COMPARING CASES FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

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COMPARING CASES FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

• Writing case
• Preparing for international comparsion
• Process of exchange

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Comparing SW Cases

• Objectives
• understand, compare and evaluate
• become aware of the values, the context of
  social problems
• and the delivery within the social professions
• how clients, target groups and problems are
  defined and created over Europe
• focus on delivering methodologies
• see the wider Europe globalization
• Inner and Outer contexts for the balcony
• create a the third perspective Socratic
  dialogue

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Comparing methodology

• Home work
• Writing a case
• Peeling the case
• With the help of a questionnaire
• To be introduced to the students

• Exchange work
• SLEPT-model as a looking glass
• Definition of relevant tension fields
• Quest for the truth through the Socratic dialogue
• To be coached by the teachers during the exchange

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Comparing Methodology

• Writing a case
• A real case from real life
• A real tackling by social work
• Institution/organization/team/social worker
• Local analysis of the case
• Technics/strategies for handling
• Used Concepts
• In practice

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Peeling the case

• preparing the case for international comparison
• Delete all local elements
• Remove all data that refer to the own welfare
  system and to the way in which things are
  arranged in the country involved.

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QUESTIONNAIRE

• 1. Problem definition
• What is your description of the problem? What is
  your initial reaction about the case? What
  factors influence your reaction? What problems
  do you identify or anticipate? What are your
  arguments? What kind of information do you want
  or need to find out?What will you do next? What
  cultural aspects would be considered?

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QUESTIONNAIRE

• 2. Organizational and policy context
• Would a social professional be involved in this
  case?If not, who? If yes, what sort of agency
  would employ the professional state, voluntary,
  private? What policy, if any, would cover
  aspects of this case?

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QUESTIONNAIRE

• 2. Organizational and policy context
• Please explain What kind of help might there
  be Financial or other material helpOther forms
  of intervention What would be the social
  professional's tasks in this case? Would the
  social professional co-operate with other
  professionals? Who could they be? What
  service/s or help and support might the social
  professional offer?

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Exchange worksupported by coaching

• SLEPT-model as a looking glass
• Focus on the 5 aspects by questionning
• 2. Definition of relevant tension fields
• Choose a tension which enlights the case eg
  normalisation-empowerment
• 3. Quest for the truth through the Socratic
  dialogue creating the third perspective
• Focus on the underlying values