Course AS 211 · Year II · Summer 2023-2024

Theories and methods of intervention in Social Assistance at the individual level

Compulsory course in Social work, taught by Angela Bara.

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Overview

Lecturer
Angela Bara
Seminar tutor
Angela Bara
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Social work
Field of study
Social work
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Aims

Knowledge and learning methods and specific intervention techniques in solving various social problems;

Capacity building and attitudes on planning and management intervention and evaluation.

The skills training and practical skills of the main ways of social intervention methodical case and the specific forms;

Familiar with the main "technical tools" (forms) used in the work of solving social problems;

Course contents

1. Models and types of intervention in social work 2. Intervention Project Methodology 3. Strategies for solving social problems 4. Coordination Case 5. Counseling. 6. The method of focusing on the task 7. Crisis Intervention 8. The completion, expansion and monitoring the relationship of social assistance 9. Management of resistance to change 10. Formulation specific intervention methods

Learning outcomes

• Explain the four intervention models: Cognitive-behavior Intervention, Crisis Intervention, Person-centred Approach, and Empowerment Approach in terms of their basic assumptions, concepts and methods. • Appraise the nature and functions of theories in social work practice and recognize what are involved in integration of theories and practice. • Assess service users’ needs/problems through exploring with relevant questions guided by different models and implement interventions accordingly. • Have core intervention skills including cognitive restructuring skills, social skill training procedures

Assessment

Written paper –– 60%; project assessment – 40%.

Recommended reading

Teoria moderna a asistentei sociale
Payne, Malcolm
Ed. Polirom, Iaşi, 2004 · tot
Enciclopedia asistenței sociale
Neamţu, George
Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2016 · tot
Asistenta sociala aplicata. Tehnici de cercetare si modele de interventie
Sandu Antonio,
Ed Lumen, Iași, 2013 · tot