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Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2011/12


AS20351: Social work theory

Click here for further information Credits: 10
Click here for further information Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Click here for further information Period: Academic Year at Wiltshire College (Trowbridge Campus)
Click here for further information Assessment: ES100
Click here for further information Supplementary Assessment: Supplementary assessment information not currently available (this will be added shortly)
Click here for further information Requisites:
Click here for further information Description: Aims:
The aim of this module is to prepare students for the process of supervised practice- learning & assessment & to facilitate the development of theoretically informed & anti-oppressive practice.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the module students will able to:
* Identify, use & justify social work theories, methods & models appropriate to needs & circumstances in work with users & carers (Key Role 2 unit 5 Element 5.3 a & b)
* Critically appraise theories of and for social work & recognise their relationship to practice
* Identify & justify the basis for professional judgements and the underpinning social work theory, knowledge or evidence base (Key Role 6 Unit 19 Element 19.1b)
* Select & use appropriate theories, models & methods to help participants understand group processes ( Key Role 2 Unit 8 Element 8.3 c)
* Identify, use & justify appropriate social work theories, methods & approaches to disengage from groups & networks (Key Role 2 unit 7 Element 7.3f; Key Role 2 Unit 8 Element 8.4c)
* Work within the principles & values underpinning social work practice as identified by the GSCC National Occupational Standards and Code of Practice.

Skills:
Communication skills; research-based evidence; sociological & psychological perspectives in understanding human behaviour; group work; critical appraisal; methods of intervention with service users and carers; integration of theory and evidence from research into intervention; problem solving; anti-oppressive practice.

Content:
Perspectives on human behaviour & the values that underpin them; principles, theories & methods of social work practice applicable to working with a the range of service-users (Knowledge Indicators 4a & 4d); theories on the impact of discrimination & methods of working with diversity (Knowledge Indicator 4c); values & ethics for social work practice; theories of organisations, group behaviour & organisational change (Knowledge indicator 4g); theories of how systems work (Knowledge Indicator 2g); evidence & knowledge-based practice (Knowledge indicator 4g); Lessons learned from both successful interventions & serious failure of service (Knowledge indicator 4f).
Click here for further informationProgramme availability:

AS20351 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Learning Partnerships
  • UDAS-WFB10 : BSc (hons) Social Work (Full-time at Wiltshire College (Trowbridge Campus)) - Year 2

NB. Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.