Postgraduate Course: Understanding Care and Control in Social Work (PG) (SCWR11033)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Social Work |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Building on the previous course, $ùSocial Work in Communities&©, the focus here shifts from assessment to intervention in social work, exploring ways in which we might engage with others to bring about change in their lives. There will be an underpinning acceptance that intervention in the current context and climate is complex and multi-layered. Social workers must be able to work in different registers and through different levels of engagement. The course will bring understanding to these issues, and help students to begin to develop an understanding of what the social work role is in an ever-shifting economic, political and cultural setting. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Weeks |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course participants will be able to critically analyse:
1. the statutory framework governing social work practice across a range of service user groups.
2. the legal requirements relating to the rights of citizens and data protection.
3. the complex relationship between care, control and justice in social welfare and their practical asnd ethical implications ( including issues of equality and diversity).
4. the policy context of joint working and the processes facilitating effective service user involvement, inter- agency collaboration and partnerships.
Three main SiESWE learning requirements will be principally addressed in this course: units 2, 3 and 4.
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Assessment Information
| This course will be formally assessed by different means: a group presentation 20% and a written assignment 80%. Students are required to pass the essay component and to pass the course overall. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
There will be three EAL groups and one social work theory and methods group each week. Blocks of time will also be allocated for students to undertake weekly fieldwork activities. There will also be formal lectures on law, continuity and change, care and control, capacity and coercion, collaboration and working with others, carer and user movements, ethics and codes of practice and social work skills. |
| Transferable skills |
&· oral communication skills
&· written communication skills
&· oral and visual presentation skills
&· independent learning
&· teamwork
&· interpersonal skills: engagement, empathy, tolerance and open- mindedness, negotiation
&· problem formulation and solving
&· information retrieval and research skills
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| Reading list |
Indicative Reading :
Barnard, A., Horner, N. and Wild, J. (2008) The Value Base of Social Work & Social Care, Maidenhead, Berkshire: OU Press/McGraw Hill.
Beresford, P. (2000) Service users' knowledges and social work theory: conflict or collaboration? Br. J. Soc. Work, Aug 2000; 30: 489 - 503.
Bowles, W., Colllingridge, M., Curry, S. and Valentine, B. (2006) Ethical Practice in Social Work. An Applied Approach, Maidenhead, Berkshire: OU Press/McGraw Hill.
Clark, C. (2001) Adult Day Services and Social Inclusion: Better Days, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Clark, C. (2000) Social Work Ethics: Politics, Principles and Practice, Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Cree, V.E. and Myers, S. (2008) Social Work: Making a Difference, Bristol: Policy Press/BASW.
Cree, V.E. and Davis, A. (2007) Social Work: Voices from the Inside, London, Routledge.
Cree, V.E. (2007) $ùSocial Work and Society&©, in Davies, M. (ed.) Blackwell Companion to Social Work, Third edition, Oxford, Blackwell.
Cree, V.E. (ed) (2003) Becoming a Social Worker, London, Routledge.
Davies, C., Finlay, L. and Bullman, A. (200) Changing Practice in Health and Social Care, London: Sage.
Doel, M. and Best, L. (2008) Experiencing Social Work. Learning from Service Users, London: Sage.
Farmakopoulou, N. (2002) What Lies Underneath? An Inter-organizational Analysis of Collaboration between Education and Social Work, Br. J. Soc. Work, Dec 2002; 32: 1051 - 1066.
Lethard, A. (2003) Interprofessional Collaboration: From Policy to Practice in Health and Social Care, Hove, Brunner-Routledge,
Gray, M. and Webb, S.A. (2009) Social Work Theories and Methods, London: Sage.
Hunter, S. and Curtice, L. (2008) $ùWorking with Adults with Incapacity&© in C. Clark & J. McGhee (eds.) Private and Confidential: Handling Personal Information in Social and Health Services.(191-209). Bristol: Policy Press.
Hunter, S. and Ritchie, P. (2007) $ùWith, Not To: Models of Co-production in Social Welfare&© in S. Hunter & P. Ritchie (eds.) Co-production and Personalisation in Social Care. Research Highlights, 49. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Morris, K. (2008) Social Work and Multi-agency Working, Bristol: Policy Press/BASW.
Nicholas, E. (2003) An Outcomes Focus in Carer Assessment and Review: Value and Challenge, Br. J. Soc. Work, 33: 31 - 47.
Reynolds, J. (2007) Discourses of Inter-Professionalism, Br. J. Soc. Work, April 2007; 37: 441 - 457.
Richardson, S. and Asthana, S. (2006) Inter-agency Information Sharing in Health and Social Care Services: The Role of Professional Culture
Br. J. Soc. Work, 36: 657 - 669.
Trotter, C. (2006) Working with Involuntary Clients, 2nd edition, London: Allen & Unwin/Sage.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh
Tel: (0131 6)50 4047
Email: A.Roeschmarsh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Jane Marshall
Tel: (0131 6)50 3912
Email: jane.marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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