Social Service

Course Details

KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences
Programme of Social Service
Course Details

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Period	Semester	T+A+L	Credit	ECTS
03061001	Street Social Work	2025	Autumn	5	3+0+0	4	4

Course Type	Elective
Course Cycle	Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language	Turkish
Methods and Techniques	Düz anlatım Sınıf içi tartışma Örnek vaka sunumu Literatür tarama
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Prerequisites	Yoktur.
Coordinator	-
Instructor(s)	Assoc. Prof. Demet AKARÇAY ULUTAŞ
Instructor Assistant(s)	-

Course Instructor(s)

Name and Surname	Room	E-Mail Address	Internal	Meeting Hours
Assoc. Prof. Demet AKARÇAY ULUTAŞ	C-223	[email protected]	7460

Course Content

The street as a social environment, observations from the street, definition and scope of street social work, target groups in street social work; the phenomenon of street children, classification of street children, people who collect waste materials; homelessness, institutional and community-based services, preventive street work, sample street social work practices, national and international legal regulations on child protection systems.

Objectives of the Course

It is aimed that students understand the street as a social environment, have knowledge of street social work and skills for intervention to solve social problems experienced on the street.

Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching

Basic Vocational Courses
Specialization / Field Courses	X
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses

Relationships between Course Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Program Learning Outcomes	Level
P1	Has knowledge of sociocultural environment and human behavior.	4
P3	Has knowledge of difference and diversity for social work practice.	3
P4	Professional Relationship and has the ability to communicate effectively.	3
P5	Has the ability to think critically.	3
P6	Has the ability to conduct scientific research specific to the field.	4
P8	Has the ability to observe human rights and social justice in practice.	4
P12	Performs social work interventions at the individual, family, group, organization and community level.	4

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No	Learning Outcomes	Outcome Relationship	Measurement Method **
O1	Designs unique social service intervention plans taking into account the social environment and cultural diversity.	P.1.5	1
O2	Critically evaluates the effectiveness of social service interventions targeting different sociocultural structures.	P.1.6	1
O3	Evaluates social service practices at the individual, family, group, community, and societal levels using an anti-oppression and anti-discrimination social service approach.	P.3.6	1
O4	Evaluates professional communication processes and established relationships in terms of effectiveness and social service ethics.	P.4.6	1
O5	Develops new social service intervention strategies and policy recommendations from a critical perspective.	P.5.5	1
O6	Prepares a scientific report using the research data obtained.	P.6.5	1
O7	Critically evaluates social service practices in line with human rights and social justice principles.	P.8.6	1
O8	Develops and implements an intervention plan in collaboration with the referral system.	P.12.5	1
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics
1	Meeting, Discussing the main environment of the lesson, Expressing mutual expectations about the lesson, Forming the lesson contract
2	Street, from first person to street (historical, political, cultural, social change process)
3	The history of the street and its determinants, social change and its consequences
4	The roles and shares of the street, the urbanization process
5	Life of the street or street in life, Urbanization and emerging new social problems, homelessness
6	Street and People (Children, women, addicts, employees, etc.)
7	Institutional and community-based services, Relations with NGOs and related institutions
8	Creation of student projects
9	Midterm
10	National and international legal regulations
11	Street and social work, scope and content
12	Street and social work intervention
13	Project presentations
14	Project presentations, general evaluation of the course

Textbook or Material

Resources	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.
	Zastrow, C., Karen-Kist, A. (2010). Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Nelson-Hall Inc., Publishers, Chicago.

Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Practice	-	-
Field Study	-	-
Course Specific Internship (If Any)	-	-
Homework	-	-
Presentation	-	-
Projects	-	-
Quiz	-	-
Midterms	1	40 (%)
Final Exam	1	60 (%)
Total		100 (%)

ECTS / Working Load Table

	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time	14	2	28
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement)	14	3	42
Midterms	1	25	25
Quiz	0	0	0
Homework	0	0	0
Practice	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Project	0	0	0
Workshop	0	0	0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation	0	0	0
Fieldwork	0	0	0
Final Exam	1	25	25
Other	0	0	0
Total Work Load:			120
Total Work Load / 30			4
Course ECTS Credits:			4

Course - Learning Outcomes Matrix

Relationship Levels
Lowest	Low	Medium	High	Highest
1	2	3	4	5

#	Learning Outcomes	P1	P3	P4	P5	P6	P8	P12
O1	Designs unique social service intervention plans taking into account the social environment and cultural diversity.	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
O2	Critically evaluates the effectiveness of social service interventions targeting different sociocultural structures.	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
O3	Evaluates social service practices at the individual, family, group, community, and societal levels using an anti-oppression and anti-discrimination social service approach.	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
O4	Evaluates professional communication processes and established relationships in terms of effectiveness and social service ethics.	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
O5	Develops new social service intervention strategies and policy recommendations from a critical perspective.	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
O6	Prepares a scientific report using the research data obtained.	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
O7	Critically evaluates social service practices in line with human rights and social justice principles.	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
O8	Develops and implements an intervention plan in collaboration with the referral system.	-	-	-	-	-	-	4