Postgraduate Course: Ethical Practice (Adult Protection) (PGSP11143)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will explore ethical practice within social work in the context of adult protection and the tensions between user empowerment, protection of vulnerable individuals and professional intervention. The legitimacy of intervention will be examined with particular reference to questions of consent, informed consent and the capacity to consent. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should have broad knowledge of the following:
! Ethics and values as they relate to work with adults
! Theories of ladders of empowerment
! Issues of power
! Codes of practice
! Service user self-determination
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Please note that as the course is a distance learning,part-time MSc, teaching is arranged in blocks of seven hour days. there are also scheduled study days. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr George Palattiyil
Tel: (0131 6)50 3907
Email: g.palattiyil@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Jane Marshall
Tel: (0131 6)50 3912
Email: jane.marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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