PCOMK24HKI Professional Communication in Social Work Practice (3cr)
Code: PCO0003B20S-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 11.10.2023 - 29.10.2023
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 29.01.2024 - 10.03.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Sosiaali- ja kirkonala
- Campus
- Helsinki
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Katja Päällysaho
- Teija Kynkäänniemi
- Course
- PCO0003B20S
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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 in challenging situations in client work
Content
Contents:
• Basic professional interviewing skills
• Solution-focused approach
• Communication in challenging situations in client work
Materials
Compulsory reading material (subject to change)::
- 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.
Teaching methods
Independent reading about communication skills and an assignment accompanying it.
Lectures and workshops about communication skills.
Group work: students will conduct role play about professional communication which they will videotape. The videos will be watched and analysed in a seminar.
Attendance to all lectures is compulsory.
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
Attendance to all lectures is compulsory.