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English for social workers II session 7, 3 dec 2012

English for social workers II session 7, 3 dec 2012. Miljen Matijašević E-mail: miljen.matijasevic @ gmail.com Office: G10, room 6 (1st floor) Tue , 10:30-11:30. Today’s session. Social Care and Community Work Questions. Social Care and Community Work. Unit 5. Social Work.

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English for social workers II session 7, 3 dec 2012

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  1. English for social workers IIsession 7, 3 dec2012 Miljen Matijašević E-mail: miljen.matijasevic@gmail.com Office: G10, room 6 (1st floor) Tue, 10:30-11:30

  2. Today’s session • Social Care and Community Work • Questions

  3. Social Care and Community Work Unit 5

  4. Social Work • What is social work? • read and analyse the definition of social work on p.45 in your books • definition by the International Federation of Social Workers

  5. Social Work • What does the social work profession promote? • What can you say about empowerment and explain its use in the definition? • Whattheories are crucial to social work? • Where do social work interventions take place? • What are the fundamental principles of social work?

  6. Social Work • read the COMMENTARY paragraph • provide some examples from practice to illustrate the features of the social work profession outlined here

  7. To sum up... SOCIAL WORK • promotes social change • addresses human needs arising from the interaction between people and the society • develops human potential to effect social change and enhance their well-being • ultimate objectives: • to improve the quality of life • to achieve social justice

  8. Social Work – Values Read the paragraph and answer the following questions: • What ideas and values is social work based on? • Whatis its attitude towards disadvantagedgroups and how does it promote social inclusion?

  9. Social Work – Values General Social Care Council • regulator of the social work profession and education in the UK • lays down the Code of Practice • features the core values of social work practice

  10. Social Work – Values* • protect the rights and promote the interests of service users and carers • strive to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of service users and carers • promote the independence of service users while protecting them as far as possible from danger or harm • respect the rights of service users while seeking to ensure that their behaviour does not harm themselves or other people • upholdpublic trust and confidence in social services • be accountable for the quality of their work and take responsibility for maintaining and improving their knowledge and skills *from the Code of Practice for Social Service Workers (by GSCC)

  11. Social Work Answer these questions: • In your opinion, what are the most important characteristics of a social worker? • What skills must a social worker possess? Do the exercises on p. 47 (LANGUAGE FOCUS and WRITING SKILLS)

  12. Social Support Services in Europe • In what settings are social workers present? • Read paragraph 1 of the text on p.48 • What does it say about the scope of social work in Europe? • Read paragraph 2 • What are social workers usually involved in in the UK? • What does a school social worker do?

  13. Social Support Services in Europe • Read paragraph 3 • The article mentions statutory social work. What do you think this refers to? • What specialist social work positions have developed in Germany and France and why?

  14. Social Support Services in Europe • statutory social work • involves situations where an individual is part of a court or administrative process (placement in care by the court, young offenders, victims of crime, adoption, custody of children, etc.)

  15. Questions

  16. Complete the following questions with suitable words: What ____________ last night? I stayed in and watched television. What sort of books ___________ reading? I like horror stories and science fiction. ___________ been to America? Yes, I have. I went there last year. I really enjoyed it. What ____________ the teacher ____________? She’s helping Maria with this exercise. ____________ your father do? He works in a bank.

  17. Complete the following questions with suitable words: What DID YOU DO last night? I stayed in and watched television. What sort of books DO YOU LIKE reading? I like horror stories and science fiction. HAVE YOU been to America? Yes, I have. I went there last year. I really enjoyed it. What IS the teacher DOING? She’s helping Maria with this exercise. WHAT DOES your father do? He works in a bank.

  18. Questions QUESTIONS FORMULA Used for most types of questions. *auxiliary verb

  19. Questions – other types QUESTIONS WITH ‘to BE’ in simple tenses SUBJECT QUESTIONS

  20. Complete the following questions with suitable words: Why _______________ your homework last night? Because I didn’t feel well. How long __________ it take you to come to school? It takes me about twenty minutes. __________ sent you these photos? Jack and Natalie. What ____________ doing next weekend. I don’t know. I haven’t got any plans yet. __________ you __________ a car? No, I haven’t. Just a bike.

  21. Complete the following questions with suitable words: Why DIDN’T YOU DO your homework last night? Because I didn’t feel well. How long DOES it take you to come to school? It takes me about twenty minutes. WHO sent you these photos? Jack and Natalie. What ARE YOU doing next weekend. I don’t know. I haven’t got any plans yet. HAVE you GOT a car? No, I haven’t. Just a bike.

  22. Make questions so that the underlined parts of the sentence are answers: Jerry called Martha to ask her to dinner. Jerry called Martha to ask her to dinner. Jerry called Martha to ask her to dinner. Sunbathing makes your skin darker. Sunbathing makes your skin darker. The film was two hours long. The teacher told me to write an essay. The teacher told me to write an essay. The teacher told me to write an essay. The teacher told me to write an essay.

  23. Make questions so that the underlined parts of the sentence are answers: Who did Jerry call? Who called Martha to ask her to dinner? Why did Jerry call Martha? What makes your skin darker? What does sunbathing do (to your skin)? How long was the film? What did the teacher tell you (to do)? Who did the teacher tell to write an essay? What did the teacher tell you to write? Who told you to write an essay?

  24. HelpingTeenagersLeaving Care to Live IndependentLives Additionalreading

  25. Additional reading • Read the text on p. 51 about an example of a social work initiative The Social Worker: Helping Teenagers Leaving Care to Live Independent Lives

  26. Additional Reading paragraphs 1-2 • What is the Stockport After-Care Scheme and why was it set up? paragraphs 3-4 • What sort of problems do these teenagers face and how does the Scheme help them? paragraphs 5-7 • Why is loneliness a big problem? • Would you like to be involved in a scheme of this kind as a social worker?

  27. Thank you for your attention!

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