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CLIENT GROUPS IN SOCIAL WORK

ОК 16

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2025/2026

2 Semester

4

PLO (PLO1; PLO6; PLO8; PLO9; PLO10; PLO15; PLO19) The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section " Programme Profile"

Full-time form

1) Know: the specifics of the development of social work as a field of scientific knowledge and professional practice; the main categories and concepts of social work; key legal and regulatory documents governing the activities of social workers; and methods of social workers' practice with different categories of clients. 2) Be able to: interpret key terms and concepts of social work and correctly apply them in the appropriate context; identify explanations for new challenges in social work with a focus on selecting methods, approaches, technologies, and solutions. 3) Possess basic skills in: public communication and activity planning.

The purpose of the discipline is to familiarize students with the basics of social work with different groups of recipients of social services and to prepare students for the conscious, active and skillful use of the principles and criteria for choosing the content, forms and methods of social work with different categories of recipients of social services. The discipline "Client Groups in Social Work" is designed to form in students theoretical knowledge and practical skills in social work with different groups of clients. The course aims to form in students the professional qualities of a social worker that will contribute to the study and analysis of the content of social policy regarding target groups in need of social support; systematization of theoretical knowledge regarding the essence, approaches, principles, forms, methods of social work with different groups of service recipients; familiarization with the content and principles of social work with service recipients who need emergency social support; study of the theoretical foundations of case management technology in working with different groups of service recipients and practice of relevant skills; analysis and generalization of the experience of social work with different groups of service recipients of state and public organizations in Ukraine.

1. Vasylieva-Khalatnykova, M. (2019). Pedahohichni umovy ta osoblyvosti orhanizatsii sotsiokulturnoho seredovyshcha inkliuzii u zakladi zahalnoi serednoi osvity dlia dytyny z invalidnistiu [Pedagogical conditions and features of organizing the socio-cultural environment of inclusion in a general secondary education institution for a child with a disability]. In Advanced trends of the modern development of psychology and pedagogy in European countries: Collective monograph (pp. 67–82). Baltija Publishing. 2. Hryhorenko, M. (2023). Keis-menedzhment yak tekhnolohiia sotsialnoi roboty z vrazlyvymy hrupamy [Case management as a technology of social work with vulnerable groups]. Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series: Pedagogy, Social Work, 1(52), 85–91. 3. Demchenko, A., & Koval, L. (2022). Orhanizatsiia volonterskoi diialnosti v systemi sotsialnoi roboty [Organization of volunteer activities in the system of social work]. Lira-K.

Lecture, seminar session, independent study assignments, Zoom, and other means of distance communication.

Semester assessment: 1. Oral answers (speech at the seminar, participation in discussions and debates, additions) - 28/17 points 2. Analytical report - 28/17 points 3. Creative independent work - 24/14 points 4. Final control work- 20/12 points. Final assessment: credit. The test is based on the results of the student's work during the semester (the maximum number of points for work during the semester is 100) and does not provide additional assessment activities for successful students. Students who scored less than 60 points during the semester, but more than the critical minimum of 40 points, are credited. The test is conducted in the form of an oral survey on the subject of the course and the performance of a creative individual task, which is estimated at 20 points. Evaluation scheme: - Credited (60-100 points) -ot credited (0-59 points)

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