Social work - skills and processes

General data

Course ID:	3401-PS12PUP
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.5 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0921) Care of the elderly and of disabled adults The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Social work - skills and processes
Name in Polish:	Praca socjalna - umiejętności i procesy
Organizational unit:	Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	The subject involves knowledge transfer and exercise of competence in relation to a professional performance of the majority of vocational of a social worker: skills conditioning the efficiency of taking direct measures, connecting clients with available resources, maintaining organizational efficiency, developing resources of institutions which are adequate to the needs of the recipients.
Full description:	During the course the student acquires the competences (knowledge and skills) necessary in professional social work practice. The course consists of two parts. In the first one students are primarily acquainted with the basic assumptions of clinical social work, interpersonal communication (verbal and nonverbal), the process of helping, the therapeutic relationship and psychological phenomena such as resistance, transference, countertransference. Second part of the course takes the form of workshops, which give students opportunities to practice their knowledge in three areas: Interpersonal communication in social work Helping relationship. Awareness and responsibility in the process of helping Work with the resisting clients Seminar: 15 hours 1. Clinical Social Work – Introduction 2.Interpersonal communication in social work – the philosophical bases verbal communication with a non-verbal communication 3The process of helping - the stages 4Characteristic phenomenon in the process of helping - resistance / transfer / countertransference 5Therapeutic Relationship 6Characteristics of persons assisting Workshops – 45 hours 1.Interpersonal communications in social work - 15 hours 2.Helping relationship. The role of awareness and responsibility in the process of helping - 15 hours 3.Working with the client niezmotywowanym / oporującym - 15 hours
Bibliography:	• L. Brammer, Kontakty służące pomaganiu. Procesy i umiejętności, Studium Pomocy Psychologicznej • K. Drat-Ruszczak, E. Drążkowska-Zielińska (red.), Podręcznik pomagania. Podstawy pomocy psychologicznej. Szkoły i kierunki psychoterapii, Academica SWPS, Warszawa 2005 • G. Egan, Kompetentne pomaganie, Zysk i S-ka 2002 • Ch.J. Gelso, J. A. Hayes, Relacja terapeutyczna, GWP, 2005 • J. Kottler, Opór w psychoterapii. Jak pracować z klientem trudnym, GWP, 2007 • E. Marcus, Pomaganie bez oporu (wg J. Enrighta), w: Santorski J. (red.), ABC pomocy psychologicznej, Rezonans i Dialog nr 8 • K. Stemplewska-Żakowicz, K. Krejtz (red.), Wywiad psychologiczny. Wywiad jako spotkanie z człowiekiem, Pracownia Testów Psychologicznych PTP, Warszawa 2005 • J. Steward, Mosty zamiast murów. Podręcznik komunikacji interpersonalnej, PWN 2009
Learning outcomes:	The education in the framework of this subject will give the student knowledge of information which is particular of social work regarding the problematics of social function, social diagnosis, the construction of a helping plan, the undertaking of an efficient intervention and monitoring and feedback. The student will be capable of putting the acquired knowledge into practice in accordance with the existing ethical standards
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	to be evaluated: attendance; active participation in classes; final test

This course is not currently offered.

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