LO1. To enable students to understand the origins of Social Work in the world. LO2 Conceptually clarify the difference between a profession and a scientific discipline; LO3. Provide students with knowledge about the process of building the Social Work profession in Portugal, in its relationship with socio-historical contexts and scientific knowledge in the social sciences; LO4. To provide students with the knowledge about Professional Organizations, Values, Functions and Knowledge necessary to build a scientific practice that emancipates those exposed to the most diverse problems of social exclusion.
Programme
Syllabus
CP1. The foundations of Contemporary Social Work: profession and scientific discipline 1.1 Social Work in the World: commitment to Humanist Values and Social Justice 1.1.1 Social Work in the World: the Institutionalization and Legitimization of the Profession 1.2 Social Work as a Profession and as a Scientific Discipline 1.2.1 What is a Profession?
1.2.2 Social Work as a Profession and a Scientific Discipline
CP2. The Social Work Profession in Portugal: socio-historical contexts and challenges for Social Work 2.1 The emergence and institutionalization of Social Work in Portugal and its relationship with scientific knowledge 2.1.1 Institutionalization of Portuguese Social Work in the context of the Estado Novo in the 20th century 2.1.2 Socio-economic changes, social movements and the evolution of the profession between the 1930s and the 1960s 2.2 From International Training to the teaching of Case Social Work and Group Social Work methods in Portuguese schools 2.3 The Social Work profession in the context of the Democratic State 2.3.1 The centrality of social rights and combating the phenomena of social exclusion: broadening the field of action of Social Workers 2.3.2 Reconceptualization and Critical Social Work 2.3.3 New challenges and the qualification of professionals
CP3. Contemporary Social Work: professional associations, values, functions and knowledge 3.1 Types of knowledge that contribute to scientifically informed practice 3.2 The role of Professional Organizations in affirming and defining the profession. 3.3 Code of Ethics: principles, values, functions and professional acts
Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives
CP1 and CP2 enable students to achieve LO1, LO2 and LO3. In addition, the topics set out in CP3 (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) allow students to get to grips with the content expected to achieve LO4.
Main literature
Albuquerque, C. P. & Arcoverde, A. B. (2017): ;Serviço social contemporâneo: reflexividade e estratégia, Lisboa
Amaro, M. I. (2012): ;Urgências e Emergências do Serviço Social: Fundamentos da profissão na contemporaneidade. Lisboa: Universidade Católica Editora, Unipessoal, Lda.
Ander-Egg, E. (1994).;Historia del trabajo social. Editorial Lumen.
Branco, F. (2009a): ;A Profissão de Assistente Social em Portugal. Locus Social. (3), 61-89.
Branco, F. & Fernandes, E. (2005): ; O Serviço Social em Portugal: trajetória e encruzilhada, http://www.cpihts.com
Branco, F. & Amaro, I. (2011). ;As práticas do ¿Serviço Social activo¿ no âmbito das novas tendências da política social: uma perspectiva portuguesa. Serv. Soc. Soc., 108: 656-679.
Brekk, J. (2013). ;A Science of Social Work, and Social Work as an Integrative Scientific Discipline - Have We Gone Too Far, or Not Far Enough?, Research on Social Work Practice, Volume: 24 issue: 5, page(s): 517-523
Groulx, L. H. (2006);Jean-Pierre Deslauriers et Yves Hurtubise, Le travail social international. Éléments de comparaison, Québec, Les Presses de l¿Université Laval, 2005, 342 p. Nouvelles pratiques sociales, 19(1), 193-196.
Granja, B. & Pinto, L. (2008). ;Histoire de la Profession de Service Social au Portugal, Histoire du Travail Social en Europe, dir. Jovelin, E., Éditions Vuibert, Paris, pp. 157 a 174.
Martins, A. (2017). ;Serviço Social em Portugal no fascismo: oposição, resistência e ação sindical| Social Work in Portugal during fascism: opposition, resistance and union action. Revista Em Pauta: teoria social e realidade contemporânea, 15(40).
Payne, M. (2002): ;Teoria do Trabalho Social Moderno. Coimbra: Quarteto.
Rodrigues, M.L. (1997). ;Sociologia das Profissões, Celta Editora, Oeiras
Viscarret, J. J. (2014). ;Modelos y métodos de intervención en Trabajo Social. Alianza editorial.
Supplementary Bibliography
Associação de Profissionais de Serviço Social. ;Definição Global da Profissão de Serviço Social, http://www.apross.pt/sobre-a-apss/
Código Deontológico dos Assistentes Sociais Portugueses (2018).;Valores e Princípios consignados nas Declarações e Convenções Internacionais e Europeia (CDAS, 2018).
International Federation of Social Workers (2018). ;Declaração de Princípios Éticos de Trabalho Social.
Assessment Components
Avaliação apenas com exame final
Final Exam
An individual written assessment test covering all the syllabus content.
Demonstration of the coherence between the teaching methodologies and the learning outcomes
