Course: Case Seminar 2

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Course title Case Seminar 2
Course code KSA/KSEM2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klimentová Eva, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
This discipline is connected to the course Supervised practical education I. - VI. which takes place in every semester of the studies. Student submits a case study worked out for this case study seminar. The case study can be discussed plenary. Students are encouraged to share their experience. When working on the case study, student can use the theoretical knowledge gained during the studies, literature, legislation, and experience from the workplace of his/her practical education. The case study should describe the part of the story of an individual, a family or a group where we can see the intervention of a social worker and the social change it has caused. The description should be so accurate so other experts can understand the sequence of social events. For this it is necessary to mention: - objective information about the case; - the student´s point of view, his/her understanding of the event; - theoretical basis connected; - professional procedures (methods, ways of intervention, creation of a situation) which were used by the student or other helping professionals in the process. The form of the case study fully depends of the students decision, but it has to have 8 - 10 pages and fulfil the following criteria: - student clarifies precisely the nature of the problems; - student shows the adequate and objective information about the development and context of the problem; - student situates the case into the legislation frame; - student explains the observations, impressions, thoughts, or hypothesis connected to the problem and shows the connections with theoretical knowledge about the problem; - student describes what had happened with the problem, how it developed and changed during the meetings (intervention) in relation with the activity of a student or other helping professionals. Heir it is necessary to describe as precisely as possible the role of a student in the process and formulate the relations between the helping professionals´ activities and the change of the problem and define the ones which were essential and why; - student shows, how the participation of the professionals was terminated, or with what result; - student shows, what was learnt from this case, assesses he case; - if there is a critical attitude of a student toward some part of the case, then student formulates other possible solutions. n addition, the casuistic seminar works with stimulating and inspiring casuistic cases accessible in advance in Moodle. Students study them before the class date and they are discussed together in the seminar.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
The objective of the discipline is to provide the students with methodological support when preparing case studies on social work and to discover its possibilities, goals, purpose and applications in theory and practice of social work. It is also to share the students' experience from the praktice of social work.
- student knows the basic characteristics of the target group from a case study; - student knows the basic and special needs of the target group from a case study; - student knows the basic legislation used when working with a client from a case study and understands it; - student knows the basic social work methods and techniques suitable for working with a target group; - student knows the net of the services suitable for client from a case study, their options and competencies. - student can characterize the target group from a case study to the colleagues; - student can find out and name the basic needs of the target group from a case study; - student can use actively the options of the valid legislation in the interest of a client; - student can use basic social work methods and techniques suitable for working with a target group; - student can ask for a feed-back from a client and colleagues useful for his/her work; - student can use actively the net of the services suitable for client from a case study. - student can collect relevant anamnestic data about a client and his/her social situation; - student can assess the gravity of client´s social situation and choose the relevant tools to solve it; - student can assess the claim of a client for a particular social benefit.
Prerequisites
KSA/KSEM1

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Prerequisite for granting the colloquium is: - studying case studies available in Moodle before the tutorial date, preparation for joint discussion, active participation in the discussion during the tutorial; - submission of a casuistry in the range of 8-10 standard pages of text. In the second year, the student submitted two case studies - one inspirational and one deterrent. In this casuistry seminar, he/she can discuss a casuistry of his/her choice; - attendance is compulsory, maximum allowed absence 25%; - presentation of the case study in front of the classmates.
Recommended literature
  • odborná literatura odpovídající sledovanému tématu.
  • právní normy odpovídající sledovanému tématu.


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