1. General information
Course:
SOCIAL POLICY
Code:
50314
Type:
CORE COURSE
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
313 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN SOCIAL WORK (CU)
Academic year:
2020-21
Center:
110 - FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK OF CUENCA
Group(s):
30
Year:
2
Duration:
First semester
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
SILVIA AVELLANEDA SAN ANTONIO
- Group(s):
30
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Melchor Cano/2.6
CIENCIA JURÍDICA Y DERECHO PÚBLICO
4630
silvia.avellaneda@uclm.es
2. Pre-Requisites
Not established
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
Know the foundations and components of Social Policy as an academic discipline and its historical relationship with Social Work. Know and understand the historical process of social reform, and the origins, development and crisis of the Welfare State. Be able to analyze the differences between social policy types and models, their basic values ¿¿and their results. Be able to assess the consequences and implications that different orientations in social policy have for Social Work, as well as the contributions of Social Work to the design, development and evaluation of social policies. Be able to analyze the nature of the mechanisms that convey social policies and the their consequences in terms of results and effects on inequality. Be able to distinguish and recognize the articulation of the market, family, civil society and state in welfare regimes and their implications for the design and results of policies. Knowing how to identify the main current trends in social policy matters. Know, understand and be able to evaluate the territorial and systemic articulation of social welfare policies and the results in terms of design, implementation and evaluation.
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| CB01 | Prove that they have acquired and understood knowledge in a subject area that derives from general secondary education and is appropriate to a level based on advanced course books, and includes updated and cutting-edge aspects of their field of knowledge. |
| CB03 | Be able to gather and process relevant information (usually within their subject area) to give opinions, including reflections on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues. |
| CE04 | Ability to promote social inclusion, self-reliance and to solve the most significant personal and structural elements concerning individuals, groups, and communities social needs. |
| CE11 | Proficiency to acquire and promote legal and regulatory development in social, socio-health and socio- educational matters, in regards to the social worker activity. |
| CG02 | Both critical and self-critical abilities linked to the analysis of social reality, the respect and defense of Human Rights. |
| CG03 | Becoming mindful of the importance of expressing ethical commitment within a global, fair, cross-cultural, and unfettered society through a professional and accountable practice. |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Knows the foundations and elements of Social Policy as an academic discipline and its historical connection to Social Work. | |
| Able to analyze the nature of social policies together with their implications -in results and effects terms- on inequality issues. | |
| Knows how to identify the current main trends with regard to social policy.. | |
| Analyzes differences in Social Policy types and models, their values and outcomes. | |
| Knows, understands an is able to evaluate the territorial and systemic articulation addressed to welfare policies, along with its outputs, in terms of planning, implementation and assessment. | |
| Capable of assessing the consequences for Social Work, to be found within different guidelines in Social Policy, as well as Social Work contributions to planning, implementing and assessment of social policies. | |
| Recognizes the market, family, civil society and the State articulation in the welfare systems and their implications in social policies planning and results. | |
| Understands the social reform historical process as well as the Welfare State background, development and crisis. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Description | |
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1: Social Policies and Social Work: social policy models, their basic values ¿¿and their results. Consequences and implications that different orientations in social policy have for Social Work. Contributions of Social Work to the design, development and evaluation of social policie.
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Unit 2: The object and mechanisms of action and modes of provision of social welfare subsystems (health, education, income guarantee, housing, etc.). General structure. Organization and its main services and benefits in the national and regional scope.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, REMARKS
The title and content of the sessions in which the aforementioned topics will be taught may undergo changes that will be incorporated into the Moodle platform.
7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | CE04 CE11 CG02 CG03 | 1.6 | 40 | N | N | ||
| Project or Topic Presentations [ON-SITE] | Guided or supervised work | CB01 CB03 CE04 CE11 CG02 CG03 | 0.8 | 20 | Y | N | ||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | CB01 CB03 CE04 CE11 CG02 CG03 | 1.6 | 40 | Y | N | ||
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Debates | CE04 CE11 CG02 CG03 | 1.2 | 30 | Y | N | ||
| Other off-site activity [OFF-SITE] | Group Work | CE04 CE11 CG02 CG03 | 0.8 | 20 | Y | N | ||
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 3.6 | Total class time hours: 90 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 2.4 | Total hours of out of class work: 60 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Final test | 40.00% | 40.00% | Written exam consisting of development questions and short answer. To overcome the subject requires passing this exam. |
| Self Evaluation and Co-evaluation | 20.00% | 20.00% | Reading of articles and reviews. Preparation of reports and comments |
| Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies | 40.00% | 40.00% | Valuation of participation and use of the class. |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:The subject can be overcome by completing and exceeding all the proposed activities during the teaching period and passing the final exam on the day of the official call. The evaluation percentages of each activity will be distributed as indicated in the previous assessment table.
For students who have not opted for the continuous assessment system will be an examination of the entire agenda and a text comment on the day of the official call. The exam will count 70% of the total mark (40% theory and 30% practice, both of which must be approved) and the text comment will be the remaining 30%. -
Non-continuous evaluation:Evaluation criteria not defined
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
The extraordinary examination will consist of a single exam, both for students who have followed the continuous assessment and for those who have not. In this exam all the theoretical and practical contents that make up the program of the subject will be evaluated. The exam will count 70% of the total score (40% theory and 30% practice, both having to be approved) and the text comment will count 30 % remaining
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Unit 1 (de 2): Social Policies and Social Work: social policy models, their basic values ¿¿and their results. Consequences and implications that different orientations in social policy have for Social Work. Contributions of Social Work to the design, development and evaluation of social policie. | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 20 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 10 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 20 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 15 |
| Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Group Work] | 10 |
| Unit 2 (de 2): The object and mechanisms of action and modes of provision of social welfare subsystems (health, education, income guarantee, housing, etc.). General structure. Organization and its main services and benefits in the national and regional scope. | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 20 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 10 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 20 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 15 |
| Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Group Work] | 10 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources
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| Amartya Sen | Elements of a Theory of Human Rights | 0048-3915 | P |
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| Beck, Ulrich | Un nuevo mundo feliz : La precariedad del trabajo en la era | Barcelona | Paidós | 978-84-493-1978-5 | 2000 |
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| Berardi Franco | La fábrica de la infelicidad. Nuevas formas de trabajo y movimiento global. | Madrid | Traficante de Sueños | 2003 | |||||
| Brugué Q, Ricard Gomá (coords.) | Gobiernos locales y políticas públicas. | Barcelona | Ariel | 84-344-1811-8 | 1998 |
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| Casas Mínguez F y Rodríguez Cabrero R. | La crisis de la Unión Europea, de los Estados Europeos de Bienestar y del Modelo Social Europeo | Madrid | Fundación Foessa | 978-84.8440-591-75 | 2014 | http://www.foessa2014.es/informe/uploaded/documentos_trabajo/15102014111010_1617.pdf | |||
| Casas Mínguez Fernando | La crisis financiera en un mundo desbocado. | Cuenca | ISSN 1578-9578 | 2011 | http://www.uclm.es/bits/sumario/sumario.asp?N=Actual | ||||
| Casas Mínguez Fernando | Política Social en España. | Cuenca | ISSN 1578-9578 | 2007 | http://www.uclm.es/bits/sumario/sumario.asp?N=11 | ||||
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