Prerequisites for Module
Satisfactory completion of all stage 3 modules or equivalent.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To enable the student to engage in a comparative evaluation of how welfare services for children and young people are delivered within a range of countries.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Engage in a critical comparative evaluation of relevant political and social policy contexts within a range of countries and understand their impact on the delivery of welfare services for children and young people.
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Locate historical and current U.K. Group Care Practice with children and young people within the wider international context
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Analyse the training and deployment of residential child care professionals within a range of countries.
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Indicative Module Content
Relevant international, political, historical and social policy contexts. The organisational contexts and developing service delivery systems for welfare services for children and young people in a range of countries. Approaches to the training and deployment of relevant professionals within a range of countries. A study of how problems associated with disability and rehabilitation are dealt with in a range of countries.
| Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Distance Learning | Lectures/Tutorials
| 10 |
Directed Study
| | ODL Materials
| 120 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 20 |
Mode of Delivery
This module will be delivered by a combinatin of lectures, group tutorials and private study linked to course materials.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3
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This module will be assessed by an essay.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Cousins, H., 2005. European Welfare States: Comparative Perspectives. London: Sage.
| | 2. | Moss & Petrie, P., 2002. From Children's Services to Children's Spaces. London: Routledge Falmer.
| | 3. | Petrie, P. el al. 2006. Working with Children in Care: European Perspectives. Maidenead: Open University Press.
| | 4. | Pringle, K., 1998. Children and Social Welfare in Europe. Buckingham:OU Press.
| | 5. | Jackson, R., 2006. Holistic Special Education. Edinburgh: Floris books.
| | 6. | Thoburn, J.,2007. Globalisation and Child Welfare: Some Lessons From A Cross-national study of Children In Out-Of Home Care. Norwich: Social Work Monographs, UEA.
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