SPP409 Social Work Methods II - Macro

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Kubalčíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 8:00–9:40 U34
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
This course is focused on the theoretical determination a method of approach macro-practice in social work. Is here presented the administative and participative approach to the change the social environment of the commmunities and theirs members. In more detail are discussed the methods of macro-practice on the examples as the community care and community planning, as well as are discussed in more detail the methods and practice of the need-assessment of diferent target group. Within the frame of this course students draw up a individual project of adaptation the social services to chosen target group in selected area. At the end of this coures, students should be able to: uderstand to theroretical context of macro-practice in social work; understand to the role of social worker in macro-practice; use the priciples of participative approach to the change of social environment of community; use the methods of needs-assessment chosen target groups in the field; use the basic principles of the community planning for the draw up the conception of social services in the locality;
Syllabus
  • The macro-practice and the change of the social environment of the community
  • The role of social work in the personal social services
  • Macro-practice as the part of the social work
  • Methodology of macro-practice: the administrative and participative approach
  • Methodology of macro-practice: the role of community social worker
  • The community planning in term of macro and micro social work practice
  • Methodology of the process of adaptation the personal social services
  • Determination of the problem, the target popuation and the participants of the change
  • The evaluation of the personal social services system in the locality and the needs-assessment
  • The Formulation of the goals and the program making
  • The Program implementation and the induvidual care plan
  • Monitoring
Literature
  • Obce, města, regiony a sociální služby. 1997. Socioklub, Praha.
  • Netting, F.E., Kettner, M.P., McMurtry, S. 1993. Social Work Macro Pracitce. Longman.New York, London.
  • Musil, Libor. 2003. Ráda bych Vám pomohla, ale...Dilemata práce s klienty v organizacích. Marek Zeman, Brno.
  • Průvodce procesem komunitního plánování sociálních služeb. 2004. MPSV ČR, Praha
  • Matoušek, Oldřích a kol. 2003. Metody a řízení sociální práce. Portál, Praha.
  • Fellin, P. 1995. The Community and the Social Worker. F.E. Peacock Publisher, Itasca.
  • HARDINA, Donna. Analytical skills for community organization practice. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002, xii, 390. ISBN 0231121806. info
  • Strategies of community intervention. Edited by Jack Rothman - John L. Erlich - John E. Tropman. 6th ed. Itasca: F.E. Peacock Publishers, 2001, xiv, 497. ISBN 0875814360. info
  • POWELL, Fred. The politics of social work. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2001, 186 s. ISBN 0761964126. info
  • BALDWIN, Mark W. Care management and community care : social work discretion and the construction of policy. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000, ix, 196. ISBN 075461283X. info
  • MCDONALD, Ann. Understanding community care :a guide for social workers. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1999, xiii, 265. ISBN 0-333-67592-4. info
Assessment methods
Used the teaching methods: lectures, class discussion, individual project, reading Completion of the course: 1 written test, written personal project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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