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Cyprus International University
TR

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK

Course
SOWO225 - FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK
Department
Social Work - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Course
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
6
T+P+L
3 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
-
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

The course emphasizes on the development of a systems perspective for a live span effective social work practice with families. Students will learn how to position the self as a facilitating force when working with family systems charged with emotion, affected by cultural background and socioeconomic status, and framed by a powerful history. Specifically, the course will attain an understanding of how personality, family of origin, value systems and past social experiences affect the work with families. This course will offer students an introduction to social work practice with children and their families and will acquaint students with the diversity of family composition, family rules and family roles. Students will learn about conventional nuclear family composition, the single-parent home, foster and adoptive homes, and diverse alternative forms of family life.

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK

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Course outcomes

  1. 01 Being able to examine a case
  2. 02 Being able to describe the steps of each theory
  3. 03 Being able to demonstrate social workers' skills
  4. 04 Being able to predict the possible issue related to a theory
  5. 05 Being able to implement various theories
  6. 06 Being able to identify defense mechanisms
  7. 07 Being able to select the most relevant theory
  8. 08 Being able to conduct interview with population at risk
  9. 09 Being able to solve problem related to families
  10. 10 Applying various theories to social work cases

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction to the course, Meeting, Determining students' expectations
Week 2 Ecological, Systems The Strengths Perspective Theories
Week 3 Definition of group and social group work, Advantages and disadvantages of group work
Week 4 The development and importance of group work
Week 5 Social group dynamics and leadership
Week 6 Planning social group work
Week 7 Planning social group work
Week 8 Ara Sınav
Week 9 Starting group work
Week 10 Group Process
Week 11 Programming and group activities
Week 12 Power and opression issues, Coping with unexpected or unhelpful responses
Week 13 Group work with children and the use of games
Week 14 Theories for group
Week 15 Theories for group

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Lındsay, T., Orton, S. (2009). Groupwork Practice in Social Work. Learning Matters Ltd.
  2. 02 Karataş, Z. (2017). Gruplarla Sosyal Hizmet. İÜ, Açık ve Uzaktan Eğitim.

Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes

  1. P01 Has knowledge of social service application areas (health, social welfare services, education, social security, civil society, local government).
  2. P02 Has knowledge of social work theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory).
  3. P03 Has knowledge of human development and social environment.
  4. P04 Use knowledge of communication skills (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups).
  5. P05 Use knowledge of management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations)
  6. P06 Apply knowledge of research methods and techniques in social work.
  7. P07 Has the ability to perform planned change process (linking, diagnosis and evaluation, planning, implementation, evaluation, termination and monitoring of applications) by considering similarities and differences for all levels of applicants.
  8. P08 Social service application areas (Health, education, social security, civil society, local government), social service theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory), human development and social environment, communication (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups) apply management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations), research methods and techniques, professional ethics, principles and values, and the ability to practice social work with different client groups.
  9. P09 Has the ability to distinguish and collect appropriate information for social investigation, evaluation and report preparation
  10. P10 Has the ability to interpret research results and professional literature.
  11. P11 Has the ability to develop inter-institutional relations, communication and joint services.
  12. P12 Acts in accordance with professional ethics, norms and standards that determine duties and rights related to social work profession.
  13. P13 It adopts social justice and rights based approach within the framework of social, scientific, cultural and professional values.
  14. P14 Develop an understanding of individual, family, group, institution, community, community and global practices in order to improve social functionality and facilitate social change
  15. P15 Becomes a model to the society with knowledge, skills, values ​​and attitudes and adopts the understanding of lifelong learning.

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