Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Nursing and Advanced Practice
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
4040SWA-APR-CTY
Aims
To equip student social workers with a critical awareness of knowledge and theories related to the human life course, that they will be able to use in practice.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Review different theoretical frameworks in relation to development and change through childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.
2.
Consider how discourses relating to human development have influenced and continue to influence social work theories and practice.
3.
Evaluate and theorise the ways in which childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age are constructed, represented and perceived in contemporary society.
4.
Demonstrate the ability to use life-course theories, models and concepts to explain the 'lived experience' of a variety of service user groups.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:• Introducing the Life Course
• Life course in context
• Attachment theory and social work practice
• Life-course theory and children’s competence
• Biological perspectives: genes, brains and critical periods
• Child observation and communication
• Typical / atypical development and their relationship to mental health
• Coping with grief and loss
• Adolescence: developmental tasks, risks and resilience
• Identity and social work assessments and interventions
• Family systems, interactions within the family and human development
• Midlife experiences and development
• Older Age – conceptualisations and interventions
• Dementia within the context of human development
Module Overview:
To equip student social workers with a critical awareness of knowledge and theories related to the human life course, that they will be able to use in practice.
To equip student social workers with a critical awareness of knowledge and theories related to the human life course, that they will be able to use in practice.
Additional Information:This course will equip students with a critical awareness of knowledge and theories around the life course that they will be able to use in practice.
The Module aligns with the following Apprenticeship Standards for Social Work and Social Work England Professional Standards:
Knowledge:
• Social work theory, models and interventions; human growth and development across the lifespan and the impact of key developmental stages and transitions
• Understand the value of research and analysis and be able to evaluate evidence to inform practice
• That experiences and feelings affect behaviour in interactions
[See SWE professional standards 1.2, 1.4, 4.4]
Skills:
• Work to promote individual growth, development and independence
• Gather, analyse, critically evaluate and use research information and knowledge in your practice to develop an understanding of the individual’s situation
• Exercise professional curiosity
• Present reports in formal settings
[See SWE professional standards 1.2, 1.4, 2.3, 3.11, 4.3]
Behaviours:
• Communicate openly, honestly and accurately. Listen to people and apply professional curiosity to evaluate and assess what information they need to gather, to provide quality advice, support or care
• Commit to continuous learning within social work, with curiosity and critical reflection
[See SWE professional standards 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 4.3, 4.4]