Foreign language for social workers 2.3.43.Z2.KRK-03JOPS

The course will include the following topics:
1. Homelessness – reasons and solutions.
2. Violence, including domestic violence – characteristics of people en-gaged (victim, perpetrator, by-sander), reasons, symptoms, solutions on different levels.
3. Disability – types and relevant support of people with disabilities.
4. Unemployment - types and relevant support of people affected by the problem.
5. Poverty – reasons, types, support and prevention.
6. Addiction - reasons, types, support and prevention.
7. Single and teenage parenthood.
8. Crime, criminals and ex-prisoners as social work challenges.
9. Old people as clients of social work.
10. Cultural diversity as the opportunity and challenge in social work.

Supplementary literature

1. Transformations in cultural, social and educational activity : challenges towards contemporary Europe / collective work scientific edited by: Agnieszka Roguska, Alicja Antas-Jaszczuk ; [translation and proofreading: Krzysztof Lejwoda] ; Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities. - Siedlce : Pracownia Wydawnicza Wydziału Humanistycznego Uniwersytetu Przyrod-niczo-Humanistycznego, 2016. 2. Social work in adult services in the European Union : selected issues and experiences / ed. by Józefa Brągiel, Iwona Dąbrowska-Jabłońska and Malcolm Payne. - London : College Publications, cop. 2011. 3. Between theory and practice - a modern view on the social work / ed. by Da-nuta Marzec, Blahoslav Kraus, Anna Žilová ; Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. - Częstochowa : Wydawnictwo im. Stanisława Podobińskiego Akademii im. Jana Długosza, 2009. 4. Social work education and practice in today's Europe : challenges and diver-sity of responses / ; ed. by Christine Labonte-Roset ; ed. by Ewa Marynowicz-Hetka ; ed. by Jerzy Szmagalski. - Katowice : "Śląsk", 2003.

Type of course

obligatory courses

Learning outcomes

Knowledge - a student:
W 1 – knows English terminology used in social work
W 2 – knows literature in English related to the course
Skills - a student: - student/ka:
U 1 -is able effectively to represent the representatives of the socially excluded groups, using English on B2+ level
U2 – is able to describe the processes and phenomena pre-sent in social work
Social competences - a student:
K 1 – understands the need of long- life learning and plan-ning own development
K 2 - can cooperate in a team performing different functions

Assessment criteria

Oral tasks (60%)
Activity during classes (40%)

Practical placement

not applicable

Bibliography

1. Pedagogy in context of social work : selected problems of Polish, Russian and Slovak social life / editor Lech Kacprzak. - Piła : Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa im. Stanisława Staszica, 2017.
2. Social exclusions in Europe : marketing perspective / ed. by Sławomir Smy-czek, Justyna Matysiewicz. - Katowice : Publishing House of the University of Economics, 2015.
3. Social work : between theory and practice. Pt. 2 / ed. Karol Mausch, Miro-sław J. Śmiałek ; Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny. - Poznań ; Kalisz : Uniwersytet im. Adama Mic-kiewicza. Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny, 2012.
5. Social work : between theory and practice. Pt. 1 / ed. Ewa Ryś, Ewa Roman ; Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny. - Poznań ; Kalisz : Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza. Wydział Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny, 2012.
6. Citizenship social work with older people / Malcolm Payne ; Institute of Pedagogical Sciences. Opole University. - Chicago : Lyceum Books, cop. 2012.

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