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Course: Social Work in Field

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Course title Social Work in Field
Course code KPG/SPVT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Marešová Veronika, Mgr. et Bc.
  • Brezáni Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The aim of lectures is to provide basic information about the field of social work and how to use it in the Czech Republic and worldwide. Lectures include historical development of social work field. Another issue is the framework in which the field of social work exists in the structure of social work and social policy. Attention is paid to the consistency of this service with other providers of social work, professional institutes, local authorities, etc. This view is mediated through the stigmatization of space in which the field of social workers operates. The theme of the everyday field of social workers is linked to the topics: the demarcation of the terrain, the area of movement, time schedule of field personnel, documentation, legal standards of collection and archiving of qualitative data in the CR, the time after work area after work, ethics, provision of social services field, certification processes. In this block of lectures will be given individual case histories of clients of social work and discussed possible solutions, approaches and activities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Students' portfolio
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 6 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Student know able to link the current dilemmas of discipline with their historical roots in our cultural circuit.
learning outcomes
Students are able to use the theoretical knowledge in practice. They will write the seminar work on social work field using the database EIFL, or another source. Source for the seminar work must be either a professional journal or professional book, not a newspaper or magazine article. The seminar work will be presented in the seminar, the topic will be discussed in class.
teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Oral exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Bednářová, Zdena; Pelech, Lubomír. Sociální práce na ulici : streetwork. Vyd. 1. Brno : Doplněk, 1999. ISBN 80-7239-048-1.
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  • Berger, Peter Ludwig; Luckmann, Thomas. Sociální konstrukce reality : pojednání o sociologii vědění. 1. vyd. Praha : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999. ISBN 80-85959-46-1.
  • Berger, Peter Ludwig. Pozvání do sociologie. 1. vyd. Praha : Federální ministerstvo obrany, správa sociálního řízení, 1991. ISBN 80-85469-08-1.
  • Burroughs, W. Feťák. Praha, Odeon, 1997.
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  • Geertz, Clifford. Interpretace kultur : vybrané eseje. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000. ISBN 80-85850-89-3.
  • Girtler, Roland. Okrajové sociální kultury. Vyd. 1. Brno : Masarykova univezita, 2001. ISBN 80-210-2728-2.
  • Goffman, Erving. Stigma : poznámky k problému zvládání narušené identity. Vyd. 1. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003. ISBN 80-86429-21-0.
  • Goffman, Erving. Všichni hrajeme divadlo : sebeprezentace v každodenním životě. Praha : Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1999. ISBN 80-902482-4-1.
  • Henriksen, Jan-Olav; Vetlesen, Arne Johan. Blízké a vzdálené : etické teorie a principy práce s lidmi. Brno : Sdružení Podané ruce, 2000. ISBN 80-85834-85-5.
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  • Morgan, David L. Ohniskové skupiny jako metoda kvalitativního výzkumu : 2. titul série Metodologie. Boskovice : Albert, 2001. ISBN 80-85834-77-4.
  • Moser, I. / Law, J. Přechody snadné, přechody nesnadné. Biograf, 15-16, str. 5-28, 1998.
  • Nedbálková. Má vězení střední rod? Aneb maskulinita a feminita ve vězeňských subkulturách. Sociolog. časopis 39, 4., 2003.
  • Strauss, Anselm; Corbinová, Juliet. Základy kvalitativního výzkumu : postupy a techniky metody zakotvené teorie. Brno : Sdružení Podané ruce, 1999. ISBN 80-85834-60-X.
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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 23.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026