Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2017-18

CONTEXTUALIZACIÓN

El descriptor general de la asignatura es: Procesos de formación, desarrollo y evolución de familias, grupos, organizaciones y comunidades, así como sus manifestaciones y tendencias de futuro.

La asignatura Estructura Social, en el perfil profesional y en el plan formativo del Grado se integra, desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar, en la formación básica transversal para el futuro profesional del Trabajo Social, formando una rama específica de conocimientos para la Materia C2 Estructura, Desigualdad y Exclusión Sociales (Sociología).

 

Dado su carácter básico, y la centralidad de adquirir una perspectiva estructural sobre los fenómenos sociales sobre los que se pretenden intervenir desde el Trabajo Social, las competencias y conocimientos teóricos y procedimentales adquiridos en ella, han de ser incorporados cotidianamente y a largo plazo en el resto de materias y asignaturas del currículo, para un adecuado desempeño del trabajo profesional en las diversas áreas y perfiles previstos en el diseño del título. La asignatura facilita referentes que dotan de continuidad al aprendizaje en asignaturas cursadas por los/as estudiantes en materias del primer semestre del primer curso, y valor añadido desde una aproximación estructural sobre las causas de las problemáticas sociales y no únicamente sobre los efectos sociales más llamativos, en el resto del itinerario formativo del Grado. Todo ello, siguiendo como principio básico que la formación de los/as trabadores/as sociales debe ser una formación integral que atienda a contenidos disciplinares, competenciales y actitudinales que contribuyan a generar profesionales que conozcan el medio en el que trabajan y sean capaces de analizarlo críticamente para contribuir a prevenir y disminuir las desigualdades sociales, explicando y transcendiendo el contexto histórico dualista del Trabajo Social y las luchas políticas e ideológicas origen del EDB y de los modelos de intervención ideológicamente antagónicos (psicológico-individual -perspectiva funcionalista, enfoque terapéutico- y sociológico-comunitario, -perspectiva crítica,participativa-).
En general, la finalidad es visibilizar aquello que es estructuralmente silenciado, introducir la aproximación diacrónica y llegar a identificar dinámicamente las causas estructurales de los problemas, no únicamente los efectos más llamativos.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

General Competences (CG)

  • CG1 : Capacity to work together with individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities to evaluate their needs and circumstances.
  • CG2 : Analyse problem situations, plan, develop, execute, review and evaluate the practice of Social Work with individuals, families, groups, organisations, communities and other professionals.
  • CG5 : Administrate and be responsible for, with supervision and support, one's own practice within the organisation.
  • CG6 : Demonstrate professional competence when carrying out Social Work.
  • CG7 : Capacity to contribute to the development of fundamental rights, equal opportunities for men and women, the principles of equal opportunities and universal accessibility for the disabled, as well as the values associated with a peaceful culture with democratic values.

 

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

  • CGUA2 : Computer and information skills. Capacity to apply computer and information technologies in one's professional career.
  • CGUA3 : Oral and written communication skills. Capacity to communicate ideas orally and in writing so that individuals, families, groups, communities and organisations can understand them.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1 : Establish professional relationships in order to identify the best method of intervention.
  • CE12 : Design, implement and evaluate social intervention projects.
  • CE17 : Administer and be responsible for one's own work by allocating priorities, satisfying one's professional obligations and evaluating the effectiveness of one's own work programme.
  • CE18 : Contribute to the administration of resources and services by collaborating with the procedures used to acquire them, supervising their effectiveness and ensuring their quality.
  • CE21 : Participate in managing and directing Social Welfare Entities.
  • CE25 : Contribute towards the promotion of best practices in Social Work by participating in the development and analysis of the policies implemented.
  • CE3 : Evaluate possible needs and options to guide an intervention strategy.
  • CE5 : Interact with individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities to achieve changes, promote development and improve quality of life by using Social Work methods and models, regularly monitoring the changes that occur in order to prepare for the end of the intervention.
  • CE6 : Prepare, produce, implement and evaluate intervention plans with individuals, families, groups, organisations, communities and fellow professionals, negotiating the supply of services that need to be used and checking the effectiveness of intervention plans with those involved in order to adapt them to changing needs and circumstances.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2017-18

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General

Code: 19502
Lecturer responsible:
GARCIA GARCIA, JOSE TOMAS
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: SOCIOLOGY II
    Area: SOCIOLOGY
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 1,2
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught