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Social Work

Language of instruction

lithuanian

Qualification degree and (or) qualification to be awarded

Professional Bachelor of Social Sciences
Social worker

Place of delivery

Klaipėda, Jaunystės g. 1, LT-91274

Institution that has carried out assessment

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Institution that has performed accreditation, accreditation term

Studijų kokybės vertinimo centras, 6/30/2021

Data provided or updated (date)

4/16/2024

Order on accreditation

SV6-12
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Summary of the Profile

General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
to train social workers who are able to apply the knowledge and skills of social work professionally and creatively in the constantly changing society providing social assistance for different client groups undertaking obligations for social justice, person‘s rights and professional ethics.
Learning outcomes:
Graduates will be able to:
1. Selects the most effective communication methods in collaboration with a client or a system of client.
2. Apply the most suitable strategy of assistance following the case analysis of a client and case analysis of client‘s system.
3. Apply various methods of social work with clients.
4. Create a help plan by concentrating and using human, financial and other resources.
5. Is able to assign the roles of other professionals in the interdisciplinary environment.
6. Is able to link the need for social assistance with the most effective assistance following the principles of harmonious development.
7. Prepares an action plan to assemble the community and to enable it.
8. Is able to reflect and evaluate professional activity applying theoretical and practical experience.
9. Is able analyze the data of research applying the knowledge and practice of social work.
Activities of teaching and learning:
(The study programme) is oriented to the development of generic and specialist competences and creativity: lectures, seminars, discussions, individual and group projects, practice, case studies, public presentation and defense of projects, mind-maps, problem-solving reading, writing articles, information search and systematizing, etc.
Methods of student achievement assessment:
The assessment of the learning outcomes of the study programme is carried out during the semester and the examination session applying a cumulative assessment system. During the semester, the learning outcomes are assessed by means of interim assignments: tests, individual and group projects, case studies, information search and systematizing, discussions, essays, independent creative tasks, seminars, term papers, practice reports, examinations, final projects and/or qualifying exams.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
Study subjects (130 credits): Philosophy, Academic and Professional literacy, professional foreign language, Human rights in Social Work, Human behavior in the Social Environment, Volunteering and Experiential learning, General and Development Psychology, Team Work in Social Work, Labor and Social Security Law, Introduction into Social Work and Professional Ethics, Social Research Methods, Social Policy, Theoretical Models of Social Work, Social Entrepreneurship, Methods of Social Work I, Social Services, Social Psychology, Spirituality in Social Work, Methods of Social Work II, Term Paper on Social Work with Clients, Technologies providing assistance, Supervision and Intervision, Social innovation, Social Gerontology, Vocational communication and document management, Integration of people with disabilities, Social work with vulnerable groups, Social Services Management, Crisis Management in Social Work, Media in Social Work, Social Work in the Health Care System, Sociology.
Optional subjects (6 credits).
Practices (35 credits): Cognitive Practice, Institutional Social Work Practice, Practice in Social Work With Cases.
Graduation Paper (9 credits).
Specializations:
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Optional courses:
It is possible:
- to select optional subjects;
- to select alternative subjects.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
Students are encouraged to acquire international study experience of social work when choosing studies abroad (from 1 semester to 1 academic year through the exchange programs). General competences and subject competences (ability to solve complex problems, critical thinking, creativity, human resource management, teamwork, emotional intelligence, decision making reception, service orientation, negotiation skills) are promoted and deepened in non-formal way (professional practice, competitions for mastery, national and international project activities).
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
Graduates will be able to work as social workers in social security, education and health institutions, law and order institutions, public, non-governmental or private sectors
Access to further study:
Access to the second cycle studies upon meeting requirements set by the accepting higher education institution.