Psychology of the client of social work

Course: Social Work

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychology of the client of social work
Code
ОК.15
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
LO1, LO3, LO8, LO10, LO18. The full list of learning outcomes in the educational program is given in the section "Program profile"
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
to know: Regulatory framework for determining the status of clients of social work; modern theories of personality psychology; theoretical bases of social work with persons who make up the contingent of clients of social work; basic approaches to understanding the concepts: "age characteristics of clients," "psychosocial social work," "social assistance to families in crisis," "psychological diagnosis," "psychological characteristics"; features of providing social assistance to different categories of clients of social work; be able to: use the acquired theoretical knowledge of the psychology of clients of social work and apply them in practical work; apply the studied theories in the practice of social work with different categories of clients; develop psychological study programs for specific target groups that need help; to conduct various forms of psychological study in individual work; to make the psychological characteristic of the person.
Course content
The purpose of teaching this discipline is to prepare future social workers to organize work aimed at creating psychological readiness to overcome the difficult life situation of the recipient of social services, providing psychological support, reducing stress and stress, assessing the basic needs of social service recipients; application of diagnostic procedures in practical work with different categories of social work clients.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Psyhologiâ osobystosti: Slovnyk-dovidnyk / Za red. P.P. Gornostaâ, T.M. Tytarenko. – K.: Ruta, 2001. – 320 s. 2. Psyhologiâ socialʹnoï roboty: pidručnyk / za red. Û.M. Švalba. – K.: «Osnova», 2014. – 448 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, individual work, learning tasks and preparation of intermediate forms of control.
Assessment methods and criteria
Execution of educational practical tasks and preparation of intermediate forms of control. The minimum number of points for admission to the test is 36 points / maximum - 60. The number of points scored for the semester is announced in advance. Final score 0-59 – failed. 60-100 – passed. The grade is formed as the sum of all points earned during the semester.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Sergey Mykolaiovych Khoruzhiy
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