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Qualification Placement
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:15.08.2023 10:37:21
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_196 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 20.00 | ECTS: | 30.00 | ||||||
| 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) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | 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) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Social work theories and methods for working with an individual, a family, a group and a community; management of social cases; regulatory framework for the activities of social service institutions in Latvia; social policy; management and logistics, administration and quality assessment of social services; professional ethics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To master the professional skills needed by a social worker in social work in the field of the social services system and in the field of health and safety. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to placement | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Supervision | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Supervision | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to placement | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Supervision | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Supervision | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work in the placement institution in accordance with the duties and tasks defined in the student’s contract for work or study placement. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Reference of the placement supervisor designated in the employer’s or study placement institution on the performance of duties and tasks set for the student, student’s report-self-assessment on the professional skills learned during placement. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Report (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Report (Placement) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social work as a cross-sectoral profession; the role of social work in the formation, provision and administration of social services at state and local government level. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Able to use social work theories, approaches and methods in accordance with the specifics of the social case; able to independently work with a social case; able to cooperate with other specialists in a team. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Able to take responsibility and initiative, when performing work individually or in a team; able to set the priorities of works to be performed, to work in a team and plan, organise and lead its work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sociālo pakalpojumu un sociālās palīdzības likums. | ||||||||
| 2 | Institūciju dokumentācija. | ||||||||
| 3 | Likums „Par sociālo drošību.” | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.lm.gov.lv | ||||||||
