NON-GOVERMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL WORK

Course Description

This course aims to make the student aware of the role, NGOs play in the quality, quantity and availability of social services for underrepresented social groups, and explores the necessity for an increasing communication between NGOs, social workers and the civil society. This unit in its first part will draw on the development of NGOs as well as on its unique characteristics including the focus on development discourse, biographies of famous NGO leaders and the discussion about how successful NGOs can be. The second part of the course will pay detailed attention to specific social problems they are intervened by a cooperation of NGOs and social workers.

NON-GOVERMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL WORK

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

No evaluation items have been defined.

Course outcomes

1. 01 students will be able to explain the nature and variety of NGOs.
2. 02 students will be able to criticize how does the civil society, uprising and organizing themselves in NGOs, face and address global problems.
3. 03 students will be able to distinguish what are their policies, challenges and constraints on their ways to meet their aims
4. 04 students will be able to summarize what is the reality of the NGOs role

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 The Management of Non-Governmental Development Organizations An Introduction David Lewis
2. 02 The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in the Implementation of Human Rights David Weissbrod

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 students will be able to explain the nature and variety of NGOs.
2. L02 students will be able to criticize how does the civil society, uprising and organizing themselves in NGOs, face and address global problems.
3. L03 students will be able to distinguish what are their policies, challenges and constraints on their ways to meet their aims
4. L04 students will be able to summarize what is the reality of the NGOs role

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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