Child protection systems and after-care services: principles and practices

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Course ID:	WF-PS-CASASCHILD-ER
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Child protection systems and after-care services: principles and practices
Name in Polish:	Child protection systems and after-care services: principles and practices
Organizational unit:	Institute of Psychology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	advanced
Learning outcome code/codes:	K_W02 K_W03 K_K03
Short description:	The aim of classes is to present up-to-date knowledge about psychosocial concepts related to the interventions with children in social protection systems: social representations of children, their social problems and the social interventions to solve their problems; children’s rights, violence against children and children as social agents; children in disadvantaged situations and social exclusion; child abuse and neglect; children at risk. Methodological clarifications will be pointed out between observations and risk indicators. An example of applied research on the Barcelona city community social services system intervention with children at risk will be presented. Additional research on child protection systems will also be presented, particularly on residential care, foster care and kinship foster care in Catalonia, and on young people leaving care (YIPPEE European research project).
Full description:	The aim of classes is to present up-to-date knowledge about psychosocial concepts related to the interventions with children in social protection systems: social representations of children, their social problems and the social interventions to solve their problems; children’s rights, violence against children and children as social agents; children in disadvantaged situations and social exclusion; child abuse and neglect; children at risk. Methodological clarifications will be pointed out between observations and risk indicators. An example of applied research on the Barcelona city community social services system intervention with children at risk will be presented. Additional research on child protection systems will also be presented, particularly on residential care, foster care and kinship foster care in Catalonia, and on young people leaving care (YIPPEE European research project). Political and social consequences of the systematic availability of indicators of the educational pathways and outcomes of children in care will be discussed. Content: 1. Social representations of children 2. Social representations of children’s problems 3. Historical paradigms to solve social problems 4. Children’s rights 5. Children as social agents 6. Children in disadvantaged situations and social exclusion 7. Violence against children 8. Child abuse and neglect: prevention, detection and intervention. From observations to risk indicators 9. The community social services system and intervention with children at risk: the perspective of the different social agents involved 10. The child protection systems: Residential care, foster care and kinship foster care 11. After care services: The YIPPEE European Research project 12. Education of children in care and young people after care. 13. Subjective well-being of children in care 14. Evaluation of child protection services 15. Future challenges
Bibliography:	Casas, F. (1999). Zmiana paradygmatów w opiece nad dzieckiem. Przyklad Hiszpanii. En Z.W. Stelmaszuk: Wspótczesne kierunki w opiece nad dzieckiem. Warsaw. Wydawnictwo Akademickie “Zak”, 144-162. ISBN 83-88149-04-0 Casas, F. (2001). Descentralizacja systemu opieki nad dziecmi – szanse i zagrozenia. In Z.W. Stelmaszuk: Zmiany w systemie opieki nad dziecmi i mlodzieza. Perspektywa europejska. Katowice. BPS, 135-151. ISBN 83-7164-266-0 Casas, F., González, M. & Navarro, D. (2013). Social psychology and child well-being. In Ben-Arieh, A., Casas, F., Frones, I. & Korbin, J.E.: Handbook of Child Well-Being. Dordrecht. Springer. Pages 513-554. ISBN: 978-90-481-9062-1 Llosada-Gistau, J., Montserrat, C. & Casas, F. (2014). The subjective well-being of adolescents in residential care compared to that of the general population, Children and Youth Services Review, online first. DOI 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.11.007. Llosada-Gistau, J., Casas, F., & Montserrat, C. (2016). What matters in for the subjective well-being of children in care? Child Indicators Research, on line first. DOI 10.1007/s12187-016-9405-z. Montserrat, C., & Casas, F. (2017). The education of children and adolescents in out-of-home care: a problem or an opportunity? Results of a longitudinal study. European Journal of Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2017.1318832 Montserrat, C., Casas, F. & Malo, S. (2012). Delayed educational pathways and risk of social exclusion: the case of young people from public care in Spain. European Journal of Social Work, 16, 1, 6-21. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2012.722981. ISSN 1369-1457. Montserrat, C., Casas, F., Muner, J., Vilarrubias, N., Pérez, M. & Sadurní, M. (2014). From observations to indicators. A computer package to support the management of social risk in childhood. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Benestar Social i Família. http://benestar.gencat.cat/web/.content/01departament/08publicacions/coleccions/eines/eines_17/eines17_rumi.pdf
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Activities (discussions, short presentations on the state-of-art articles under guidance of lecturer) and written essay on a topic agreed with the lecturer.

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