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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies)

Postgraduate Course: Ethical Practice (Adult Protection) (PGSP11143)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis 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 Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations 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
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr George Palattiyil
Tel: (0131 6)50 3907
Email: g.palattiyil@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Jane Marshall
Tel: (0131 6)50 3912
Email: jane.marshall@ed.ac.uk
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