SPRn5007 Participatory Approach in Social Work with Clients

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Kubalčíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miloš Votoupal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Romana Dimmrothová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Kubalčíková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course to give the students theoretical background as well as the practical training to apply the participative approach with social work clients into the practice. In the first part of term are discussed the theories and concepts of participative approach. The second part focuses on application this approach into the practice with selected social situation (drug abuse, dependency of older people, childhood). In the third part the students making their own proposal of implementation the participative approach into the practice.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
- understand the historical, cultural and international context of constructing a participatory approach;
- understand the context of the application of the participatory approach in social work;
- understand the role of the social worker in the context of the participatory approach in working with clients;
- analyse the possibilities of applying the participatory approach in social work practice;
- analyse the limits and barriers to the application of the participatory approach in social work practice;
- compare the application of the participatory approach in the Czech Republic and other EU countries;
- to propose an argumentative project for the implementation of the participatory approach in social work practice in a selected organisation.
Syllabus
  • The main topics of the course: - introduction, terminology;
  • - citizenship, participation, participative governance;
  • - forms, levels and kinds of participation;
  • - role of social worker into the context of participation;
  • - participative approach in social work with children;
  • - participative approach in social work with people with handicap;
  • - participative approach in social work with older people;
  • - coopertaion, collaboration into the context of participation;
  • - limits of implementation the participative apprach into the social work practice.
Literature
    required literature
  • Smutek, M. (2013) Participativní vládnutí. In Matoušek, O. a kol. Encyklopedie sociální práce. Praha, Portál, pp. 250-251.
  • Musil, L. (2013) Administrativní (procedurální) přístup. In Matoušek, O. a kol. Encyklopedie sociální práce. Praha, Portál, pp. 104-106
  • Involving service users in social work education, research and policy : a comparative european analysis. Edited by Kristel Driessens - Vicky Lyssens-Danneboom. First published. Bristol: Policy press, 2022, xx, 247. ISBN 9781447358329. info
  • Young people's participation : revisiting youth and inequalities in Europe. Edited by Maria Bruselius-Jensen - Ilaria Pitti - E. Kay M. Tisdall. First published. Bristol: Policy Press, 2022, xiii, 311. ISBN 9781447345428. info
  • The Routledge handbook of service user involvement in human services research and education. Edited by Hugh McLaughlin - Peter Beresford - Colin Cameron - Helen Casey - Joe. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, xxviii, 54. ISBN 9781138360143. info
  • Youth active citizenship in Europe : ethnographies of participation. Edited by Shakuntala Banaji - Sam Mejias. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, xv, 256. ISBN 9783030357931. info
  • KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina. Participativní přístup (Participative approach). In Matoušek, O. a kol. Encyklopedie sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2013, p. 106-108. první vydání. ISBN 978-80-262-0366-7. info
  • Critical perspectives on user involvement. Edited by Marian Barnes - Phil Cotterell. 1st pub. Bristol: Policy press., 2012, xxvi, 269. ISBN 9781847427502. info
  • KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina and Anna KRCHŇAVÁ. Komunitní plánování jako prostor pro účast uživatelů na rozhodování: realita nebo iluze? (The Community Planning as the Place of User Participation in Decision Making Process: Reality or Fiction?). Sociální práce/ Sociálna práca. Brno: ASVSP, 2010, vol. 10, No 3, p. 110-121. ISSN 1213-6204. info
  • TANNER, Denise. Managing the ageing experience : learning from older people. Bristol: Policy Press, 2010, vii, 239. ISBN 9781861348869. info
  • ADAMS, Robert. Empowerment, participation, and social work. 4th ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, xvii, 238. ISBN 9780230019997. info
  • WARREN, Janet. Service user and carer participation in social work. Exeter: Learning Matters, 2007, xii, 141. ISBN 9781844450749. info
  • Participatory citizenship : identity, exclusion, inclusion. Edited by Ranjita Mohanty - Rajesh Tandon. London: Sage Publications, 2006, 249 p. ISBN 0761934677. info
  • PETERSEN, Alan R. Poststructuralism, citizenship and social policy. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1999, 223 s. ISBN 0415182883. info
  • ADAMS, Robert. The personal social services : clients, consumers or citizens? 1st pub. London: Longman, 1996, xiii, 290. ISBN 0582258758. info
    recommended literature
  • KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina. Komunitní plánování (community planning). In Matoušek, O. a kol. Encyklopedie sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2013, p. 313-315. první vydání. ISBN 978-80-262-0366-7. info
  • KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina. Role uživatele a zjišťování potřeb v procesu komunitního plánování sociálních služeb (The Role of Personal Services Users and the Needs-Assessment into the Community Planning Process). Sociální práce/Sociálna práca. Brno: Asociace vzdělavatelů v sociální práci, 2009, vol. 2009, No 1, p. 85-96, 11 pp. ISSN 1213-6204. info
Teaching methods
lectures, individual theoretical preparation, written reflections, individual project, presentations by professionals from practice.
Assessment methods
The condition for successful completion of the course is participation in selected seminars, submission of written reflections by the deadline, preparation of an individual project and final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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