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Lecturer(s)
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Trochtová Ludmila Siarda, PhDr. Ing.
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Course content
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The practice will be implemented in cooperation with facilities for children and youth or adults, where the student will become acquainted with the activities of specific facilities where a social worker is employed in the social field, and will gain basic experience working with groups of children, youth, or adults. The students will choose, based on their own interest, the preferred facility with a target group, which is agreed by the guarantor of the practice. The students will become acquainted with the operation of the facility, including personnel, legislative, and economic security. Furthermore, the students will apply the knowledge they have acquired in individual subjects. They will become acquainted with the facility's problems as well as its possibilities for further development. The professional practice includes a survey that involves participation in research and the collection of research data.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Projection (static, dynamic), Training in job and motor Skils, Work Activities, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Group work
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the professional practice is to understand the selected institution's activities in social work, with a focus on work with children, youth, and adults. Basic skills in planning, organizing, and conducting activities in the field of social work, classification of strengths/weaknesses and opportunities/threats of the organization. Typical institutions can be K-center (Handshakes), P-center, care for children with disabilities (Jitro, Behind Glass), substitute family care (Good Family), shelter houses, shelter house for mothers with children, etc. Participation in the research activities of the staff of the Christian Social Work Department.
The student deepens the ability to assess the life situation of clients, especially children, youth and adults. The student is able to design and implement an adequate type of intervention. The graduate has an overview of usable standard and innovative methods of working with different target groups and knows how to apply them in practice. The graduate develops professional and communication competencies needed for social work performance. With a qualified supervisor he reflects on his work, relationships and challenging situations.
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Prerequisites
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The student first undergoes theoretical training as part of a set of professional subjects and in any case is legally competent to work with children and youth (he is not prohibited for this activity).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio, Final Report
The student must apply for the internship. The conditions for applying are specified in the internship methodology. The student is obliged to observe the agreed number of hours at the workplace (i.e., 100% attendance). The student is expected to conscientiously perform assigned tasks by the department at the workplace and, at the same time, actively participate in activities assigned by the mentor during the internship. The student is obliged to submit the first version of the final thesis (according to the methodology form) within two weeks of the completion of the internship, the recognition of which is a condition for granting the credit. Requirements for fulfillment: The student must attend the mandatory entry seminar of the internship as well as the exit seminar, where he presents the results of his thesis.
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Recommended literature
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Matoušek, O., Kodymová, P., Koláčková, J. (eds.). Sociální práce v praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2005..
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MATOUŠEK, O. (2003). Metody a řízení sociální práce.. Praha.
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Matoušek, O. (2007). Sociální služby - legislativa, ekonomika, plánování, hodnocení. Praha.
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Trochtová, L. Metodika odborné praxe a supervize II. .
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