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Social Work Placement with People with Addictions or Other Social Groups
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:15.08.2023 10:35:22
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_189 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dagnija Staķe | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in clinical social work with patients/clients with infectious diseases; knowledge in social work with persons with addiction problems; knowledge in psychiatry and narcology, and social psychology. The study course “Clinical Social Work with Patients/Clients with Infectious Diseases with Specific Medical Problems”. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop and deepen the knowledge and skills acquired during theoretical courses and practical classes, to use them in practical work in the placement institution’s system. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Placement supervision | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Placement report | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Placement supervision | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Placement report | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Visit to a placement institution, implementation of placement tasks; work with documentation; participation in placement supervisions. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • placement documentation submitted • placement report prepared and presented • positive assessment by the placement supervisor at the placement institution. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Understands social work in the clinical environment; • defines functions of social work professionals with different target groups of clients/patients, including people with addiction problems and infectious diseases; • understands the establishment of cooperation with specific target groups and other institutions providing social services and social assistance. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • To establish a conversation; • to document the information obtained; • to observe and evaluate the social services and assistance process; • to demonstrate awareness of professional ethics and values; • to identify the problem; • to set the purpose of intervention, to plan the intervention process; • to cooperate on a team. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To demonstrate knowledge and skills in social work with people with addiction problems and infectious diseases. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Institūciju dokumentācija. | ||||||||
| 2 | Sociālo pakalpojumu un sociālās palīdzības likums. | ||||||||
| 3 | Ārstniecības likums. | ||||||||
| 4 | Likums „Par sociālo drošību.” | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sociālo pakalpojumu un sociālās palīdzības likuma 13.pants 4.punkts | ||||||||
| 2 | MK 2006.gada 6.novembra noteikumi Nr.914 „Kārtība, kādā no psihoaktīvām vielām atkarīgās personas saņem sociālās rehabilitācijas pakalpojumus” | ||||||||
| 3 | MK 2003.gada 3.jūnija noteikumi Nr.291 „Prasības sociālo pakalpojumu sniedzējiem" | ||||||||
