Social Work in Context (PG) (P00639)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-SW5A

This course incorporates 3 main elements (i) Enquiry & Action Learning - designed to enhance students problem solving skills and knowledge of the 3 main domains of SW practice i.e. children and families, community care and criminal justicce (ii) SW Law & Welfare Rights - aim to ensure students have a good understanding of the Scottish Legal system and detailed knowledge of professional law of relevance to-day and practice.(iii) Psychology/Human Development - examine a range of theoretical perspectives relating to Psychology and Human Development over the life cycle.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Studies), (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 19 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 6 hour(s) per week for 12 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
22/09/2005	11:10	13:00	Lecture Theatre, Robson Building	Med+Vet

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

EAL: Explanations for characteristics and circumstances of service users & services needed; Range of need of people who use services and their carers - social processes by which needs are defined and acted upon; Factors guiding choice and evaluation of interventions; Relationship between agency policies, legal requirements, ethical principles and professional boundaries; Statutory basis of reports and requirement to share with relevant parties; Legal requirements of data protection and right of citizen access to information about them; Relationships between agency policies, legal and regulatory requirements and professional boundaries shaping services in inter-disciplinary contexts; Working across professional and discipline boundaries; Facilitating service integration, inter-agency collaboration and partnership; Relationships between justice, care and control in social welfare & community justice and their practical and ethical implications. Law: Legal bases for intervention and significance of relationships with statutory social services - education, housing, health, criminal justice, income maintenance and other services by voluntary organisations and support groups; Concepts of rights, responsibility, freedom, authority a power - practice of s/workers as moral and statutory agents; S/Workers' duties and responsibilities to protect public & uphold law; Legislative & legal frameworks, service standards, practice guidelines & practice codes; The application of legislation in practice, statutory responsibility & conflict between statute, policy & practice; Legislation on the people's rights, esp measures designed to tackle discrimination.Psychology/Human Development: Ind. & social development theories, identity & functioning - infancy to old age & death; Nature, characteristics & effects of developmental delay, disruption & trauma & significance of resilience. Knowledge, skills & values necessary to understand & take effective action in a variety of s/work contexts.