SOp486 Streetwork in Social Work

Faculty of Education
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Gulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Kurowski, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lenka Gulová, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The course is based on the theory and practice related to social field work and community social work.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course describes the methods and tools, which help to efficiently address social problems in socially disadvantaged groups. The course presents the theories, social phenomena and terminology of social work and social education. It also focuses on actual work in social services as part of the tasks of a social worker, social educator, healthcare professional, etc. Legislation, fundraising, planning, assessment and supervisions are some of the topics pertaining to social services in the Czech Republic, which make up the content of the course. Emphasis is put on the major interdisciplinary aspect of social work and social education, giving students a complex view of the use of social field work and community social work in the education of socially disadvantaged groups. The course also involves discussion with experts from social field work and community social work.
Learning outcomes
The student will learn the ethical principles of field social work and the code of ethics of a social worker in the context of a case study. Students will be able to create case studies of a social case in the field of field and community social work. Students will understand the issues of field social work. Students will be familiar with the topic of community work and the topic of a community project.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of field and community social work in our country and abroad. Social work as a helping profession.
  • 2. The current crisis of the welfare state. Mechanisms and actors of social work in social services (quality standards of social services).
  • 3. Theory and definition of social exclusion in the Czech Republic and abroad. Residents at risk of social exclusion, their patterns and strategies of behavior.
  • 4. Roma living in socially excluded localities as a target group of field and community work.
  • 5. Structure of direct work with target groups. Social work with the individual, family, community.
  • 6. Children and youth endangered socially pathological phenomena. Field work and prevention of crime and addiction in risk groups (streetwork).
  • 7. The structure of the work of a social worker with the community, his professional prerequisites and competencies. SWOT analysis of the community. Project activity, fundraising, networking.
  • 8. Socio-pedagogical activation of individuals, families with children and communities living in socially excluded localities. Examples of good practice.
  • 9. Organizational, economic and professional aspects of community social work. Community planning of social services as a tool of effective social policy of the state.
Literature
  • ŠŤASTNÁ, Jaroslava. Když se řekne komunitní práce. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016, 122 stran. ISBN 9788024633565. URL info
  • KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina. Komunitní práce jako součást role sociálních pracovníků na obcích: možnosti a limity. In Perspektivy komunitní sociální práce v ČR. Olomouc, 16.9. 2016, Caritas. 2016. info
  • GULOVÁ, Lenka. Sociální práce (Pro pedagogické obory). (Social Work ((The pedagogical)). 1st ed. Praha: Nakladatelství Grada Publishing, a.s., 2011, 208 pp. Pedagogika. ISBN 978-80-247-3379-1. info
  • GOJOVÁ, Alice. Teorie a modely komunitní práce. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2006, 115 s. ISBN 8073681544. info
  • RÁKOCZYOVÁ, Miroslava. Komunitní práce jako jeden z nástrojů řešení problému sociální exkluze (Community work - a tool for coping with the problem of social exclusion). Sociální práce. Brno: ASVSP, 2003, vol. 2, No 1, p. 69 - 82. ISSN 1213-624. info
  • VORLÍČKOVÁ, Lenka. Komunitní práce s romskými dětmi a mládeží (návrh výzkumu). Edited by Kateřina Kubalčíková. Brno, 2003, 43 l. info
Teaching methods
Seminar, exercise, creation of case studies.
Assessment methods
Final discussion on the topics of the subject, colloquium, presentation of case studies.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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