Course Code:
SSWD 110
Credits:
3
Calendar Description:
This course is an introduction to human service work in a northern and rural context. Students will be introduced to the skills, knowledge and values necessary for entry level work in a human service field. The course prepares students with an understanding of the history, nature and characteristics of effective human service workers.
Date First Offered:
2005-09-01
Hours:
Total Hours: 45
Lecture Hours: 45
Total Weeks:
15
This course is offered online:
No
Pre-Requisites:
None
Non-Course Pre-Requisites:
None
Co-Requisites:
None
Course Content:
- Are the helping professions for you
- Know your values
- Helper know they self
- Common concerns of beginning helpers
- The helping process
- Theory applied to practice
- Understanding diversity
- Ethical and legal issues facing helpers
- Managing boundary issues
- Getting the most from your fieldwork and supervision
- Stress, burnout and self-care
- Working with groups
- Working in the community
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course the students will:
- Recognize currents trends and practice in human service work
- Apply the process and stages of the helping process
- Demonstrate the ethics and underlying values of social work
- Illustrate personal readiness and suitability for human service work
- Identify issues of diversity and the impact on the helping relationship
- Define personal boundary issues that have an effect on the helping relationship
- Describe social problems and service delivery agencies in the community
Passing Grade:
D (50%)