Course: Basics of Social Work

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Course title Basics of Social Work
Course code KPAD/7350
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Kratochvílová Ivana, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Characteristics of social work 2. Individual steps of social work 3. Historical development of social work 4. Social worker 5. Personality and competence requirements of social worker 6. Values in social work 7. Crisis intervention 8. Case study 9. Group work 10. Work with children and family 11. Community work 12. Management of social work 13. Ethics in social work

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the basic terminology in the area of social work. This course starts with the historical concepts of social work up to today's problems. The course is focused not only on the theory of social work, but also on practical methods of social work, including the concept of social worker, his/her personality traits, competence, praxis, and values in social work.
The student is familiar with the issue.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
According to the teacher's instructions
Recommended literature
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, Z., PELECH, L. Slabikář sociální práce na ulici. Brno: Doplněk, 2003. ISBN 80-7239-148-8.
  • KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ, I. Sociální práce ? propedeutikum.. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7414-506-3.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Encyklopedie sociální práce.. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0366-7.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Základy sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0211-0.
  • MATOUŠEK, O., KODYMOVÁ, P., KOLÁČKOVÁ, J. Sociální práce v praxi. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-818-0.
  • RŮŽIČKA, J. Komunitní a skupinová psychoterapie v české perspektivě.. Praha: triton, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7387-467-4.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. a kol. Krize a krizová intervence.. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-5327-0.


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