Ethics in Social Work

General data

Course ID:	08-PCDL-ETY
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.5 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0921) Care of the elderly and of disabled adults The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Ethics in Social Work
Name in Polish:	Etyka pracy socjalnej
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty dla 1 semestru pracy socjalnej
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Module type:	compulsory
Major:	(in Polish) praca socjalna
Cycle of studies:	1st cycle
Year of studies (where relevant):	Year 1
Short description:	The course contents include presentation and analysis of the main concepts and ideas related to the ethics of social work, introduces main concepts and problems related to social service activities and identity and essence of social work, philosophy of help and its dilemmas. Social functions of ethics, moral values as the basis of social work. Norms of ethical action in social work. Personality patterns in social work from the theoretical and practical perspective.
Full description:	Introducing students to the main concepts of ethics of social work, discussing its essentials, gaining knowledge about axiology of social work and ethics as a source of ethical behavior and the place of philosophy of ethics in practice of social worker. Teaching different streams of philosophy of help, ethical coed and ethical dilemmas that social workers meet at work. Helping students understand individual conditioning of people's particular situations within the framework of philosophy of help, understanding nature of social work in relation to an individual, family, group, social environment. Sensitizing students to problems resulting from the social nature of people in the context of disturbed social functioning. Students gain reflection on philosophical texts analysis related to the ethics of help and human nature, comparing different concepts of ethics - their practical use to solve ethical dilemmas, understand problems of individuals, groups, societies.
Bibliography:	M. Bocheńska-Seweryn (red.), Wypisy z wybranych zagadnień pracy socjalnej, Kraków 1994,S. Sarnowski, Problemy etyki, Bydgoszcz 1994,,Z. Butrym, Istota pracy socjalnej, Kraków 1998.,T. Kotarbiński, Medytacje o życiu godziwym. Warszawa 1985,M. Ossowska, Wzór demokraty. Cnoty i wartości,1992,A. Olech, Etos zawodowy pracowników socjalnych, BPS, Katowice 2006, R. Skidmore, M. Thackery, Wprowadzenie do pracy socjalnej, Interart, W-wa 96. B.Dubois,K.K.Miley,Praca socjalna 1(część druga).BPS. Warszawa 1996

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