SOCW 327 - Child Welfare II

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Southern Adventist University

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Description:

Prerequisite: SOCW 326 This course is the second in a series of two courses offered as part of the TN Child Welfare Certification Program. It is designed to assist students in acquiring the practice skills to become culturally competent child welfare workers. The course will analyze the practices of various human/social service agencies that provide preventative, case management, out of home care, treatment, and rehabilitative services aimed at children, youth, and families. The roles of social services in the broad context of formal and informal systems that influence the life course of the child will be addressed. This course will prepare students to practice in the child welfare field by teaching them about the various contexts in which child welfare practice takes place and the skills and modalities that are used with children, youth, and families who are the focus of child welfare intervention. Particular emphasis will be placed on the services provided by community based agencies, child welfare services and the juvenile justice system. Addition emphasis will be given to prepare the students to work the multicultural populations including consumers of different ages, races, cultures, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientations. The student will be prepared to meet ethical issues for social workers dealing with child welfare will be addressed with critical frameworks for resolving ethical dilemmas taught.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.southern.edu

Phone Number:

(423) 236-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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