The system of social services in Ukraine

Course: Social Work

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
The system of social services in Ukraine
Code
ОК.12
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO3. Identify, formulate and solve problems in the field of social work, integrate theoretical knowledge and practical experience. PLO8. Critically analyze and evaluate the current social policy of the country's socio-political processes at the national, regional and local levels. PLO15. Make practical decisions to improve social welfare and increase social security.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
to know: - goals and principles of organization of the system of social work services; - theories and models of system organization of services; - current social problems in the organization of social work services; - the system of institutions dealing with social work; - laws and regulations on social work. be able: - to use knowledge to organize activities in social work services; - to make a scientific analysis of the level of activity in the system of social work services; - to apply the information obtained for practical activities; - critically analyze and evaluate the existing system of social work services; - to receive the necessary information on the system of social work services from various sources.
Course content
At this stage, the social services system in Ukraine is in a state of transition from post-Soviet and European standards, the main focus of which is not to fight poverty and support in difficult life circumstances but to help overcome and prevent them. As a result of studying the discipline «System of social services in Ukraine», students should learn the basics of system organization of social services and trends in their reorganization. The aim is to study a set of basic organizational and managerial knowledge and technologies in the field of organization of social work at both state and non-state levels, in all critical areas of its management.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Zdiisnennia sotsialnoi roboty tsentramy sotsialnykh sluzhb dlia ditei, simei ta molodi u rotsi: Informatsiino-analitychnyi zvit pro diialnist tsentriv sotsialnykh sluzhb dlia ditei, simei ta molodi / Za zah. red. S. V. Tolstoukhovoi. K. : Derzhsotssluzhba, 2005. 48 s. 2. Systema sotsialnykh posluh v Ukraini. Zvit-monitorynh. Biuro sotsialnykh ta politychnykh rozrobok, 2015. 27 s. 3. Tymoshko H. M. Orhanizatsiia diialnosti derzhavnykh i spetsializovanykh sluzhb : navchalnyi posibnyk. Nizhyn: Vydavets PP Lysenko M. M., 2011. 248 s. 4. Dubych K. V. Suchasna systema nadannia sotsialnykh posluh v Ukraini. // Derzhavne upravlinnia: udoskonalennia ta rozvytok, № 3, 2015. El. resurs: http://www.dy.nayka.com.ua/?op=1&z=821.
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, seminar assignments; modular control 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. 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, seminar tasks and compilation of modular tests at the end of the discipline.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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