wed 11:25–12:10 C303, except Wed 17. 5. ; and Wed 17. 5. 11:25–12:10 C206

Prerequisites (in Czech)

FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)

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

• Special Education (programme FVP, SPEP)

Course objectives

The course objective is to understand the work of a social worker who, in the context of social services, uses their competences on persons with different types and degrees of disability. The course will focus not only on principles and theory of social work, but also on the concretization of social work in exemplative instruction and in facilities of the social service type, and on 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.

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.
• 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.

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

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

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