SOCIAL WORK THEORY-I: INDIVIDUALS
- Course
- SOWO202 - SOCIAL WORK THEORY-I: INDIVIDUALS
- Department
- Social Work - English - Master
- Course Type
- Scientific Preparation
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 0
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 4 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
- -
Course Description
Social Work as a Discipline and Profession: The features of being discipline social work, Social work as a profession, The purpose and principles of social work. Social Work as a Discipline and Profession: Social work values, Knowledge base of social work, Social work skills, Collecting and evaluation data skills (assessment skills), Developing Professional identity and using skills, Social work practice skills with individuals, groups and community. Evaluating of practice skills. Conceptualization and integration social work knowledge, values and skills with social work purpose and principles. Human Needs and Social Work. Common human needs: conceptual analyze. Ability of determine common human needs. Differences between people and human needs. Results of not to meet human needs: Social Problems. Common human needs, social functioning and social work.
SOCIAL WORK THEORY-I: INDIVIDUALS
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Course outcomes
- 01 Explains the major social work practice theories commonly used in assessment, planning and intervention tasks
- 02 Ability to use different techniques to work with certain types of clients
- 03 Defines which theory is applicable to a certain issue
- 04 Identify the critical thinking principles in examining the use of theories and intervention strategies
- 05 Analyze the effectiveness and utility of a theory chosen for social work practice
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Knowlegde, skill and value of Social Work |
| Week 2 | Challenges of Social Work: Mission, Purpose, Values, Interventions. Direct Practice and Generalist Practice. roles of Direct Practitioners |
| Week 3 | Helping Process/ Planned Intervention Process: Exploration, Engagement, Assessment. Interviewing process and communication. |
| Week 4 | Helping Process/ Planned Intervention Process: ASSESSMENT. Exploring and Understanding Problems and Strengths, Intrapersonel, Interpersonal and Environmental Factors. Models in assessment, assessment and children. Social Work Assessment |
| Week 5 | Helping Process/ Planned Intervention Process: Planning and Implementing: Developing Goals and Formulating a contract, sustaining the change. Change oriented theories |
| Week 6 | Helping Process/ Planned Intervention Process: Implementing: Change oriented Approaches |
| Week 7 | Theories for practice: Ecological, system theory, attachment theory, empowerment |
| Week 8 | Theories for practice: Psychodynamic theories |
| Week 9 | Theories for practice: Family Emotional Systems Theory and behavioral theories |
| Week 10 | Theories for practice: Cognitive Theory and Structural Family Theory |
| Week 11 | Theories for practice: Crisis Theory and Intervention and Solution Focused Therapy |
| Week 12 | Helping Process/ Planned Intervention Process: Change Oriented Phase: Additive Empathy, Interpretation and confrontation |
| Week 13 | Helping Process/ Planned Intervention Process: Change Oriented Phase: Managing Barriers to Change |
| Week 14 | Termination |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Zastrow, C. H. (2021). The Practice of Social Work: A Comprehensive Worktext (12th ed.). Cengage Learning.
- 02 Hepworth, D. H., Rooney, R. H., Dewberry Rooney, G., & Strom-Gottfried, K. (2016). Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills (10th ed.). Cengage Learning.
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