Class Seminar and Internship I

The Curricular Unit of Seminar and Internship I - Institutional Insertion and Supervision, is particularly relevant, as it represents a strong practical component of the course, providing students with their first experience with the professional field of work of the Social Worker. This UC intends to deepen and operationalize theoretical, scientific, methodological, practical, and ethical knowledge inherent to the social work profession through: (1) the integration of students in internship contexts, (3) the supervised practice of accompanying internships, and (2) theoretical-scientific sessions in the classroom. This UC assumes particular relevance in the training of students because it enables them to learn in practice, helping to consolidate their professional profile and build fundamental technical skills for social intervention.

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1. The Internship in SS: presentation of the program, objectives, and skills. Inclusion into the internship field; 2. Professional ethics; 3. Preparation of the internship project; 4. Definition of general and specific objectives;  5. Activity planning; 6. Phases of intervention in Social Work.  7. Deepening the issues and Social Policies according to the internship contexts;  8. Articulation of social worker practice in the different areas of Internship;  9. Main techniques and working instruments of Social Workers: approaches to practice;  10. Preparation of the final internship report: organization of the information collected; scientific writing criteria; report structure;  11. Analysis of professional relationships with the team, with users, and with hierarchies;  12. Assessment: analysis of results and critical/reflective analysis of internship practices. 

Teaching methodologies enhance and integrate the different dimensions of the program, combining them with the practical context of the internship. The aim is to adopt an active and dynamic methodology based on interpersonal relationships, integrating the theoretical dimensions of the program and using different techniques and instruments. In the first semester, teaching-learning will have a more theoretical component, focused on information from the institutional supervisor, the preparation of the internship project, and participation in supervision sessions. In the second semester, with the preparation of the report and the growth of internship experience, the aim is to promote oral and written communication skills and consolidate individual and group thinking reflection and argumentative capacity, with support and contributions from the two orientation figures. 

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