Social Policy and Social Welfare Policy

Major: Social work
Code of subject: 6.231.00.O.015
Credits: 6.00
Department: Sociology and Social Work
Lecturer: PhD in Sociology, Associate professor Proskura V. V; PhD in Sociology, Associate professor Savka V.Y.
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • Use methods to prevent possible mental disorders, behavioral disorders, interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution, prevention of social risks and difficult life circumstances; • Establish and maintain relationships with clients on the basis of mutual trust and in accordance with ethical principles and standards of social work, provide them with psychological support and encourage clients; • Identify strengths and involve personal resources of clients, resources of social groups and communities to solve their problems, get out of difficult life circumstances; • Identify ethical dilemmas and inconsistencies in professional activities and use means of supervision to resolve them; • Demonstrate the ability to creatively solve problems and make innovative decisions, think and apply creative abilities to form fundamentally new ideas.
Required prior and related subjects: • Prerequisite: Legal regulation of social security. • Co-requisites: Social audit and inspection in the social services system.
Summary of the subject: The essence and content of social policy. Models of social policy. Social policy instruments and their use. Social protection as the part of social policy. Institutional support for social policy. Social policy in the labor market. The essence of Social Security and its components in Ukraine. Essence and types of social security in Ukraine. Social services.
Assessment methods and criteria: • presentation, written reports on practical works, oral questioning (40%) • final control (control measure - exam): written and oral form (60%)
Recommended books: • Dereha V. V. Sotsial?na i humanitarna polityky: navch. posibnyk / V.V. Dereha. – Mykolayiv: Vyd-vo CHDU im. P. Mohyly, 2012. – 152 p. • Derzhavna polityka : pidruchnyk / Nats. akad. derzh. upr. pry Prezydentovi Ukrayiny ; red. kol. : YU. V. Kovbasyuk (holova), K. O. Vashchenko (zast. holovy), YU. P. Surmin (zast. holovy) [ta in.]. – K. : NADU, 2014. – 448 p. • Makarova O.V. Sotsial?na polityka v Ukrayini: Monohrafiya / O.V. Makarova ; In-t demohrafiyi ta sotsial?nykh doslidzhen? im. M.V. Ptukhy NAN Ukrayiny. — K., 2015. — 244 p. • Pravo sotsial?noho zabezpechennya v Ukrayini : pidruchnyk / O. M. Yaroshenko, H. O. Barabash, N. M. Vapnyarchuk ta in. ; za red. O. M. Yaroshenka. – 4?te vyd., pererobl. i dopov. – KH. : Pravo, 2015. – 458 p. • Pravo sotsial?noho zabezpechennya v Ukrayini : pidruchnyk / T.A. Zanfirova, M.I. Inshyn, S.M. Prylypko ta in. ; za zah. red. T.A. Zanfirovoyi, S.M. Prylypka, O.M. Yaroshenka. – 2 he vyd., pererobl. i dopov. – KH. : FINN, 2012. – 640 p.