Welfare Measures and User Perspective

 Module 1. Campus-Based Education, 10.5 credits

Knowledge and understanding

After completion of the module, the student shall be able to:

• demonstrate basic knowledge about social work with children, adolescents, families, older persons, persons with disabilities, and persons with diverse cultural  backgrounds
• demonstrate basic knowledge of user perspectives in social work
• demonstrate basic knowledge about social work with regard to unemployment, poverty, abuse and relational problems in relation to gender, class and ethnic background
• demonstrate basic knowledge about the relationship between welfare measures and the perspectives, rights and obligations of welfare users, and conflicts of interests that can emerge
• demonstrate basic knowledge about the organisation of and collaboration in terms of social work practice
• demonstrate basic knowledge about qualitative data collection.
   

Abilities and capabilities

After completion of the module the student shall be able to:

• demonstrate a basic ability to apply methods in social work suitable for work with children, adolescents, families, older persons and persons with disabilities
• demonstrate a basic ability to apply methods in social work in relation to unemployment, poverty, abuse and relational problems with regard taken to gender, class and ethnic background
• demonstrate an ability to develop an interview questionnaire and to conduct a research interview.

Values and attitudes

After completion of the module, the student shall be able to:

• demonstrate basic insights into the significance of personal and professional attitudes for interaction with welfare users
• demonstrate a basic ability to evaluate conflicts of interests and tensions that can emerge in the relationship between welfare measures and the needs, rights and obligations of welfare users
• demonstrate basic insights into the significance of having a user perspective in social work
• reflect over ethical aspects in qualitative research
• reflect over the credibility of qualitative studies.

Module 2. Field Placements, 4.5 credits

Knowledge and understanding

After completion of the module, the student shall be able to:

• demonstrate basic insights into his or her own personal development and professional attitude
• demonstrate basic knowledge about and be able to give examples of ethical problems and dilemmas in practical social work
• give an account of basic methods in social work and how the applications of these methods are affected by different power, gender and user perspectives and ethical perspectives.

Abilities and capabilities

After completion of the module, the student shall be able to:

• demonstrate a basic ability to take responsibility of her or his own personal and professional development
• reflect over methods and user perspectives in practical social work
• demonstrate the ability to independently perform simpler tasks in social work under supervision.

Values and attitudes

After completion of the module, the student shall be able to:

• identify and evaluate ethical problems and dilemmas within social work practice
• demonstrate basic insight into the way in which academic knowledge can be integrated with social work practice and the challenges that can arise with this
• demonstrate a basic ability to reflect over the significance of his or her own personality when it comes to a professional attitude in social work.