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Latvian Social Security System
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:30.08.2023 10:46:46
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_119 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Mārtiņš Moors | ||||||||
| 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) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge about the social security system of Latvia, it's constituent parts and basic principles, including social assistance and social services system. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of social security system and principles. Elements of the Latvian social security system. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Social security benefits, their theoretical characteristics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | History of the formation of the Latvian social security system. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | State social benefits. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | State social insurance. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Pension system in Latvia | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | The place of social assistance and social services in the social security system. Social services and social assistance as a function of local government. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Municipal social service, its tasks and main processes. The place of social work specialists in the system of social assistance and social services. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Social assistance: principles and process of providing social assistance. Social assistance clients, their duties and rights. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 10 | Social services, basic principles of their provision, provision process, purpose and types of social services. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The social significance of the health system. Health care system in Latvia. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 12 | The social significance of employment. Employment facilitation system in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 13 | The social significance of education. Education system in Latvia | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of social security system and principles. Elements of the Latvian social security system. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Social security benefits, their theoretical characteristics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Social assistance: principles and process of providing social assistance. Social assistance clients, their duties and rights. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 12 | The social significance of employment. Employment facilitation system in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 13 | The social significance of education. Education system in Latvia | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Examination of students is formed as a written answers about theoretical understanding of the material. Practical work is based on simulated situations. Students' independent work is related to the social security aspects of the system of analysis and characterization. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance and activity in lectures – 10%; Written test results – 30%; Homework results – 20%; Results of final exam – 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | In result student should obtain knowledge about constituent elements of social security system of Latvia, about legal order of education, health care, facilitation of employment in Latvia, about social insurance system and system of social assistance and social services. | ||||||||
| Skills: | In result student should understand diverse and common in the elements of social security system, to be able distinguish different elements of social security and to know specific principals of operation of each element. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | To apply the acquired knowledge to characterize social security system of Latvia. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bite, I. Labklājības sistēma Latvijā// Dzīves jautājumi VIII: sociālā darba un sociālās pedagoģijas teorija un prakse: zinātniski metodisks rakstu krājums / Sociālā darba un sociālās pedagoģijas augstskola "Attīstība". Rīga: Sociālā darba un sociālās pedagoģijas augstskola "Attīstība", 2003. - 242., -268.lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Rajevska, F. Sociālās politikas attīstība Latvijā – iekšējo un ārējo faktoru mijiedarbības iznākums // Sociālā atstumtība un sociālā iekļaušana: situācijas izvērtējums Latvijā: zinātnisko rakstu krājums / Latvijas Universitāte. Sociālo zinātņu fakultāte; [atbildīgā redaktore Feliciana Rajevska]. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, c2006. - 7.-32.lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Danny, Pieters. Social security: an introduction to the basic principles / Danny Pieters. 2nd ed., rev. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2006. xi, 137 p. | ||||||||
| 4 | Moors, Mārtiņš. Latvijas sociālās drošības sistēmas ieceres un veidošanās gadsimtu mijā: [par sociālās drošības sistēmu 20.un 21.gs. mijā]. Bibliogr. zemsvītras piezīmēs: 6.-26.lpp. Sociālais Darbs Latvijā, Nr.1 (2019), 6.-26.lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Chapter 8. Social Security Policies and Programs. Hall, Anthony, and James O. Midgley. Social Policy for Development, SAGE Publications, 2004. ProQuest Ebook Central | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bernotas, D., Guogis, A. Reforming Social Security in a Transition Economy: The Comparative Case of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia | ||||||||
| 2 | Labklājības sistēmas reforma – šodien un nākotnē 2001.gada 19.oktobris, konferences runu apkopojums. LR LM Apvienoto Nāciju attīstības programma. Rīga, 2002 | ||||||||
| 3 | Pauloviča, I. Sociālās reformas un sociālo vērtību izmaiņas sabiedrībā. // Dzīves jautājumi I. – R: SDSPA „Attīstība”, 2000, 35.-45.lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Rajevska, F. Sociālā politika Latvijas Republikas pārejas perioda laikā//Latvijas universitātes raksti. Politikas zinātne, sēj. Nr.686, galv.red. prof. Ž.Ozoliņa, 2005., 79.-92.lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Understanding social security: issues for policy and practice. / edited by Jane Millar. Bristol, UK; Portland, OR: Policy Press, 2018. | ||||||||
| 6 | Voļskis, Edgars. Pensiju sistēmas darbības pamatnostādnes. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, c2011. 76.lpp. | ||||||||
| 7 | Birken, Emily Guy. Making social security work for you: advice, strategies, and timelines that can maximize your benefits. Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2016, 255 lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | LR Labklājības ministrijas sociālais ziņojums. 1997. – 2001.gads. http://www.lm.gov.lv/, sadaļa “Publikācijas”. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ārstniecības likums: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 01.07.1997. nr. 167/168 | ||||||||
| 3 | Izglītības likums: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 17.11.1998. nr. 343/344 | ||||||||
| 4 | Par Eiropas Sociālo hartu: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 18.12. 2001., nr. 183. | ||||||||
| 5 | Par sociālo drošību: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 21.09. 1995., nr. 144. | ||||||||
| 6 | Par valsts sociālo apdrošināšanu: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 21.10.1997, nr. 274/ 276 | ||||||||
| 7 | MK 2013.gada 17.decembra noteikumi Nr.1529 Veselības aprūpes organizēšanas un finansēšanas kārtība. "Latvijas Vēstnesis", 253 (5059), 30.12.2013. | ||||||||
| 8 | Likums „Par valsts pensijām”: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 23.11.1995., nr. 182 | ||||||||
| 9 | Sociālo pakalpojumu un sociālās palīdzības likums: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis,19.11.2002., nr. 168. | ||||||||
| 10 | Valsts sociālo pabalstu likums: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 19.11.2002., nr. 168. | ||||||||
| 11 | Bezdarbnieku un darba meklētāju atbalsta likums: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 29.05.2002., nr. 80. | ||||||||
| 12 | Par pašvaldībām: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 24.05.1994, nr. 61. | ||||||||
