| CODE | SWP2621 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Methods in Social Work 1 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Social Policy and Social Work | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Methods in Social Work 1 provides social work students with a foundation in terms of social work theory. It is a core study-unit which social work students follow early on in their degree course and the material covered in this study-unit forms the basis for further theoretical knowledge which they will be exposed to throughout their course. The students are exposed to basic social work terminology through the content which is covered. The content covered includes: (a) historical development and perspectives; (b) values and codes of ethics; (c) consideration of various perspectives on social work practice; (d) the social work process; (e) the worker; (f) the client. Study-unit Aims: - Provide students with an initial understanding of what social work is about, encouraging them to reflect on what it means to be a social worker; - Encourage students to view social work from different perspectives; - Present the different facets of social work as well as the values and processes involved when one practises social work; - Make students aware of the different client groups who social workers work with. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - describe issues related to the nature of social work practice; - explain the distinguishing features of social work as a distinct profession; - explain the basic theoretical concepts which underpin the social work profession; - describe the different perspectives through which one can view social work practice; - discuss the processes involved when one practises social work; - talk about the different client groups who social workers work with; - explain what the values which guide the social work profession consist of; - apply the theoretical foundation presented in this study unit in other study units presented throughout the course; - analyze the complexity and richness involved in social work as a discipline. 2. Skills: This study-unit is a theoretical study-unit which mainly offers students foundation theoretical knowledge which is then to be applied in other study-units offered during their degree course. These study-units include SWP2552 Practice Workshops 1 and 2, SWP2158 Introduction to Practical Placements, SWP3611 Practical Elements of Helping Skills, SWP3311 Practical Placement A and SWP4311 Practical Placement B. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Text: - Johnson, L.C. and Yanca, S. J. (2009). Social Work Practice: A Generalist Approach (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education. Supplementary Readings: - Banks, S. (2006) Ethics and Values in Social Work. (3rd ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. - Bartlett, Harriet M. (1970) The Common Base of Social Work Practice. New York: National Association of Social Workers. - Beckett, C. & Homer, N. (2016) Essential Theory for Social Work Practice (2nd ed.) London: Sage Publications. - Biestek, F. (1957) The Casework Relationship. Chicago: Loyola University Press. - Brammer, L.M. and Macdonald, G. (2003) The Helping Relationship: Process and Skills. (8th ed.) Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon. - Brill, N.I. and Levine, J. (2005) Working with People: The Helping Process. (8th ed.) Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon. - Chun-Sing Cheung, J. (2015) A letter to the late Felix Biestek: Revisiting the Seven Principles of the Casework Relationship with Contemporary Struggles, Ethics and Social Welfare, 9,1, pp. 92-100. - Davies, M. (ed.) (2002) The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work. (2nd ed.) Oxford:Blackwell. - Dominelli, L. and McLeod, E. (2002) Feminist Social Work. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. - Miley, K.K., O’Melia, M.W. & DuBois, B.L. (2016) Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach (Connecting Core Competencies). Boston: Pearson. - Mizrahi, T. & David, L.E. (2008) Encyclopaedia of social work (20th ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Vol 2: D-I). pp. 260-268. - Morales, A. and Sheafer, B. W. (1989) Social Work:A Profession of Many Faces. (5th ed.) Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.Reamer, F. (2006) Social Work Values and Ethics. (3rd ed) NewYork: Columbia University Press. - Thompson, N. (2005) Understanding Social Work: Preparing for Practice. (2nd ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Holger Suarez (Co-ord.) |
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