Course: Social Work Management

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Course title Social Work Management
Course code KPG/NPMSP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise + On-line Activities
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Pitnerová Dagmar, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Management and its role in working with clients, the specifics of leadership in social organization. Creating organizational units in relation to the availability of social services. Motivation to work in social facilities. Criteria for decision making in the social sphere. Monitoring and evaluating the quality of work with clients in both state and private social welfare institutions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Understanding the definition, content, broad and narrow concepts of social management. Orientation of students in social, health and education. Definition of social instruments of state administration. Insight into the state system of social administration, including non-governmental organizations.
Students mamagementu control each function and are able to apply them to the social sector, the non-profit organizations , state and local governments.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of social policy, social work and psychology of personality.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Processing of essays on the topic of centralization and decentralization. Analysis of the specifics in the management of social work using the method given diagramu.Kontrola and evaluation of individual work before completing the test.
Recommended literature
  • DĚDINA, J., CEJTHAMR, V. (2005). Management a organizační chování. Praha.
  • Matoušek, O. a kol. (2003). Metody a řízení sociální práce. 1. vyd.. Praha.
  • SMUTEK, M., KAPPL, M. (2006). Proměny klienta služeb sociální práce - Social Work Klient Metamorphoses. Hradec Králové.


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