This course offers a critical and practical approach to social work intervention in the area of mental health. By exploring theoretical foundations, public policies and tools for action, participants develop essential skills to intervene ethically, sensitively and effectively in complex contexts. With a focus on the Portuguese reality, the program covers everything from the historical and legal bases to contemporary strategies for promoting quality and evaluating services. It is aimed at professionals and students who wish to deepen their role in building more humane, integrated and transformative social responses.
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Price range: 30.00€ through 50.00€
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December 13 | Social work intervention in mental health
Price range: 30.00€ through 50.00€
4 hours | December 13 | 09h00 to 13h00
ONLINE | DRA. VÂNIA FERRÃO
Description
Recipients
Recipients
- Social workers
- Technicians and caregivers
- Social work students
- Professionals from related areas
- Decision-makers and managers of social and health institutions
Objectives
Objectives
General objectives:
- Know the different systems, practices and interventions in different professional contexts in the field of social work;
- Analyze and build critical thinking about some of the relevant theoretical approaches in social work;
- Develop essential skills for intervention in the profession.
Specific Objectives:
- Interpret and discuss the theoretical and political approaches that underpin the field of mental health;
- Acquire transversal knowledge of social intervention, particularly in the field of interpersonal relations, interdisciplinarity and professional ethics;
- To know the tools and instruments of intervention applied in social work;
- Reflect on and use social service intervention strategies in mental health.
Contents
Contents
- An approach to the historical foundations of mental health in Portugal
- The Mental Health Act and compulsory hospitalization
- Legal mechanisms to overcome incapacity
- The National Mental Health Plan and the Mental Health System
- Objectives and competencies of social work in mental health
- Quality and evaluation tools for social work in mental health
Evaluation and Certificate
Evaluation and Certificate
CERTIFICATE
The trainee will receive a certificate with the number of hours of training, inserted into the SIGO platform, through the Associação Teatro e Construção, an entity certified by DGERT.
