Theoretical bases of social work with children and teenagers

Course: Social Work

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Theoretical bases of social work with children and teenagers
Code
ОК.21
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
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
LO 3., LO 10., LO 11., LO 14. The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section " Programme Profile".
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know: the subject of social work with children and understand its essence; main categories of social work with children, the concept of social work with children; basic functions, approaches, principles, methods of social work with children; social work with children as a holistic system; historical roots of the development of social assistance to children; the system of social services of non-governmental organizations working with children in Ukraine and their specifics; international and domestic documents governing social work with children. Be able to: analyze the social situation of the child; analyze the child's life situation and needs; explain the causes and consequences of providing social assistance to children; apply the acquired knowledge to the analysis of a specific life situation of the child; be able to analyze the appropriateness of the use of methods and technologies in social work with children, to predict their effectiveness.
Course content
The purpose of this course is to get acquainted with the current and historical state of social work with children and adolescents. The main methods and techniques of working with children and adolescents, problems that may arise in future professional activities when working with children, the features of social work with children with disabilities, orphans and children from disadvantaged families. In seminars, students develop their knowledge, solve opportunities to solve certain situations in social work with children and adolescents, prepare reports on social assistance to children and adolescents. Issues of using certain methods and technologies of social work with children and adolescents are being studied.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Kapska A.I. Sotsialna robota: deiaki aspekty roboty z ditmy ta moloddiu / A.I. Kapska. – K.: Karavela, – 2007. – 311 s. 2. Lukashevych M.P. Sotsialna robota (teoriia i praktyka): pidruchnyk / M.P. Lukashevych, T.V. Semyhina. – K.: Karavela, 2011. – 368 s. 3. Lukashevych M. P. Sotsialna robota v Ukraini: teoretyko-metodychni zasady / M.P. Lukashevych, I.I. Myhovych, I.M. Pinchuk. – K., 2006. – 206 s. 4. Plakhova O.M. Suchasni tekhnolohii sotsialnoi roboty z hrupamy ryzyku: Navchalno-metodychnyi posibnyk dlia studentiv sotsiolohichnoho fakultetu / O.M. Plakhova. – Kh.: KhNU imeni V.N. Karazina, 2008. – 70 s. 5. Popovych H.M. Sotsialna robota v Ukraini i za rubezhem: Navch.-metod. posibnyk / H.M. Popovych. – Uzhhorod, 2000. –143 s. 6. Sotsialna robota v Ukraini / Za red. I.D. Zvierievoi, H.M. Laktionovoi. – K.: Nauk. svit, 2003. – 233 s. 7. Sotsialna robota v Ukraini: pershi kroky / Za red. V. Poltavtsia. – K., 2000. – 236 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, practical tasks, discussion of discussion issues
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral answers, practical tasks, projects, exam. The maximum number of points per semester is 60 points. The form of the exam is written, according to the exam tickets. The minimum number of points for admission to the exam is 36 points. The number of points scored per semester is announced in advance.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oksana Volodymyrivna Pavlenko
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