Study Guide

Objective

Students learn to apply the psychosocial approach and methods of professional interaction when counselling families with children. Students learn to recognize needs to apply family counselling methods and are able to evaluate their suitability for various client situations. Students are able to describe settings in which it is possible to carry out family counselling. They learn to analyze methods and international models used in family counselling. The student understands the principles of a systemic approach and contributes to the implementation of a systemic and multidisciplinary approach in the context of family counseling. Students know how to plan a goal-oriented family counselling process. Student can apply different methods in family counselling. Student can develop and evaluate his professional work in family counselling.

Content

- family counselling and related concepts
- family counselling settings
- family councellor's role and professional interaction in family counselling
- the process of family counselling, documentation
- systemic model, multidisciplinary
- main methods of family counselling
- evaluation and development of one's action

Teaching methods

Contact teaching (lectures), orientation exam, independent work on the Moodle learning platform, group exam, workshop work, small group work, study visit (if it is possible), visitor, assignment at the end of the course.

Employer connections

Does not include practical training.
Study visit and visitor

Exam schedules

Schedule will be presented on first lesson.

Student workload

106 hours

Further information

the course is optional with the following courses:
- Coaching for studies and work
- Social Rehabilitation
- Social Counselling in Residential Care Units
- Social Counselling for Home-Living Clients
- Social Work in Multiprofessional Settings

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students
- are able to name differences between social welfare act based and child welfare law based family counselling
- are able to name different stages where family counselling is possible to use
- are able to recognize the basic principles of psychosocial work and the meaning of professional interaction in family counselling
- are able to name work methods and models used in family counselling
- are able to recognize the features of a systemic approach
- are able to recognize a goal-oriented family counselling process and role of family counselor

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students
- can describe differences and meanings between social welfare act based and child welfare law based family counselling
- are able to describe different stages where family counselling is possible to use
- are able to use psychosocial work and professional interaction in family counselling
- can evaluate needs of family counselling in different situations
- can apply methods and models used in family counselling
- are able to plan goal-oriented family counselling process and recognize the features of a systemic approach
- are capable to reflect on their actions and their professional role from perspective of professional ethics

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- are able to critically assess differences and meanings between social welfare act based and child welfare law based family counselling
- are able to critically assess needs for family counselling and analyze its content when working with families with children
-evaluate their own competence to apply psychosocial work and professional interaction in family counselling
- know how to plan and develop a goal-oriented family counselling process, also taking into account the multidisciplinary and systemic approach
- are capable to analyze work methods and international models used in family counselling and to evaluate their action and their professional role from the perspective of professional ethics

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation is based on activity, participation, exam and groupexam.

Qualifications

most part of the module Knowledge Base in Social Work

Further information

Students choose between this course and the following courses:
- Coaching for Studies and Work
- Social Rehabilitation
- Social Counselling in Residential Care Units
- Social Counselling in Community Care
- Social Work in Multiprofessional Settings