IVk120 Social Politics and Social Work

Faculty of Education
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Dana Dlouhá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Lucie Jarkovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lenka Slepičková, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
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
Learning outcome of the course is the orientation in social work and social policy. The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with basic concepts, principles, and tools of social policy and social work and with selected types of social services.
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to:
- to be oriented in the system of social services and social care system
- to use this knowledge while working with the client
- to describe and use the methods of the counseling process
Syllabus
  • 1. Social policy - characteristic of the field, tools, function, and principles of social policy
  • 2. Welfare state - historical development, types of welfare states and their comparison
  • 3. Social care system - social assistance, social insurance and social support.
  • 4. Social work - characteristic of the field, historical development, targets, methods, and forms social work.
  • 5. The Social Service Act - definition of services, standards of quality social services.
  • 6. Transformation of social services.
  • 7. Social worker
  • 8. Counseling (definition, phase of counseling process, methods)
Literature
    required literature
  • KELLER, Jan. Soumrak sociálního státu. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2009, ii, 158. ISBN 9788074190179. info
    recommended literature
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Fenomén stáří. Vyd. 2., podstatně přeprac. Praha: Havlíček Brain Team, 2010, 365 s. ISBN 9788087109199. info
  • SLEPIČKOVÁ, Lenka. Sociální exkluze, sociální inkluze a vzdělávání (Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion and Education). In Bartoňová, M., Vítková, M. et al. Inkluzivní vzdělávání v podmínkách současné české školy Inclusive Education in Current Czech School. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, p. 33-42. ISBN 978-80-210-5383-0. info
  • TOMEŠ, Igor. Úvod do teorie a metodologie sociální politiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2010, 439 s. ISBN 9788073676803. URL info
  • MATOUŠEK, Oldřich. Metody a řízení sociální práce. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2008, 380 s. ISBN 9788073675028. info
  • MATOUŠEK, Oldřich. Sociální služby : legislativa, ekonomika, plánování, hodnocení. Vyd 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 183 s. ISBN 9788073673109. info
  • VAĎUROVÁ, Helena and Pavel MÜHLPACHR. Kvalita života : teoretická a metodologická východiska (Quality of Life: Theoretical and Methodological Background). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 145 pp. ISBN 80-210-3754-7. info
  • SMUTEK, Martin. Sociální stát : úvod do studia. Vyd. 1. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2005, 135 s. ISBN 8070416912. info
  • MÜHLPACHR, Pavel. Sociální práce. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2004, 100 s. ISBN 8021033231. info
Teaching methods
Participation in lectures with experts. Seminar work focused on the selected target group (description of the target group and suggestion of appropriate support in social work).
Assessment methods
Written final exam and final essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://www.ped.muni.cz/wsedu
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