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Management and Logistics of Integrated Social and Health Services in Social Work

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:16.02.2022 08:56:15
Study Course Information
Course Code:LUSDK_268LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:4.00ECTS:6.00
Branch of Science:Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social WorkTarget 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, socdkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)12Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures24
Classes (count)12Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes24
Total Contact Hours48
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)12Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures24
Classes (count)12Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes24
Total Contact Hours48
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Biomedical aspects of human functioning, basics of social work, basics of public health.
Objective:
To provide knowledge of integrated health and social services management and to develop skills to coordinate interdisciplinary care.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Regulatory framework for health care and social services. Ministries of Welfare and Health, their role in shaping social and health care policies in Latvia. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
2Concept of integrated services. Interinstitutional cooperation in the provision of integrated services in care. Client and patient – rights, responsibilities, identification of complex social and medical problems, evaluation methods. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
3Involvement of a medical practitioner and a social worker in ensuring the medical treatment, rehabilitation and care process. Aspects of safety of the patient/client, ensuring it in interdisciplinary care. Incompletely provided care and its risks in the aspects of interdisciplinary approach. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
4Availability of resources and integrated services. Health and social care services, mutual interaction, constant and periodic care. Regulatory framework for receiving and providing services. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
5Principles of cooperation between healthcare and social assistance systems in outpatient and institutional work practices. Information circulation, client engagement. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
6Interinstitutional cooperation / team management, decision-making, place and role of non-governmental organisations. Limits of professional competence. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
7Regulatory framework for social and medical rehabilitation services and the network of services in Latvia. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
8Disability detection system in Latvia, interaction between health and social services providers in this process. Institutions involved and their cooperation. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
9Palliative care and existential crises in health and social care work practices. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
10Palliative care and existential crises in health and social care work practices. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
11Health promotion approaches, in particular in population groups at risk of social, territorial exclusion and poverty. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
12Presentation of the collaborative algorithm (good practice) in the management of health and social services – case analysis and modelling. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00clinical base
13Customer functionality evaluation methodology in the long-term rehabilitation process.Lectures2.00auditorium
Classes2.00auditorium
14Social work: social care, social rehabilitationLectures4.00auditorium
Classes4.00auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Regulatory framework for health care and social services. Ministries of Welfare and Health, their role in shaping social and health care policies in Latvia. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
2Concept of integrated services. Interinstitutional cooperation in the provision of integrated services in care. Client and patient – rights, responsibilities, identification of complex social and medical problems, evaluation methods. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
3Involvement of a medical practitioner and a social worker in ensuring the medical treatment, rehabilitation and care process. Aspects of safety of the patient/client, ensuring it in interdisciplinary care. Incompletely provided care and its risks in the aspects of interdisciplinary approach. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
4Availability of resources and integrated services. Health and social care services, mutual interaction, constant and periodic care. Regulatory framework for receiving and providing services. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
5Principles of cooperation between healthcare and social assistance systems in outpatient and institutional work practices. Information circulation, client engagement. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
6Interinstitutional cooperation / team management, decision-making, place and role of non-governmental organisations. Limits of professional competence. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
7Regulatory framework for social and medical rehabilitation services and the network of services in Latvia. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
8Disability detection system in Latvia, interaction between health and social services providers in this process. Institutions involved and their cooperation. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
9Palliative care and existential crises in health and social care work practices. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
10Palliative care and existential crises in health and social care work practices. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00other
11Health promotion approaches, in particular in population groups at risk of social, territorial exclusion and poverty. (B.Paševica)Lectures1.00auditorium
12Presentation of the collaborative algorithm (good practice) in the management of health and social services – case analysis and modelling. (D.Staķe)Classes1.00clinical base
13Customer functionality evaluation methodology in the long-term rehabilitation process.Lectures2.00auditorium
Classes2.00auditorium
14Social work: social care, social rehabilitationLectures4.00auditorium
Classes4.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Independent studies of literature. Individual and group work during classes, discussing the problems of the topic of the class, case analysis – work in groups.
Assessment Criteria:
Activity and participation in classes, group work – 10%; test – 30% presentation of the collaborative algorithm (good practice) in the management of health and social services – 60%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):Exam
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:As a result of completing the study course, students will be able to do the following: • to describe professional cooperation skills and cooperation in providing integrated care in a team; • to describe social rehabilitation and medical rehabilitation; • to understand the specific nature of care in risk groups (including elderly people, people with mental disorders, families with a child with special needs); • to describe health promotion approaches (including in population groups subject to social, territorial exclusion and poverty).
Skills:• to integrate theoretical knowledge in practical classes; • to implement an approach that meets the needs of patients and society in the provision of integrated health and social services; • to find one's way in the regulatory framework of the field.
Competencies:To understand and organise integrated health and social services.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1„Informatīvais ziņojums par rīcības plāna invaliditātes un tās izraisīto seku mazināšanas politikas pamatnostādņu īstenošanai 2005. – 2015.gadam izpildi”. LM, 2009.
2„Sociālo pakalpojumu un sociālās palīdzības likums”
3Eiropas Savienības pamattiesību harta
4EK iniciatīvas EQUAL projekts „Invalīdu nodarbinātības veicināšana”, 9.2.aktivitāte „Inovatīva sociālās funkcionēšanas spēju atjaunošanas vai uzlabošanas metodika”. Jūrmala, 2007.
5Likums „Par invalīdu medicīnisko un sociālo aizsardzību”.
6LR Labklājības ministrija: Tehniskie palīglīdzekļi
7MK noteikumi Nr. 541 „Rīcības plāns invaliditātes un tās izraisīto seku mazināšanas politikas pamatnostādņu īstenošanai 2005. – 2015.gadam”.
8MK noteikumi Nr. 544 „Invaliditātes un tās izraisīto seku mazināšanas politikas pamatnostādņu īstenošanai 2005. – 2015.gadam”.
9MK noteikumi Nr. 564 „Latvijas Nacionālais attīstības plāns 2007 - 2013”.
10MK noteikumi Nr. 681 „Noteikumi par darbības programmas "Cilvēkresursi un nodarbinātība" papildinājuma 1.4.1.2.1.apakšaktivitāti "Darbspēju vērtēšanas sistēmas pilnveidošana".
11MK noteikumi Nr. 693 „Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Konvencijas par personu ar invaliditāti tiesībām īstenošanas plāns 2010.-2012.gadam”.
12MK noteikumi Nr.250 „Noteikumi par kredīta procentu segšanu invalīdiem, kuri saņēmuši kredītu mājokļa pielāgošanai”.
13Vaivaru tehnisko palīglīdzekļu centrs
14Vadlīnijas Es fondu projektu iesniegumu vērtētājiem Par horizontālās prioritātes „vienlīdzīgas iespējas” ievērošanu Es fondu projektu iesniegumu atlasē, LR Labklājības ministrija, 30.01.2008. Nr. 1/VL-ESF
15Ziņojums par EQUAL projekta „Invalīdu nodarbinātības veicināšana” rezultātiem. 2007.
Additional Reading
1Albrecht, G. L. Encyclopedia of Disability. SAGE Publications, 2006.
2Altman, B. Studies of attitudes towards the handicapped: the need for a new 2 direction. Social Psychology, 1981.
3The Sage handbook of qualitative research / edited by Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln. Sage, 2011.
4Drucker, P. Managing for the future. New York: Dutton. 1992.
5Jonsoon, G., Ekholm J., Schult, M. L. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Helth enviromental factors as facilitators or barriers used in describing personal and social networks: a pilot study of adults with cerebral palsy. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2008.
6Nochajski, S. M. The International Classification of Function, Disability and Health (ICF) and its application with AIDS. The Journal of Rehabilitation, 2003.
7Towards a Common Language for Functioning, Disability and Health ICF. WHO. Geneva, 2002.
8Occupational therapy and physical dysfunction: enabling occupation / edited by Michael Curtin, Matthew Molineux, Jo-anne Supyk-Mellson. 6th ed. Edinburgh; New York: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. 2010.
9Wright, B. Physical Disability: A Psychological Approach (2nd ed.). New York: Harper and Row, 1983.
10Barnes, C. Independent Living for Disabled People: A Policy Initiative That Can No Longer Be ignored.
11Tomey, K. M., Sowers, M. R. Assessment of physical functioning: a conceptual model encompassing environmental factors and individual compensation strategies. 2009
12Sociālā darba terminoloģijas vārdnīca. SDSPA „Attīstība”. Rīga, 2000.
13Starptautiskā funkcionēšanas, nespējas un veselības klasifikācija. PVO, Rīga, 2003.
14„Standartnoteikumi par iespēju izlīdzināšanu personām ar nespēju”, pieņemti ANO Ģenerālās Asamblejas 48.sesijā 1993.gada 20.decembrī (rezolūcija 48/96). Ņujorka: Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Sabiedrības informācijas departaments, 1994.gads.
15Drošas un atbalstošas darba vides izveide cilvēkiem ar invaliditāti, Informatīvi izglītojošs materiāls, ESF projekts „Drošas un atbalstošas darba vides izveide cilvēkiem ar invaliditāti”. Rīga, 2006.
Other Information Sources
1The Deffinition of Disability.
2Tehniskie palīglīdzekļi
3Cilvēki ar ierobežotām kustībām, ande.isma.lv/Latvv/30104.htm
4Tyrer, P., Karlsen, S., Crawford, M. Social function, chronic strains and personality difficulties.