Syllabus Information

1. General information

In the Practicum of Social Work Degree Intervention, students must have direct contact with their future field of work; therefore, at this stage, they join the Institutions, Services and Entities where Social Workers work. The main goal is that through their work, their capacity for observation, analysis and identification, can prove to themselves if they can become a social worker.

These approaches and goals arealigned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/), insofar as Social Work is a professionthat fights against all types of inequality and discrimination and can help to achieve all SDG goals.

2. Learning results

1.- Knows in depth the institution and the field in which he/she has developed the internship and is able to make a presentation to a small audience.

2.- Recognizes and differentiates the professional role of social workers in the institution, frames it in the organizational chart and estimates their degree of responsibility.

3.- Is able to carry out direct interventions with users, using the various techniques for conducting interviews, individual and group work and adequately fills out all types of documentation (social report, social history, minutes of meetings, request for benefits, projects, reports, etc.).

3. Syllabus

The contents to be developed will revolve around:

- knowledge of the field of practice

- the application of Social Work theory and intervention techniques

- active participation and an understanding of the importance of supervision

- the use of technical documents by social workers

4. Academic activities

Introductory Seminar and Supervisions 60 h.

Problems and cases: 15 h.

Study and personal work: 145 h.

Assessment: 5 h.

Hours at the internship center: 525 h.

The learning process carried out in the Intervention Practicum involves two different types of training activities: supervision of students and presence in the field.

a. The supervision of the students: it is carried out at the Faculty, or at the internship centers, or on line, and it is conceived as a continuous process of analysis, control and monitoring of the intervention that the students develop in different fields.

This supervision will be face-to-face and mandatory, and will take place in the afternoon.

Supervision of the student body is carried out at the level:

Individual: Periodically it is carried out with the student, reviewing the activities, learning process, adaptation to the practice field, difficulties encountered, etc. The goal of the individual supervision is the reflection on the action and the fulfillment of the Personal Project.

Group: Through theoretical and practical seminars, the particularities and knowledge of the specific fields are deepened. Group techniques are used, role playing, case studies are presented by the students, knowledge and management of social resources applicable to different fields.

b. Work and training in the internship field: it is carried out in agreement with the different collaborating institutions of the Faculty. The activities to be carried out by the students in the placements are specified at the beginning of the placement period in a consensual manner, depending on the characteristics of the placement field and taking into account the goals of the external placement.

5. Assessment system

The assessment of students will be continuous.

Activities to be assessed are:

- Personal Intervention Practicum Project.

- Field of Practice Knowledge Report.

- Final Practicum Report.

- Participation in testing situations and other activities: Case studies, role playing, intervention project, etc. that will be developed in the group supervision sessions at.

- The response (participation, integration, interaction...) in the group supervision seminars will be evaluated.

- Activities complementary to the Practicum and related to the field of intervention.

All documentation must be submitted at the end of the term in the Student's Folder, although early submission of specific assignments may be requested .

The final/global assessment of the student will be carried out by the Supervising Professor of the Faculty in accordance with the assessment of the Social Worker responsible for the internship.

Remarks:

Failure to pass the Practicum of Intervention, either for not achieving a minimum grade, or for not having completed a sufficient number of hours, or for disciplinary reasons, will imply repeating the Practicum.

Students will lose their right to be evaluated or will not pass the Practicum of Intervention, when any of the following reasons occur following disciplinary reasons:

- Failure to join the training camp on the date established for this purpose.

- Abandonment of internships.

- Unexcused absence or repeated delays during the internship.

- Poor performance or negative attitude in the performance of assigned duties.

- Generation of problems or conflicts leading to the interruption of the internship by the receiving entity or company.}

- Failure to attend supervisions.

- Failure to submit requested tasks in due time and form.

The above list is not exhaustive, so each case will be studied individually.