Module SOCI40115: Advanced Social Work

Department: Applied Social Sciences

SOCI40115: Advanced Social Work

Tied To

• L5K380: Social Work (see Postgraduate Handbook 2014-2015 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• This module is designed to enable students to extend their knowledge, understanding and application of social work theory and methods within appropriate legislative, policy and organisational frameworks and contexts.

Content

• There will be 3 distinct units within the module, as follows:
• 1. Policy into Practice;
• 2. Theory into Practice; and
• 3. Advanced Practice in Children's Services and Adults' Services;

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module you will:
• Be able to demonstrate a systematic understanding and application of :
• The scope and functions of i) social work with children and families, and ii) community care;
• The legislative basis for interventions with children and families and with vulnerable adults and their carers;
• Contemporary policy in social work with children and families and in community care;
• Social work theories and methods and evidence of their effectiveness in working with individuals, families, groups and communities;
• The role of the social worker in the context of structures and processes that promote partnership working with service users, carers, and inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working; and
• The principles and value base of social work that inform ethical practice in a context of changing demands on social workers.

• Be able to demonstrate skills in:
• The integration of theory and research and their application in social work interventions; and
• Verbal presentation of their role in assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation, and the social work theory and research that have informed the chosen method of intervention.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module learning outcomes will be achieved through a range of direct teaching, presentations from visiting lecturers, from practice, student group discussion and individual student presentation.
• Knowledge, understanding and skills will be assessed through:
• an individual presentation of a case study demonstrating application of social work theory and research in practice;
• written report of the same case study.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

None.