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PCOK20HKI Professional Communication in Social Work Practice (3cr)

Code: PCO0003B16S-3003

General information


Enrollment
09.09.2019 - 30.09.2019
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
13.01.2020 - 07.03.2020
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 cr
Local portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Campus
Helsinki
Teaching languages
English
Seats
0 - 200
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
Margarita Sakilayan-Latvala
Lauri Uljas
Scheduling groups
A (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
B (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
Small groups
A
B
Course
PCO0003B16S

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Evaluation scale

0-5

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

Location and time

13.01.2020-07.03.2020

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.

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