Studyinfo subject SOS3110 2024 HØST
SOS3110 Specializationin social work- placement training Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Fordypning i sosialt arbeid og praksisstudium
- Study programme
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Bachelorstudium i sosialt arbeid
- Weight
- 20.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2024/2025
- Curriculum
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FALL
2024
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
This course gives students a more in-depth understanding of social work based on practical training. The course focuses on knowledge, understanding and skills as regards the link between the students’ own professional practice and social and organisational levels.
Required preliminary courses
Students must have completed and passed the second year of the Bachelor’s Programme in Social Work.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student:
has broad knowledge of relevant theories and models for interaction and communication
has broad knowledge of marginalisation and exclusion mechanisms that impact the client groups at the practical training establishment
has broad knowledge of interprofessional cooperation at different levels
has knowledge of how political and organisational matters (management, organisational culture, resources) affect professional practice
has broad knowledge of how social problems arise and develop in a changing society
has broad knowledge of how to critically reflect on their own practice
Skills
The student:
can apply different communication skills in interaction with individuals and groups
can critically apply different theoretical perspectives and methods in relation to the practical training establishment
can apply theoretical perspectives to interdisciplinary cooperation
can discuss the importance of organisation and management to the practice of social work
can discuss the links between social development, knowledge development and research
can reflect on how a professional identity is formed in various organisational contexts
can reflect on their own scope of action in various organisations
can reflect on risk and how to handle conflicts and reduce the risk of undesirable incidents and is familiar with methods for following this up systematically
General competence
The student:
has insight into relevant academic and professional ethical issues
has insight into and can reflect critically on their own professional role in encounters with institutional and political requirements in their service provision
has insight into how judgement can be exercised in situations with inadequate and/or contrasting information, and how to identify possibilities in various professional and institutional contexts
has insight into how their own professional practice promotes or inhibits equality, inclusion and mastery for different individuals and groups in society
has insight into and a critical understanding of digital communication in professional practice and interaction
Teaching and learning methods
Various teaching methods are used in this course, including practice in the professional field, supervision and flipped classroom. The flipped classroom method is a process-based approach that comprises three phases that build on each other; the students’ own preparations, seminars at the university and follow-up work in groups or individually. The practical training takes place over around 12 weeks. The period of practical training also includes study days.
Course requirements
The following required coursework/compulsory activities must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:
1. Practice. The Practice supervisor recommends the internship approved or not approved. Final approval is given by the education department. There is a requirement for 80% attendance at the practice location. Approval of practice is regulated by the practice regulations.
2. Compulsory participation in practice preparatory seminar and midthorugh seminar, with possible absence of up to 1 day. Absence of more than 1 day triggers compensatory work requirements. The extent of the work requirement will increase with the extent of the absence. Failure to submit work requirements results in loss of the right to take the exam.
3. Written work requirement; learning contract.
4. Written work requirement; reflection note, 3-4 pages.
If the written work requirements is not approved, the opportunity is given to be able to deliver the revised version once, within the specified deadline.
Compulsory activities and work requirements must be completed and approved within the set deadline for the student to be able to present himself for the exam.
Assessment
Students will submit an individual written practical training assignment with a scope of 11-13 pages. Font and font size: Calibri 12-point. Line spacing 1.5. The approved citation style APA for assignments must be complied with.
Attached to the practical training assignment is an overview of the self-chosen syllabus of 300 pages. Further information about the criteria for self-chosen syllabus is given in the practice-related seminar.
Students who fail the practical training assignment can submit a reworked version as a resit exam once. Students who fail twice must submit a new research question.
Any resit or rescheduled exams will be organised in the following semester.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.
Grading scale
Pass/fail.
Examiners
All exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner. A student’s contact lecturer cannot be their examiner.