HC2HS3: Social Policy and Social Welfare
Module Provider: |
School of Health and Social Care |
Number of credits: |
20 [10 ECTS credits] |
Level: |
I (Intermediate) |
Terms in which taught: |
Autumn, Spring and Summer |
Module Convenor: |
Mr
PM
Pettit |
Pre-requisites: |
HC1HS2
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Co-requisites: |
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Modules excluded: |
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Current from: |
2005/6 |
Aims:
This module aims to examine critically how social policy is used to promote social welfare in the UK , with particular regard to education , health , criminal justice , housing , welfare benefits and social care |
Assessable learning outcomes:
At the end of this module the student will be able to :
1. identify the major structures and processes of social policy making in the UK.
2. to analyse the ways in which social policy has evolved in the areas of education, health, criminal justice, housing, welfare benefits and social care.
3. to assess whether particular education, health, criminal justice, housing, welfare benefits and social care policies have promoted social welfare. |
Additional outcomes:
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Outline content:
social policy and social welfare systems
social policy and the political process
the production, organisation, consumption and distribution of welfare
state welfare; private welfare; the voluntary sector; the informal sector
managing and delivering welfare; paying for welfare
work, employment and the production of welfare
the family and the production of welfare
professions, bureaucracy and social welfare
issues in education, health, criminal justice, housing, welfare benefits and social care policy
user perspectives: particular groups ( children, young people, older people, disabled people) service based - education, health care, housing, personal social services and community care |
Brief description of teaching
and learning methods:
Lectures ; student-led seminars ; structured group discussions and debates case studies ; analysis of video materials ; experiential learning - drawing on student biography ; group projects and presentations |
Contact hours:
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Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
| Lectures |
10 |
10 |
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| Tutorials/seminars |
10 |
10 |
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| Practicals |
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| Other contact (eg study visits) |
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| Total hours |
20 |
20 |
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| Number of essays or assignments |
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| Other (eg major seminar paper) |
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1 - report of group project |
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Assessment:
Course work:
A report on a group project [2,000 words per student in group]
Relative percentage of coursework: 100%
Examinations:
None
Requirements for pass:
A mark of 40 %
Reassessment arrangements:
Re-examination in by 1st September. |
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