Course: Policy and Social Work with Immigrants

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Course title Policy and Social Work with Immigrants
Course code KKS/PSPSI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Zogata Kusz Agnieszka, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Specifics and challenges of social work with immigrants. Role of a social worker. Specifics related to legal status of immigrants. Family reunification. Specifics related to different culture of immigrants. Culturagram in work with families. Specifics related to work with social networks of immigrants Specifics of work with immigrants' families. Vulnerable target groups of Czech integration policy (women, children)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to prepare students for future work with immigrants and refugees as well as to provide them space for deeper analysis of the question of immigrants' integration and possibilities of solving problems related to that.
After completing the course, students will: - know the role of social worker working with immigrants, in particular with regard to families - know the basic specifics of work with immigrants as social work clinets; - know the selected methods of social work with immigrants, in particular families.
Prerequisites
openness to study in English

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Written exam

Preparedness for and active participation in classes - in particular in discussions in teams Successful completion of the final test
Recommended literature
  • Baláž, R. (2012). Společenské kontexty sociální práce a jejich vliv na práci s?cizinci. Sociální práce / Sociálna práca, 12(4), 134?149..
  • KONSORCIUM NEVLÁDNÍH ORGANIZACÍ PRACUJÍCÍCH S?MIGRANTY. (2018). Integrace cizinců v Česku z pohledu nevládních organizací..
  • Trousil, M. (2007). Úloha a úskalí sociální práce s?imigranty. Sociální práce / Sociálna práca, 2/2007.


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