SS5209 - Social Work Theories and Practice I: Working with Individuals and Families | ||||||||
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| * The offering term is subject to change without prior notice | ||||||||
Course Aims | ||||||||
This course aims to: 1. introduce to students the core components of social work as a profession, its professional value, ethics and principles, its main theoretical orientation of looking at people’s needs and problems in a person-in-environment or ecological perspective. 2. equip students with theories and models in assessing and intervening problems of individual and families from social work perspectives, and integrating social work theories, skills, values and ethics in practice in the local context. | ||||||||
Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information) | ||||||||
Closed Book Examination: 40% Tutorial/Student Presentation: 20% Term paper: 40% | ||||||||
Examination Duration: 3 hours | ||||||||
Detailed Course Information | ||||||||
| SS5209.pdf | ||||||||
Useful Links | ||||||||
| Department of Applied Social Sciences | ||||||||
