| CODE | SWP3061 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Residential Social Work | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Social Policy and Social Work | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will address Residential Social Work in the context of Social Work practice. It locates residential services in the arena of social care provision. The tasks of Residential Services and the role of the social worker will also be explored at some depth. The second half of the unit will focus on specific settings and their work with particular client-groups. It will also consider the process of evaluation of such service provision. Study-unit Aims: The main aim of this unit is to help the students create a residential care facility which caters for minors or adults who need to, or are forced to leave their birth family and live in Out of Home Care. Students will be expected to create a residential care facility which addresses trauma and allows for the process of healing through social work and therapeutic interventions. In the creation of their project, the students will be expected to focus on the following main areas: • Use social work methods to identify situations which can lead to the eventual admission of minors or adults into Care facilities; • Carry out research and present their findings through a comprehensive literature review outlining the needs of the particular service user; • Present a clear explanation of the type of building needed and the facilities required in order to cater for the multiple needs of persons who are admitted into care; • Staffing. Preparation and background of the people who will manage and work in the Care facility. To outline the roles of the professionals and workers involved in delivery of services; • Guiding principles. Mission statement and overall philosophy. Main objectives for service delivery; • Standards of care. How will these be achieved?; • Policies and procedures. To be clearly outlined; • Type of social work practice through which the needs of the particular client group can be addressed; • Therapy. What types of therapy will be offered? How would therapy address the issue of healing from trauma?; • Budgeting. Outline financial resources needed. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Have a better understanding of why children or adults need Out of Home Care and how this experience affects them. Loss of family ties; the exposure of their vulnerability and experience of abuse; • Have a better understanding about early childhood trauma and how this effects attachment with significant others. The short and long-term consequences of trauma; • Have a better understanding of what type of social work methods and therapeutic interventions can be used in Out of Home Care in order to respond effectively to the challenges and demands that particular service users present the workers with; • Have a better understanding of how one can create a new residential establishment which proposes to cater for the numerous needs of service users. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the students will be able to: • Identify the type of difficult social realities that can lead to departure from the birth family and entry into Out of Home Care; • Determine what type of residential care facility can best cater for the specific needs of a particular client group; • Plan for a therapeutic residential care facility, explaining how it will address specific needs; • Identify the social work methods and therapeutic interventions and how these can be applied in practice within the residential care facility; • Respond better to service users who experience trauma and exhibit very challenging behavior through practical skills learned during lectures. Main Text/s and supplementary readings: Anderson E. (2005) Residential and Boarding Education and Care for Young People: A Model for Good Management and Practice Bradley C. (2017). Revealing the Inner World of Traumatised Children and Young People: An Attachment-Informed Model for Assessing Emotional Needs and Treatment Burton J. (1993). The Handbook of Residential Care Cameron R. & Maginn C. (2009) Achieving Positive Outcomes for Children in Care Caw J. & Sebba J. (2013). Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care: A Model for Integrated Therapeutic Care Chandler C.K. (2017) Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counselling Cleaver H. & Meadow P. (2004). Assessing Children's Needs and Circumstances: The Impact of the Assessment Framework Cocker C. & Allain L. (2013). Social Work with Looked After Children Colton M. et al. (2001). An Introduction to Working with Children: A Guide for Social Workers Courtney M.A. & Iwaniec D. (2009). Residential Care of Children: Comparative Perspectives Fonagy P. (2004) Affect Regulation, Mentalization and the Development of the Self Gibbs I., Weatherly H. & Hicks L. (2007). Managing Children's Homes: Developing Effective Leadership in Small Organisations Gibson, L. C. (2022). Adult children of emotionally immature parents: How to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-involved parents. New Harbinger Publications, Inc. Gillath O. et al. (2016) Adult Attachment: A Concise Introduction to Theory and Research Kindred M. (2010). A Practical Guide to Working with Reluctant Clients in Health and Social Care Lindsay T. (2009) Social Work Intervention Mckins Crittenden P. & Landini A. (2011). Assessing Adult Attachment: A Dynamic-Maturational Approach to Discourse Analysis McLean S. (2019). Parenting Traumatized Children with Developmental Differences: Strategies to Help Your Child's Sensory Processing, Language Development, Executive Function and Challenging Behaviours Milligan I. & Stevens I. (2006). Residential Child Care: Collaborative Practice Plummer D.M. (2008) Anger Management Games for Children Powell B., et al. (2016). The Circle of Security Intervention: Enhancing Attachment in Early Parent-Child Relationships Schore A. N. (2015). Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self: The Neurobiology of Emotional Development Shaw J. (2014). Residential Children's Homes and the Youth Justice System: Identity, Power and Perceptions Sroufe A., et al. (2009). The Development of the Person: The Minnesota Study of Risk and Adaptation from Birth to Adulthood Taylor C. (2010). A Practical Guide to Caring for Children and Teenagers with Attachment Difficulties Teater B. (2014). An Introduction To Applying Social Work Theories And Methods Rees J. (2010). Life Story Books for Adopted and Fostered Children, Second Edition: A Family Friendly Approach Rose, R. (2012). Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Model for Practice Ruth Arnell (2021) It’s a Privilege – when a child in care is delighted it’s you: Emotional warmth parenting for foster parents, adoptive parents and children’s home staff, Educational Psychology in Practice, 37:4, 449-450, DOI: 10.1080/02667363.2021.1964777 Watt, J. (2012). Report Writing for Social Workers. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | John Role |
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