Undergraduate Course: Social Work: Making A Difference (SCWR08003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course will introduce students to notions, definitions and insights about social work practice from within the profession, discussing how they compare with public understanding (and prejudices) of the social workers' role and task. A theme will be to explore how social workers can and do make a difference. Outside contributors will discuss what they do and how they interface with other professions, providing students with an awareness of the distinct place of social work in the range of welfare services. |
| Course description |
The course will introduce students to notions, definitions and insights about social work practice from within the profession, discussing how they compare with public understanding (and prejudices) of the social workers' role and task. A theme will be to explore how social workers can and do make a difference. Outside contributors will discuss what they do and how they interface with other professions, providing students with an awareness of the distinct place of social work in the range of welfare services.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
164 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment by one two hour exam (60%), one 2000 word essay (40%), plus one short - formative - exercise to be submitted early in the lecture sequence.
Overall mark will be an average of the weighted results of the exam and essay.
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| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Social Work: Making A Difference | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Social Work: Making a Difference | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course students should have acquired a broad overview of how social services and the social work profession have developed
- By the end of the course students should have acquired a broad overview of the role, challenges and diversity of contemporary social work practice in the UK
- By the end of the course students should have acquired a broad overview of the values required for good social work practice.
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Reading List
Adams, R. et al. (2009) Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates, 3rd edition Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Cree, V. (2013) Becoming A Social Worker, London: Routledge.
Cree, V. and Davis, A. (2007) Social Work: Voices from the Inside, London: Routledge.
Davies, M. (2013) The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, Oxford: Blackwell.
Davies, M. (2000) The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work, Oxford: Blackwell.
Hothersall, S. (2014) Social Work with Children, Young People and their Families in Scotland, Exeter: Learning Matters.
Thompson, N. (2009) Understanding Social Work: Preparing for Practice, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Gary Clapton
Tel: (0131 6)50 3903
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Course secretary | Mrs Elaine Khennouf
Tel: (0131 6)51 1480
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