Social Policies and Work Work I

Year
2
Academic year
2020-2021
Code
01010259
Subject Area
Social Work
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodologies (including evaluation)

Exhibition / information of theory and operative contents by the teacher;

Analysis and discussion around texts and documents;

Presentation of case studies with particular emphasis on student participation; Small workshops with professional guests

Group work, presentation and plenary discussion of various topics on the Course Unit

Learning Outcomes

It is intended, in general, to explain and operationally frame the regulatory functions, objectives and processes of professional practice in the three major contexts of social work intervention :( Local Government, Social Security and Labour/Employment), reflecting on the issues of complexity in the analysis of social issues and target populations of the intervention of Social Work.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Module I-The Social Security

1. Terminological precision and evolutionary approach

2. Welfare and Citizenship

3. Regulatory and working framework of the social worker in the Social Security


Module II - The Local Government

1. Precisions terminology and evolutionary approach

1.1. Relations between local and central government (Connections disconnections): dual power

2. The Local Government

2.1. Legal and institutional framework for Local Authorities

2.1.1. New powers for Local Authorities

3.  Integration of Social Work in Local Government: Analysis and field expansion professional acting

3.2. Intervention strategies and methodologies of Social Work in Local Government.


Module III - Conceptual Framework and Political Employment and Vocational Training

1. Vocational Training and Employment

2. Political Context - Institutional

3. Regulatory and functional framework of Social Work / Employment

Head Lecturer(s)

Joana Andreia dos Santos da Silva Brinca

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Individual or group:50% the summary on a theme proposed by the teachers that integrates autonomous Bibliographic and document research,and inst. contacts: 100.0%

Bibliography

Poder Local

Guerra; I (2006) Participação e Acção Colectiva. Lisboa: Principia

Meneses, M. (2000) Serviço Social Autárquico e Cidadania. Coimbra: Quarteto.

Ruivo, F (2000). Poder Local e Exclusão Social. Coimbra: Quarteto.

Santos, C (2009) Retratos de Uma Profissão. Coimbra: Quarteto. Segurança Social

Almeida, H (2004). “A recomposição dos laços sociais, in Cunha, P. (org), Mediação, uma forma de resolução alternativa de conflitos. Porto, Ed. U. F. Pessoa, 33-61.

HESPANHA, P (2000) Entre o Estado e o Mercado – As fragilidades das instituições particulares de protecção social em Portugal. Coimbra: Quarteto

RODRIGUES, F (coord.) (2003) A Acção Social na Área da Exclusão Social. Lisboa: Univ. Aberta

Trabalho Emprego

Dubechot, P, Le Quéau, P e Messu, M (2003). Os empregos da Inserção e do Local. In Chopart, J (Org.). Os Novos Desafios do Trabalho Social. Porto: Porto Ed, 147-161.

Ramos, Mª (2003). Acção Social na área do emprego e da formação profissional. Lisboa: U. Aberta.