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Social Assistance
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:15.03.2024 10:52:04
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_114 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Iveta Dūma | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not necessary. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop an understanding of the social policy, state and municipal provision in the field of social services and social assistance, basic principles of providing social assistance. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Social security system in Latvia: social insurance, state and municipal support system, social services. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Social work specialists: social worker, organiser of social assistance, social caregiver, social rehabilitator. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Basic principles of determining the amount of state and municipal support. Provision of social assistance in the municipality. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The concept of a social problem, characterisation thereof, classification of social problems. Examples of social problems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Studying scientific literature, completing independent work individually and in a group. Please fill in the study course evaluation questionnaire after completing the study course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Knowledge testing during practical classes - debates, seminars, discussions. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successfully completing the study course, the student will be able to: • describe the social security system; • recognise the levels of social work practice; • recognise and explain social problems; • explain the work specifics of social work specialists; • describe the state and municipal benefits system; • recognise social services. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After successfully completing the study course, the student will be able to: • name 3 elements of the social security system; • name social work specialists; • list the duties of social work specialists; • list the basic principles of determining the amount of benefits; • describe the social assistance provision of at least one municipality; • name social problems. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Able to describe social security systems. Able to formulate the tasks of social work specialists. Able to describe the provision of state and municipal benefits. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Davies, M. The Blackwell encyclopedia of Social Work. Blackwell Publishing, 2000. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Dominelli, L. Social Work. Theory and Practice for a Changing Profession. Policy Press, 2004. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Kerson, T.S., McCoyd, J.L.M. Social Work in Health Settings: Practice in Context. Routledge: New York, 2016. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Labklājības ministrija. Pieejams no: www.lm.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 2 | Latvijas Nacionālais attīstības plāns 2021. – 2027. gadam. Pieejams no: https://pkc.gov.lv/lv/nap2027 | ||||||||
| 3 | Latvijas ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģija līdz 2030. gadam. Pieejams no: http://www.varam.gov.lv/lat/pol/ppd/?doc=13857 | ||||||||
| 4 | Valsts sociālās apdrošināšanas aģentūra. Pieejams no: www.vsaa.gov.lv | ||||||||
