Module Provider: |
School of Health and Social Care |
Number of credits: |
20 [10 ECTS credits] |
Level: |
C (Certificate) |
Terms in which taught: |
Autumn and Spring |
Module Convenor: |
Mr
PG
Williams |
Pre-requisites: |
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Co-requisites: |
HC1HS2 HC1SW7
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Modules excluded: |
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Current from: |
2005/6 |
Aims:
To introduce students to social work with the range of potential clients, including children, families, vulnerable adults and carers. |
Assessable learning outcomes:
Students will be able to:
demonstrate a general knowledge of the variety of services available to children and their families and to adults and carers;
identify some of the ways in which policy has shaped practice;
understand the pattern of services available;
acknowledge the range of needs experienced;
identify a range of methods available to social workers;
recognise the need to balance issues of protection and independence, risk and rights.
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Additional outcomes:
Students will be able to:
demonstrate some insight into the reality of social work for practitioners;
develop their confidence in working with children and families;
recognise the diversity of needs within and between groups of adults and carers;
appreciate the importance, demands, variety and interest of social work in practice.
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Outline content:
Structure and variety of services
Key methods used in working with children and their families
Introduction to Attachment and Loss
Children in Need - Framework for assessment
Introduction to issues of risk - Child Protection - Inquiry Outcomes
The range of adult client groups and carers.
The range of needs relevant to social work, including clients' own perspectives.
Some key methods used in direct social work with adult clients and carers.
Concepts of vulnerability, protection, risk and rights and the challenge of balancing the interests of clients and carers.
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Brief description of teaching
and learning methods:
Lectures and seminars (including contributions by visiting practitioners and service users), small group work, case presentations and discussions, reading and video material. |
Contact hours:
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Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
| Lectures |
20 |
18 |
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| Tutorials/seminars |
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| Practicals |
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| Other contact (eg study visits) |
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| Total hours |
20 |
18 |
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| Other (eg major seminar paper) |
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1 (Exam) |
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Assessment:
Coursework: None
Examination: A two-hour exam at the end of the module (Spring Term).
Questions will cover both children and families, and adults and carers.
Requirements for a pass: A mark of 40%
Reassessment arrangements: Re-examination by 1st September.
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