Methods of assessing social change in the community

Course: Social Work

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Methods of assessing social change in the community
Code
ВБ.1.04
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
LO 1. LO 2; LO 4; LO 5; LO 6; LO 8; LO 10; LO 11; LO 12; LO 13; LO 14; LO 16; LO 17; The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section " Programme Profile".
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the features of the community and its development strategy; theoretical foundations of social work in the community; features of community resource provision; basic principles of legal regulation of social work in the community; basic methods of assessing changes in the community; 2. Be able to: use the acquired theoretical knowledge and apply it in practical work; select tools to determine the problem-needs field of community members; identify the necessary social services for community members; develop social projects and monitor and evaluate them; evaluate the results of their own activities and make a forecast for the future
Course content
The purpose of teaching the discipline is to prepare future social workers for the organization of social work in the community and students to master the methods of assessing social change in the community. The educational program is designed to acquaint students with the basic methods and their features of application to assess social change in the community, as well as apply them in practice. The planning and development of any program, in particular community programs, is a process that includes needs analysis, selection of appropriate content and methods of program implementation, program implementation management, and evaluation processes of program effectiveness and results, which in turn provide monitoring and evaluation of progress, as well as the most efficient use of resources. That is why the study of methods for assessing social change in the community is an important point in the acquisition of future social workers knowledge, skills and abilities of social work in the community.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Shvalb Yu. M. Ekolohiia zhyttievoho prostoru liudyny. Kyiv. 2020. 308 s.. [in Ukrainian]. 2. Bezpalko O.V. Sotsialna robota v hromadi: Navchalnyi posibnyk. Kyiv: Tsentr navchalnoi literatury, 2005. – 176 s. [in Ukrainian]. 3. B Harnets O., Honcharuk O., Dmytruk N., Tkachuk A. Detsentralizatsiia v Ukraini: sotsiolohichnyi pohliad. Кyiv : TOV «Sofiia-A». 2013. 160 s. [in Ukrainian] 4. Posibnyk iz vyznachennia potreb naselennia obiednanoi terytorialnoi hromady u sotsialnykh posluhakh. Kyiv, 2019. 72 s. [in Ukrainian] 5. Zakon “Pro mistseve samovriaduvannia” vid 21.05.1997 roku. – http.//www.rada.kiev.ua. [in Ukrainian]. 6. Semyhina T. Robota v hromadi yak skladova diialnosti sotsialnoho pratsivnyka// Sotsialna polityka i sotsialna robota. – 2001. - №4. – s.61-71. [in Ukrainian].
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, seminar, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
The order of organization of assessment is carried out during the semester during the performance of students: 1. Creative and reproductive tasks for independent work - up to 10 points for each 2. Preparation of reports and abstracts - up to 10 points for each 3. Modular test - up to 20 points - final assessment in the form of an exam - up to 40 points Based on the results of the semester, the student receives a final grade on a 100-point system, which is calculated as the accumulated grades for the module in the semester and grades for the test according to the following formula: Content module (30-60 points) + Comprehensive final module 40 points) = Total (final score) (36 - 100 points) Rating scale Excellent 90-100 Good 75-89 Satisfactory 60-74 Fail 0-59 Passed 60-100 Fail 0-59
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Yuriy Mykhailovych Schwalb
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