Introduction to Social Policy and Social Welfare Systems - RDD104

• Title: Introduction to Social Policy and Social Welfare Systems
• Guaranteed by: Department of Theological Ethics (27-TE)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2015 to 2017
• Semester: winter
• Points: 5
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:135/0, MC [HS]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: combined
• Teaching methods: combined

Annotation

Last update: MORAVEC (15.05.2015)

Description of the Study Unit
The aims of the student unit are that the student:
- understands the diversity of phenomena which social policy and social work address
- is able to analyse the basis of social policy and social welfare in promoting health and well being, participation
and social justice and overcoming social pathology
- is familiar with the different definitions of welfare, related to history and diverse contexts
- is able to differentiate the range of ‘welfare regimes’ and how these affect the context and practice social service
and diaconal work
- Is familiar with the legal framework for social work and welfare in the Czech Republic and the European Union
- is familiar with the basics of the welfare state in the Czech Republic and their own/another national context

The content of the study unit includes:
- Basic social policy (scope and aims)
- Definitions of health and welfare
- Legal basis of welfare and social work in the Czech Republic and the European Union
- Welfare regimes in a global context
- Structure of the welfare state in the Czech Republic and their own or another national context

Process of the Study Unit
Week 6-7 (1, 5 cr.)
Mag. Dennis Londo
Video clips: Basic approaches to social work and social policy and definitions of welfare 2 h
Assignment: Get acquainted with the welfare state of Czech Republic or of the context where the student is based
Week 9
Mag. Tony Addy (responsible teacher) & Ing. Romana Belová
Contact teaching 12 h + video lecture 2 h (Week 13-14) = 0,5 cr.
Welfare, history and diverse context and different definition
Basic social policy (scope and aims)
Social policy and social exclusion
Basis of the welfare state in the Czech Republic and their own/another context
Week 12-13 + week 14
Mag. Dennis Londo
Video lectures: Welfare regimes and their strength and weaknesses 2h
Mag. Tony Addy ( responsible teacher ) 3cr
Assignment: Explore a social welfare policy in depth + feedback session.

Literature

Last update: MORAVEC (15.05.2015)

Basic literature and study aids:

Hill, M., Social Policy in the Modern World: A Comparative Text, 2006, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell

Recommended literature:

Lister, R., Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy 2010, Bristol, Policy Press

Kennett, P., A Handbook of Comparative Social Policy, 2006, London, Edward Elgar

Davies, M., (ed) Blackwell Companion to Social Work, 2007, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell

Dominelli, L., Social Work in a Globalizing World, 2010, Oxford, Polity Press

Henderson, P. & Thomas, D., Skills in Neighborhood Work, 2001, London, Routledge

Forester, D., On Human Worth: A Christian Vindication of Equality 2001,London, SCM Press

Teaching methods

Last update: MORAVEC (15.05.2015)

Consultations:

One and a half day contact teaching; 2 video clips (á 2 h); 4 x 1 hours supervision for individual assignment,

Individual work:

4 hours video lectures (obligatory)

4 hours supervision on Fronter, participation obligatory

111 hours distance learning, interviewing professionals and service users, reading books and journals