Course: New Trends in Social Work

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Course title New Trends in Social Work
Course code KSS/ZNN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Thelenová Kateřina, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Solution focused brief therapy 2. Positive thinking reinforcement and responsibility approaches 3. Attachment theory based therapy 4. Feminist social work 5. The concept of wellbeing

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Written assignment presentation and defence
  • Class attendance - 10 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to teach students the present demands of the direct care of a client in social work. The new trends are considered such as: social work in difficult situations; social work with minorities - mainly with people endangered by the social exclusion; anti-oppressive and antidiscrimination approaches; alternative therapies in social work; deinstitutionalization and transformation of the services in the social area.
The aim of this course is to teach students the present demands of the direct care of a client in social work. The new trends are considered such as: social work in difficult situations; social work with minorities - mainly with people endangered by the social exclusion; anti-oppressive and antidiscrimination approaches; alternative therapies in social work; deinstitutionalization and transformation of the services in the social area.
Prerequisites
Social issues and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational background.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis

To gain the credit students must join the seminar and write a semestral thesis. Other demands are specified by the lecturer.
Recommended literature
  • DE SHAZER, S., DOLAN, Y., A KOL. Zázračná otázka. Praha: Portál, 2011. ISBN 80-262-0007-9.
  • GLASSER, W. Terapie realitou. O uspokojování potřeb a nalézání skutečného vztahu k realitě. Praha: Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-493-1.
  • HOWE, D. A Brief Introduction to Social Work Theory.. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. ISBN 978-0230-233-12-6.
  • LUDEWIG, K. Systemická terapie. Základy klinické teorie a praxe.. Praha: Palata, 1994. ISBN 80-901710-0-1.
  • MATOUŠEK, O., KŘIŠŤAN, A. Encyklopedie sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-2620-366-7.
  • TOKÁROVÁ, A., A KOL. Sociálna práca. Kapitoly z dějín, teórie a metodiky sociálnej práce. Prešov: FF PU, 2003. ISBN 80-968367-5-7.


Study plans that include the course
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