SPRn5004 Social Work with Children and Families at Risk

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Navrátilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jitka Navrátilová, 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 course is conceived as theoretical background for social work with vulnerable families with emphasis on the child protection. Through reflection of theoretical knowledge to teaching students to understand current threats to children, youth and their families. Students will gain knowledge not only about the main theoretical concepts, but they acquire an overview in the empirical data and instruments of social work, which promote improvement of the well-beingu children and young people and contribute to improving the functioning of families at risk.
Learning outcomes
Students completing the course will be able to: To assess the life situation of families with children;
To assess the well-being of the children in the family;
Assess the resources of children and families;
Reflect on theoretical concepts in working with families with children;
Choose a suitable theoretical concept for the work with a family with children To design interventions for improving the well-beingu children and families;
Syllabus
  • Introduction to work with the family – the variability of approaches to work with family;
  • Child Well-being;
  • Protection of children's rights;
  • The source of threats to children;
  • Resilience of children;
  • Child in institutional care - standards for the protection of the rights of children in institutional care;
  • The child in substitute family care;
  • Support the strengths of children and families;
  • Support the functioning of the family interactions – the initial phase of the work with the family;
  • Support the functioning of the family interactions – the middle phase of work with the family;
  • Support the functioning of the family interactions – the final work with the family;
  • Participation of children in social work Educational social work in India;
Literature
    required literature
  • Social work with children and families. Edited by Maureen O'Loughlin - Steve O'Loughlin. 2nd ed. Exeter: Learning Matters, 2008, ix, 145. ISBN 9781844451449. info
  • COLLINS, Donald, Catheleen JORDAN and Heather COLEMAN. An introduction to family social work. 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2010, xxii, 428. ISBN 9780495601883. info
    recommended literature
  • Changing childhoods : local and global. Edited by Heather Montgomery - Rachel Burr - Martin Woodhead. 1st pub. Milton Keynes: Open university, 2003, xii, 299. ISBN 9780470846957. info
  • KLEIN, David M. and James M. WHITE. Family theories : an introduction. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1996, xxii, 294. ISBN 0803958536. info
    not specified
  • Parental imprisonment and children's rights. Edited by Aisling Parkes - Fiona Donson. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, xxii, 216. ISBN 9781138283473. info
  • BOWLBY, John. Vazba : teorie kvality raných vztahů mezi matkou a dítětem. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2010, 356 stran. ISBN 9788073676704. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, presentations by professionals in the family social work field, reading, projects.
Assessment methods
presentation, essay
Language of instruction
Czech
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