SPP813 Counselling

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 11 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Libor Novosád, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
Knowledge preconditions for the completion of the course is the students orientation in the field of applied psychology, interpersonal relations, the topic of health disability, social work in the micro dimension and work with people in the field counselling services.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 1 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/1, only registered: 0/1
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course include: - Understanding the place and importance of consulting work in the context of social work; - The understanding of theoretical and practical background consultancy works with people with disabilities; - Mastery of basic skills in meeting clients and the principles of good practice approaches and in communicating with people with disabilities in the advisory practice; - The acquisition of competencies in the orientation and tasks of various advisory bodies; - Awareness of the timerelation, methodological and personal aspects advisory work.
Syllabus
  • Thesis of course: - Organization of teaching guidelines for studies and clasure rate. - Fundamental terms (illnes –disorder – impairment – handicap etc.) and their personal and social dimension. The Comparison of terminology. - Counselling as a service eliminating handicap, disadvantaged and social exclusion. Counselling in the social services system and in the field of rehabilitation and readaptation persons with disability. - Basic principles of consultancy services, types and ways of delivering services (information for / advice, guidance, longtime support, defend - representation - mediation, transmission, acute intervention, etc.). Primary - secondary - tertiary prevention in the advice. - Personality of the advisory worker - expertise, human maturity, communicability, the ability of empathy and authenticity, the impact of identity, value orientation and experience,soft skills etc. - Methodology labor consultant (contact, arranging meetings prevent misunderstandings, the legal and other standards into the language of the client, referring to another institution, feedback, monitoring, interaction and accompanying client further development, close cooperation with client family). The issue of functional illiteracy. - Special aspects of consultancy services skills (client and work with him) - client with physical, sensory (visual, hearing), speech or communication and mental disabilities; clients with psychotic disorders (psychiatric patients), old people seniuors), caring family. - More specific situation in the consultancy work - communication and support the adoption of bad news, arduous client (aggression, secrecy, manipulative etc.). Advisory trap. -Inter-communication and cooperation in advice. Types of advisory services in helping professions: Social work, counseling as an integral part of various social services, social and legal counseling; Citizens Advice; Education; Special education; Social pedagogy; State administration, the labor market, justice, health etc.; NGOs and self-help organizations, peer counseling; Internet consultancy. Crisis intervention and PCI. - Methodology processing consultancy kasuistiky. Examples of the practice.
Literature
  • Seznam Literatury je uveden v informacích učitele
Teaching methods
lectures, homework, thematic paper
Assessment methods
Form of teaching in the course: Full-time lectures and tutorials seminars, e-mail consultations and self-controlled studying. Ending the course: The test has two parts: The first part consists of the processing of thematic work and the second part will take place through oral tests.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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