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A study of special family and community problems, including areas such as poverty, diversity, and structural disadvantage.

This course will introduce students to some concepts of community organising related to social service work. It will focus on interventions and practice skills that impact change at the community level.

Building on the concepts of Social Service Methods I (SSRV 1116), this course will emphasize the mastery of practical skills and their application to the helping relationship.

Through a combination of visits to community agencies and public institutions, guest speakers, classroom sessions, and group activities, students will become familiar with various aspects of human service delivery and the social context in which those services are delivered.

Students explore the nature and scope of trauma and post-traumatic stress as they relate to problem areas such as child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, addiction, and suicide ideation, and examine specific interventions within a trauma informed practice framework.