SPRb1126 Policy Engagement of Social Workers

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2024
Rozsah
1/1/0. 2 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučováno prezenčně.
Vyučující
Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D.
Katedra sociální politiky a sociální práce – Fakulta sociálních studií
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra sociální politiky a sociální práce – Fakulta sociálních studií
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Mateřské obory/plány
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Cíle předmětu
The course aims to introduce students to the possibilities and limits of policy engagement of social workers in specific institutional and organizational settings. Critical reflection on the interconnection between social structure and the agency of social workers is the core of the course. Students will understand (1) the institutional and organizational settings of social work, (2) the policy process, streams, and coalition, and, finally, (3) the possible forms of how social workers can be engaged in policy-making in such an environment.
Výstupy z učení
The course consists of three parts. The first part deals with general concepts explaining the nature of settings in which social work is provided, such as social institutions and organizations. The second part elucidates the nature of the policy process, policy streams, and coalitions of policy actors. Students will understand how policies are created, where, and by whom. The third part shows examples of social workers’ engagement as policy actors in policy streams and coalitions. While elaborating on the real cases of policy engagement, students will learn about the possibilities and limits of a chosen policy action in particular social work institutional and organizational settings.
Osnova
  • The course is designed as a block of teaching (one or two-week course), which consists of 6 lectures, 6 seminars, and 1 final meeting. The structure is as follows:
  • 1. Institutions and organizations
  • 2. Policy process and policy streams
  • 3. Policy process and policy advocacy coalitions
  • 4. Policy process and ideas
  • 5. Policy engagement of social workers I. (examples of good practice)
  • 6. Policy engagement of social workers II. (examples of good practice)
  • 7. Presentation of collaborative papers
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • Institutions and organizations : a process view. Edited by Trish Reay - Tammar B. Zilber - Ann Langley - Haridimos Tsoukas. First edition. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2019, xxi, 256. ISBN 9780198843818. info
  • ii. Almog-Bar, M., Weiss-Gal, I., & Gal, J. (2015). Bringing public policy into policy practice. Journal of Social Work, 15(4), 390-408.
  • KINGDON, John W. Agendas, alternatives, and public policies. Second Edition, Pearson New. Harlow: Pearson, 2014, ii, 235. ISBN 9781292039206. info
  • Policy change and learning : an advocacy coalition approach. Edited by Hank C. Jenkins-Smith - Paul A. Sabatier. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1993, xii, 290. ISBN 0813316499. info
  • i. Béland, D., & Cox, R.H. (2016). Ideas as coalition magnets: Coalition building, policy entrepreneurs, and power relations. Journal of European Public Policy, 23(3), 428-445.
  • RITTER, Jessica A. Social work policy practice : changing our community, nation, and the world. Third edition. [San Diego]: Cognella academic publishing, 2022, xviii, 339. ISBN 9781793558169. info
Výukové metody
Lectures, discussions, teamwork, and presentations of students
Metody hodnocení
Full attendance of each student
A collaborative paper – a reflection of the possibilities and limits of policy engagement
A presentation of the collaborative paper – a team presentation
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
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