| CODE | IAL1014 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Host Country Structures | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Inclusion and Access to Learning | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Students will gain knowledge about basic administrative procedures of specific host country structures such as Education, Health, Employment, Housing and Social Services thanks to the contribution of experts and practitioners in each field. They will explore entitlement and eligibility to such services as well as administrative procedures required to access them. Participants will become familiar with some basic terms used in public services as well as ways and possibilities of communicating with civil servants (administrative hierarchy, bureaucratic systems, writing letters and accessing documentation). This will help them compare host country public administration and structures to those present in their clients' country of origin in such a way to provide the best service possible. Study-Unit Aims: - To help students gain a general knowledge of the overall administrative structure of the country of residence. - To help students assume responsibility for tracking developments in changing administrative procedures within host country structures and autonomously retrieve relevant information if needed. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify public services available in the country of residence, and issues of eligibility/access; - Recognise the main administrative procedures related to legal residence, healthcare, employment, education and social services provided by the state; - Apply effective communication practices with civil servants, taking in consideration both hierarchy and lawful procedures; - Identify supportive resources (info material, websites, NGOs etc.) that provide guidance or assistance in administrative procedures and access to services. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain in a simplified manner administrative procedures to migrants, according to the client's background; - Assist migrants in navigating successfully public services and administrative procedures; - Support migrants or administrators in bureaucratic procedures if their are linguistic barriers (e.g. filling in forms in host country language, translating lists of required documents, and the like); - Review existent supporting resources to provide reliable information regarding administrative procedures and facilitate access to public services. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Caruana, Scaglione & Vassallo Gauci (2019), "Multilingualism and the Inclusion of migrant learners in Maltese schools" in "Teacher Education Matters. Transforming lives ... transforming schools", Bezzina, Christopher & Caruana, Sandro (eds.) 2019, University of Malta, Malta. p. 330-343. - "Guiding principles on the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market", International Labour Organisation (ILO). Can be downloaded from: https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-migration/projects/WCMS_536440/lang--en/index.htm - Angelelli C. (2005) Medical interpreting and cross-cultural communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Supplementary Readings: - Ho A (2008) Using family members as interpreters in the clinical setting. The Journal of Clinical Ethics 19, 223–233. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Andre Callus Phyllisienne Gauci (Co-ord.) Marika Podda Connor |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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