Course: Community work

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Course title Community work
Course code KPG/NPKOP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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.
  • Tylová Eva, Mgr.
  • Kocourková Vladimíra, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Pitnerová Dagmar, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Drlíková Veronika, Mgr.
Course content
Basic concepts, historical development of community social work, community work models. Prerequisites for the worker to work with communities. The phases of community work (surveys and needs analysis, planning, implementation, evaluation). Current trends in community work at home and abroad. Organisations working in the form of community work in this country and in selected EU countries

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Homework for Teaching - 20 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students receive theoretical and practical basis for social work with the community. Acquainted with the historical development of community social work (the CP), with the objectives, features and CP models with different types of communities, the CP phases, the tasks of social workers. In addition, you acquire a network of social services, counseling, working together with social prcovníkem under the KP.
Students are familiar with the historical development of community social work (DoP ). KP dominate models , types of communities, the CP phase , the tasks of the social worker , a network of social services, counseling , working together with a social worker under the KP.
Prerequisites
General knowledge of sociology, social policy.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Processing of paper on Pros and cons of social work with a select range of community at least 7 pages. When processing individual work of students based on lectures and the study of literature
Recommended literature
  • kú. (2009). sTRATEGICKÉ PLÁNOVÁNÍ SOCIÁLNÍCH SLUŽEB V JEDNOTLIVÝCH KRAJÍCH.
  • MPSV. (2006). KOMUNITNÍ PLÁNOVÁNÍ SOCIÁLNÍCH SLUŽEB.


Study plans that include the course
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