Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
AS10347: Contemporary social work |
 Credits:
| 10 |
| Level:
| Certificate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Academic Year at Wiltshire College, Chippenham | |
| Academic Year at Wiltshire College, Trowbridge |
| Assessment:
| ES100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Supplementary assessment information not currently available (this will be added shortly) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This module aims to promote an understanding of contemporary social work & its historical context across a range of settings & to explore the impact of current organisational & legislative changes. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the module students will be able to: * Debate the historical roots of social work (Knowledge Indicator 2a) * Discuss the role and purpose of social work in current society, to include an understanding of why people use social work & social care (knowledge Indicator 2d) * Identify contemporary issues and trends in social work, including ways in which social work organisation and practice may continue to develop (Knowledge Indicator 2c) * Identify how the history of social work and welfare have led to the current organisational position, including theories of organisations & organisational change (knowledge Indicator 4h) * Discuss the way in which social work has responded to ideological and other social changes. Skills: Working in partnership with other agencies and with service users; anti-oppressive practice; application of theories of organisational change to practice; critical analysis and reflection; skills in critical evaluation; communication skills. Content: The historical development of social work including changes in organisational structure, the growth of state social work, the developing relationship with other agencies such as Health, Social Services, Education, Housing; models of working in partnership with other agencies; models of partnership & collaboration; ideological change including the growth of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice; the development of the service user movement, partnership, collaboration or allies? The future of social work. |