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AREA ELECTIVE

Course
SOWOXX1 - AREA ELECTIVE
Department
Social Work - English - Undergraduate
Course Type
Course
Status
Area-Elective
Language
English
Credit
3
ECTS
4
T+P+L
3 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Eymir ALBAL
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

ALAN SEÇMELİ

AREA ELECTIVE

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Item Type Weight (%)
Midterm Midterm 40
Final Final 60
Total 100

Course outcomes

  1. 01 Understanding the importance of regulation and law in social work
  2. 02 Defining forensic social work
  3. 03 Get an overview of regulations and law
  4. 04 Being able to discuss about limitations of laws
  5. 05 Get an understanding of different kind of abuses
  6. 06 Being able to conduct an interview with a victim of abuse
  7. 07 Being able to conduct an interview with a child
  8. 08 Get an understanding of Human Rights
  9. 09 Being able to collaborate with other professionals
  10. 10 Understanding civil and criminal law

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 Defining Forensic social Work
Week 3 Origins of forensic social work
Week 4 Understanding Deviance and Crime
Week 5 The Role of Social Work in Juvenile Justice
Week 6 Crime Causation Theories
Week 7 Assisting victims - part 1
Week 8 Midterm Exam Week
Week 9 Assisting Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Victim Advocates
Week 10 Forensic Social Work Practice with Elderly Adults Victims of Abuse
Week 11 Forensic Interviewing for Child Sexual Abuse
Week 12 Crime Prevention Intervention Programs
Week 13 Restorative Justice: What Social Workers Need to Know
Week 14 Prisons as a Practice setting
Week 15 Review

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Tina Maschi, (2009). Forensic Social work, Springer.

Learning Outcomes

No learning outcomes have been defined.

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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