Social work with family

Course: Social Work

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Social work with family
Code
ОК.39
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
LO 3. To identify, formulate and solve problems in the field of social work, to integrate theoretical knowledge and practical experience. LO 10. To analyze socio-psychological processes in small and large groups. LO 14. By their own to determine the circumstances which are needed social assistance. LO 15. To make practical decisions to improve social welfare and to increase social security.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
to know: - approaches to the phenomenon of the family in the theory and practice of social work; - classification of family types, its functions and stages of the life cycle, the main current problems of the family and the factors that cause family deformities; - basic and derivative principles of social work with the family; - tasks and content of the technology of social support of the family, structuring the social support process. be able: - to analyze modern family models and features of the Ukrainian family; - to identify the types of families that need the help of a social worker; - to analyze the needs of children and their families in the services of social work services; - to have the skills to establish contact with families, skills in planning and monitoring change; - to choose and application forms and methods of social work adequate to the problems and needs of the family within the framework of social support;
Course content
The family is important for the stability and development of society as a whole. Therefore, with the current changes, the structure of modern families is changing, which sometimes experience some difficulties in the hierarchical construction of new values or roles. Family members cannot always cope with the obstacles that arise in the process of starting a family. Under such conditions, she should have access to appropriate social assistance and support organized by social professionals. The purpose - is to master the knowledge of the forms of manifestations, causes and ways to overcome the social ills of the family, the activities of a social work specialist to prevent it, mastering basic professional skills in working with families.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Zvierieva I. D. Otsinka potreb dytyny ta yii simi: vid teorii do praktyky : navch. posib. : U 2–kh chast. / I. D. Zvierieva, Z. P. Kyianytsia, V. O. Kuzminskyi, Zh. V. Petrochko. K. : Zadruha, 2011. Ch. II. 286 s. 2. Onovy batkivskoi kompetentnosti: Navch. posib. / Za zah. red. I. D. Zvierievoi. K. : Nauk. svit, 2006. 156 s. 3. Sotsialna robota z vrazlyvymy simiamy ta ditmy : posib. u 2-kh ch.; Ch. I. Suchasni oriientyry ta kliuchovi tekhnolohii / Z. P. Kyianytsia, Zh. V. Petrochko. K. : OBNOVA KOMPANI, 2017. 256 s. 4. Sotsialna robota z simieiu. Metodychni rekomendatsii do vyvchennia navchalnoi dystsypliny : navchalno-metodychna rozrobka / Uklad. L. Yu. Polivko. K. : «TsP «KOMPRYNT», 2019. 28 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment methods: creative and reproductive tasks for individual work; preparation of reports, seminars and practical assignments; modular test work; final assessment in the form of an exam. The form of final control is an exam. The final grade for the discipline consists of 100 points: 60 points for the module and grades for the exam (40 points). A student cannot take the final test if he scored less than 36 points during the semester, and the grade for the exam cannot be less than 24 points. Organization of assessment: the order of organization of the forms of assessment provided by the working curriculum is carried out during the semester during students' creative and reproductive tasks on independent work, preparation of reports, practical tasks, a compilation of modular tests at the end of the discipline and final exam tasks. Rating scale: 90 - 100 «excellent» 75 - 89 «good» 60-74 «satisfactory» 0-59 «fail»
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Larysa Yuriivna Polivko
Department of Social Work
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Social Work
Faculty of Psychology