Social Work in Communities
Course: Social Work
Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology
            Title
        
        
            Social Work in Communities 
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВБ.8.03
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            1 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            5
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            LO 3. To identify, formulate and solve problems in the field of social work, to integrate theoretical knowledge and practical experience. LO 5. To argue ways to overcome problems and difficult life circumstances theoretically, to choose effective methods to solve them, to predict the consequences. LO 10. To analyze socio-psychological processes in small and large groups. LO 20. To identify ethical dilemmas and contradictions in professional activities and to use supervision to resolve them. 
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            1. Students shall know the basic concepts and categories form the course areas such as "Social Psychology", "Psychology of Advertising", "Psychology of PR", "Political Psychology"; the methods for political communication studying; the technologies and means of influence during political communications.
2. They shall be able to analyse events in the political environment in the terms of socio-psychological knowledge; to apply correctly methods examining mass communication, public opinion, etc.; to apply the acquired knowledge into practice.
3. They shall have the skills to compile questionnaires for public opinion polls; to analyse various crisis situations and identify possible ways of work.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            The course purpose for students is to master the basics of socio-psychological knowledge on political communication and gain skills in their application in professional work. The course is designed to define the subject and the tasks of the psychology of political communication, communicative problems in the political sphere; forms, structural components, models and tools of political communications and so on. The issues are planned to be considered related to the methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of mass communication, public opinion, its structure (static and dynamic), etc.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
             1.	 Kochubei T.D., Koliada N.M. Navchalnyi posibnyk. «Tekhnolohii sotsialnoi roboty za mistsem prozhyvannia». — Uman —2015.
2.	Slozanska H.I. Naukovyi Visnyk Uzhhorodskoho Universytetu. Seriia: «Pedahohika. Sotsialna robota». — 2017. — Vypusk 1 (40). 
3.	Bezpalko O.V. Sotsialna robota v hromadi : navch. posib. dlia VNZ / O.V. Bezpalko. — K. : Tsentr navch. lit., 2005. — 176 s.
4.	2. Ponomarenko O. V. Z istoriï zapochatkuvannia sotsialnoï roboty v Amerytsi / O.V. Ponomarenko // Visnyk Zaporizkoho derzhavnoho universyte-tu. — 2002. — No 1. — S. 2–5.4. 
5.	Novokhatskyi V. Tendentsii zabezpechennia hromadskoho interesu v suspilstvi ta derzhavi // Politychnyi menedzhment. -№6(9).-2004.-S. 64-78.
6.	John E Tropman, «Strategies of Community Intervention: Macro Practice», 1995.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture, seminar, practical class, individual work
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Assessment methods: recitations (speeches at the seminar, participation in discussions and debates, additional remarks), analytical reports, creative independent work, final test.
Form of final control - credit.
Organization of evaluation: Evaluation is carried out during the semester for all types of work. The maximum number of points for work during a semester is 100.
The credit is granted based on the results of the student's work during the semester.
Students who scored totally less than 60 points during the semester, but more than the critical minimum of 40 points shall pass the test. The test is estimated at a maximum of 20 points.
Students who scored during the semester lower points than the critical-calculated minimum - 40 points are not allowed to take the test. The recommended minimum for admission to the test is 40 points.
Rating scale:
0-59 - not credited;
60-100 - credited.
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            English
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Antonina
                    Mykhailivna
                    Levochkina
                
                
                    Department of Social Work 
Faculty of Psychology
            Faculty of Psychology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of Social Work
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Psychology