SPRb7739 Social Work with Refugees

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Votoupalová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Votoupalová
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the life situation of asylum seekers, applicants for international protection, persons with subsidiary protection and other foreigners. students are also acquainted with the course of asylum procedures, legal, psychological and above all social issues that refugees and foreigners deal with. Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the subject is also to give the students the opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired by studying other subjects (social policy, social law) to the specific life situations, with which asylum seekers and foreigners meet.
Learning outcomes
Student after passing the subject will know how the asylum procedure is under way, what legal standards are in place will be able to orientate in specific life situations encountered by foreigners and asylum seekers will have the competencies needed to effectively promote contact between foreigners and the majority society will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and adequately address the typical contracts with which foreigners and asylum seekers turn to social workers competence
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic concepts - Migration, International protection, Asylum 2. Historical contexts of migration 3. The situation of national minorities and groups of citizens in the territory of the Czech Republic 4. The course of the asylum procedure 5. Legal and legislative aspects of migration 6. Psychological connections of migration 7. Specific situations solved by foreigners and migrants and adequate interventions of social work in them. 8. The life situation of applicants for international protection 9.International synergies of migration, the role of UNHCR 10. Excursion to the reception center of the Ministry of the Interior
Literature
    required literature
  • KURIC, Aurelián. Uprchlíci a sociální práce : (studijní text). Brno: [s.n.], 1997, 40 s. info
    recommended literature
  • LUKÁŠOVÁ, Eva. Proč je křesťanský uprchlík lepší uprchlík : Uprchlíci a křesťanství v českých médiích (Why a Christian Refugee is a Better Refugee : Refugees and Christianity in Czech Media). Lidé města : revue pro etnologii, antropologii a etologii komunikace. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2017, vol. 19, No 1, p. 73-88. ISSN 1212-8112. URL info
  • HARAŠTA, Jakub. Uprchlíci - rasismus a xenofobie na internetu vs. trestní odpovědnost. Pořad @online: Česká televize, 2015. URL info
  • KLVAŇOVÁ, Radka. Diskriminace a média. Uprchlíci, migranti a další cizinci na stránkách českého tisku (Discrimination and media. Refugees, migrants and other aliens in the Czech press). 2007. info
Teaching methods
lectures, discussions with practitioners and foreigners, solution of model situations, excursions, discussions
Assessment methods
processing a case study and debating on it
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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