PCOS18HKI Professional Communication in Social Work Practice (3cr)
Code: PCO0003B16S-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2017 - 31.12.2017
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 08.01.2018 - 16.02.2018
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Campus
- Helsinki
- Teaching languages
- English
- Teachers
- Katja Päällysaho
- Lauri Uljas
- Course
- PCO0003B16S
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization PCOS18HKI Professional Communication in Social Work Practice PCO0003B16S-3001. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
Objective
The students will be able to
- use basic interviewing skills when working with service users
- apply solution focused approach with diverse service users
- communicate with challenging service users
Content
Contents
- Basic professional interviewing skills
- Solution focused approach
- Communication with challenging service users
Materials
Compulsory reading material:
- Corcoran, J. (2011). Helping Skills for Social Work Direct Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. (The chapters to be read are mentioned on Fronter.)
- Seden, J. (2005). Counselling Skills In Social Work Practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press. (The chapters to be read are mentioned on Fronter.)
- Seden, J. (2013) Interviewing and Relationship Skills. In M. Davies (ed.),The Blackwell Companion to Social Work.(355-365). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Motivational interviewing video
- Teachers' lecture notes
Additional literature:
- Corcoran, J. (2011).Helping Skills for Social Work Direct Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Egan, G. (2010).The Skilled Helper. A Problem-Management and Opprtunity-Development Approach to Helping. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning. Print copies in the library (several editions).
- Hennessey, R. (2011). Relationship skills in social work. London: SAGE.
- Miller. W. R. and Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational Interviewing. New York: The Guilford Press.
- Seden, J. (2005). Counselling Skills In Social Work Practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
- Walsh, T.(2010). Solution-Focused Helper: Ethics and Practice in Health and Social Care.Maidenhead: Open University.
Completion alternatives
Possibility to get RPL/AHOT if equivalent studies and study credits are carried out in a University or University of Applied Sciences. Possibility to get AHOT/RPLby work experience from direct client work complemented with a reflective essay.
Further information
Available to students studying in the open University of Applied Sciences.