Syllabus
1. Introduction to the course. Social work in the Czech Republic, history, basic concepts and ideas
2. The Czech society - social reflection
3. The legal capacity of people with disabilities in Czech and European case law
4. The system of social services in the Czech Republic
5. Social economy, social entrepreneurship
6. Social exclusion
7. Transformation of the institutional care to the form of services provided in a community
8. Social work with the special target groups in the health-social borderline (old people, people with dementia, people with mental illness, people with long-term illness)
9. Research in social work - examples
10. Developing and presenting ideas for the final essay
11. Social farming and nature-based approaches to human well-being
12. Community work
13. PPT presentations and discussion about presented ideas
Annotation
Předmět je v LS 2022/2023 zajišťován předmětem FF ASCK100133 Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare.
This course is offered to ERASMUS+ students at the Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University Prague, taught in English.
The course aims to introduce major social issues and concerns in CR which are closely associated with social work: socio-economic development of the society – major trends, current social structure and emerging problems, approaches to solve them and basic coping strategies of target groups. The course will explore theories and concepts related to social exclusion and integration, legal concerns and brig examples of practical applications to be analysed and discussed by the course participants.
The course is taught over a semester (13 sessions) with one lecture or seminar each week.