Social Work and Criminal Justice: Themes and Issues (UG) (U03119)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : SPS-3-U03119

This course incorporates a problem-based learning element and taught components. Problem-based learning takes the form of Enquiry & Action Learning and is designed to enhance students' problem solving skills and knowledge of the particular domain of Social Work. The taught component examines a range of theoretical perspectives relating to Psychology and Human Development with particular relevance to this area of practice.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Name of Course(s) SW1ah Social Work: Making a Difference SW1bh Policy and Legal Frameworks SP1h Social Policy and Society SP1h Politics of the Welfare State SW2h From Research into Practice: Landmarks in Social Work Research SP2h Social and Political Enquiry

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Social Work, (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 6 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 6 hour(s) per week for 4 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course participants will be able to describe and evaluate:

1. Different explanations for the characteristics and circumstances of people who use services and the services they need;
2. The range of need expressed by, and attributed to, people who use services and the social processes by which such needs become defined and acted upon;
3. Factors guiding the choice and evaluation of interventions in different circumstances;
4. The relationship between agency policies, legal requirements, ethical principles and professional boundaries;
5. The statutory basis of reports and the requirement to share these with relevant parties.
6. Legal requirements relating to data protection and the rights of citizens to have access to information held about them;
7. Relationships between agency policies, legal and regulatory requirements and professional boundaries in shaping the nature of services provided in inter-disciplinary contexts;
8. Issues associated with working across professional boundaries and with different disciplines;
9. Factors and processes facilitating effective service integration, inter-agency collaboration and partnership;
10. The complex relationships between justice, care and control in social welfare and community justice and the practical and their ethical implications