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SPP820 Micro Social Work

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jitka Navrátilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Supervisor

prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work - Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Sat 7. 3. 10:00–11:40 U41, Sat 4. 4. 10:00–11:40 U41, Sat 23. 5. 10:00–11:40 U41

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Case Social Work)

Course objectives

This course focuses on the skills and processes used by a range of helping practitioners to interact with clients to explore the nature of their situations and concerns. Primary purpose of this course is support and development of knowledge and skill counselling interview. Main objectives of this course can be summarized as follows: understand the contexts of modern interviewing practice; recognize processes and stages during counselling interview; to learn nonverbal and verbal skills used during counselling processes; to learn exploring clients expectations and goals of interview; to improve students abilities creatively work with clients during counselling interview. At the end of this course students should be able to manage professional counselling interview.

Syllabus

• The contexts of modern interviewing praktice
• Processes and stages dutiny counselling interview
• Basic Interviewing Skills
• Making the Initial Connection with Nonverbal and Verbal Skills
• Getting Started: How to Pay Attention to Chat the Klient Wants
• The Miracle Question: How to Amplify Chat Clients Want
• Exploring for Exceptions: Building on Klient Strengths and Successes
• Defining focus points in the interview
• General and Specific Commuinication Skills
• Applications methods using in counselling interview
• Self-care in Counselling

Literature

• GABURA, Ján and Jana PRUŽINSKÁ. Poradenský proces. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1995. 147 s. ISBN 80-85850-10-9. info
• ALLEN, Gina and Duncan LANGFORD. Effective interviewing in social work and social care :a practical guide. 1st ed. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. xii, 267 s. ISBN 978-1-4039-9503. info
• NICHOLS, Michael P. Zapomenuté umění naslouchat :(proč naslouchání vztahům prospívá). Edited by Jaro Křivohlavý, Translated by Michaela Šramlová. 1. vyd. Praha: Návrat domů, 2005. 300 s. ISBN 80-7255-106-X. info
• Práce s emocemi pro pomáhající profese :tělesně zakotvené prožívání. Edited by Karel Hájek. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2007. 119 s. ISBN 978-80-7367-346. info
• Nebezpečí moci v pomáhajících profesích. Edited by Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig, Translated by Petr Patočka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007. 113 s. ISBN 978-80-7367-302. info
• CAMERON, Helen. The counselling interview :a guide for the helping professions. 1st ed. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. x, 184 s. ISBN 978-1-4039-4727. info
• NOVOSAD, Libor. Základy speciálního poradenství. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2006. 159 s. ;. ISBN 80-7367-174-3. info

Assessment methods

final written test

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

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