UVSRPCP028 Counselling

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Miroslav Pilát, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Věra Juříčková, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Krčmaříková
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Elaboration of seminar work, compulsory participation in seminars is at least 80%. Students will prepare an analysis of the chosen social situation in the range of at least 7 pages. They will include the chosen social situation in the social security system and propose a solution to this situation. Students submit the processed paper no later than two weeks before the start of the credit week, so that the teacher has the opportunity to evaluate the work and, if necessary, return to reworking by e-mail. The student will be able to continuously consult individually studied topics of the subject through e-mail, individual or group consultations. The processed topic is a condition for admission to the exam.
Written exam, part of the course are also seminars that deal with further and in-depth analysis of problems that follow the lectures. Students create groups (2-3), each characterizes a selected target group of clients - counseling. Students will prepare an analysis of the chosen social situation, which will be presented at the seminar. Describe the benefits and disadvantages of working with this group of clients - the area of counseling and the system of benefits and services for the given group - the area of counseling. Part of the presentation is modeling of work with the client, modeling will be reflected in the group. The processed and presented topic is a condition for admission to the exam.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course Consultancy in PA is conceived to give basic orientation of students in the system of consultancy. The aim of the course is to transfer theoretical findings of current possibilities of consultancy regarding both organizational aspect and aspect of possible approaches to client. It presents the fundamental principles of theoretical approaches to students in individual case work (e.g. psychoanalysis, systemic approach), as well as in family therapy (V. Satir) and work with a group. It approximates the fundamental aspects of work with clients in helping profession through the first contact with the client, anamnesis, diagnostics, intervention till termination of consultancy work, the attention is paid to issue of crisis intervention as well. It presents also various institutions which offer consultancy. The instruction is based on connecting theoretical knowledge with practical skills and interactive experiential direct experience. It is based on the active experience of the students, which they acquired during their professional internships. The acquired knowledge is connected with other course subjects. Study Outcomes: Professional Knowledge: Students can define basic concepts of the theory of consulting and they are familiar with the principles of mental health care. They are well informed on basic counselling intervention approaches. Professional Skills: Students can communicate correctly with the client, respecting the current context for the communication. They master the technique of active listening and asking questions to enable themselves to respect the requirements and the current issues of the client, focusing on their solutions. General Qualification: They are able to pass the required information to the client in an appropriate, adequately intelligible manner.
Syllabus
  • 1. The issue of counseling, the counseling process and its phases.
    2. Personality adviser, methods and forms of advisory work. Types and characteristics of counseling facilities
    3. The right to social security.
    4. Sickness and health insurance.
    5. Annuity insurance.
    6. Life and subsistence minimum. Material poverty. State social support.
    7. Social Care.
    8. Socio-legal minimum.
    9. Act no. 108/2006 Coll., On social services - social and legislative background
    10. Act no. 108/2006 Coll., On social services - content.
    11. Act no. 329/2011 Coll., On providing benefits to people with disabilities and amending related laws. Social reform 2012.
Literature
    required literature
  • TOMEŠ, Igor. Sociální správa: úvod do teorie a praxe. Praha: Vyd. 2, rozš. a přeprac. Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-483-0.
  • KREBS, Vojtěch a kolektiv. Sociální politika. 6. přepracované a aktualizované vydání. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7478-921-2.
  • MACH, Petr a Eva Janečková. Zákon o sociálních službách. Komentář. Wolters Kluwer, 2019. ISBN 978-70-80-75252-246-7.
  • PILÁT, Miroslav. Poradenství v sociální práci. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2017. Elektronická studijní opora.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Metody a řízení sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0213-4. info
  • KAHOUN, V. a kolektiv. Sociální zabezpečení. Vybrané kapitoly. Praha: Triton, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7387-733-0. info
    recommended literature
  • Zákon č. 111/2006 Sb., o pomoci v hmotné nouzi, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
  • Zákon č. 117/1995 Sb., o státní sociální podpoře, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
  • KRÁLOVÁ, Jarmila a Eva RÁŽOVÁ. Sociální služby a příspěvek na péči. 4. aktualizované a přepracované vydání. Olomouc: ANAG, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7263-748-5.
  • Zákon č. 108/2006 Sb., o sociálních službách, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
  • KOPŘIVA, Karel. Lidský vztah jako součást profese. Praha: Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-1147-1.
  • Zákon č. 329/2011 Sb., o poskytování dávek osobám se zdravotním postižením a o změně souvisejících zákonů, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
  • Zákon č. 110/2006 Sb., o životním a existenčním minimu, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
  • PILÁT, Miroslav. Social reform 2012 i the Czech Republic-chosen aspects. In ŽILOVÁ, Anna, Alena NOVOTNÁ, Venus M. JOSEPH & al. European and global contexts of poverty in the period of social and demographic transformations of the society. Milano: EDUCatt, 2014, p. 179-188, 208 pp. ISBN 978-88-6780-072-8. info
  • NOVOSAD, L. Poradenství pro osoby se zdravotním a sociálním znevýhodněním. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-509-7. info
  • SCHNEIDEROVÁ, A. Základy poradenství. 1. vydání. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita,, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7368-523-2. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Elaboration of seminar work, compulsory participation in seminars is at least 80%. Students will prepare an analysis of the chosen social situation in the range of at least 7 pages. They will include the chosen social situation in the social security system and propose a solution to this situation. Students submit the processed paper no later than two weeks before the start of the credit week, so that the teacher has the opportunity to evaluate the work and, if necessary, return to reworking by e-mail. The student will be able to continuously consult individually studied topics of the subject through e-mail, individual or group consultations. The processed topic is a condition for admission to the exam.
Written exam, part of the course are also seminars that deal with further and in-depth analysis of problems that follow the lectures. Students create groups (2-3), each characterizes a selected target group of clients - counseling. Students will prepare an analysis of the chosen social situation, which will be presented at the seminar. Describe the benefits and disadvantages of working with this group of clients - the area of counseling and the system of benefits and services for the given group - the area of counseling. Part of the presentation is modeling of work with the client, modeling will be reflected in the group. The processed and presented topic is a condition for admission to the exam.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2025.
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