11.3.14 SW9 PRACTICAL STUDIES (45 ECTS Credits)

•The student will become familiar with social work, and gain practical experience;
•the student will be able to evaluate his or her performance at work and professional development;
•The student will gain experience of working with clients and learn to recognise their needs and resources;
•The student will recognise the importance of an investigative, scientific approach to work.

•The student’s knowledge of social work will deepen and he or she will develop a responsible attitude towards participating in a working community;
•The student will be able to evaluate his or her work, use of professional working methods, and professional growth;
•The student will understand the importance of acting according to ethical principles as a professional social worker;
•The student will be able to evaluate the different practices used in the profession.

•The student will gain a deeper understanding of social work, and he or she will develop a responsible approach to participating in a working community, and learn to evaluate it constructively;
•The student will be able to evaluate his or her professional work as a practicant in relation to social development, and his or her professional growth;
•The student will learn to give critical and independent thought to the whole question of professional ethics, the basis of which is the recognition of client needs and an understanding of what professional ethics, in its broadest sense, means.
•The student will be able to assess a client’s social position.

•The student will become familiar with a development project that is currently up and running and, as a responsible member of the team, he or she will play a part in the life of a working community;
•The student will develop an awareness of the process of professional growth and be able to evaluate it.