Social Work

Bachelor’s Programme

The bachelor’s programme in Social Work aims to train professionals with the capacity to act at the level of realities and social problems, developing a preventive or therapeutic role, having as privileged universe the individual / group at risk.

Programme Coordinator

Cristóvão Adelino Fonseca Franco Ribeiro Margarido
cristovao.margarido@ipleiria.pt

Reference

9238 D / 8014 PL

School

Education and Social Sciences

City

Leiria

Language

Portuguese

Type

Evening, Morning & Afternoon

Length

6 semesters

Vacancies

General contingent: D 39 / N 20
International student contingent: 8

DGES certification

Link to Registration

Objectives

Programme

This study cycle’s generic objectives are:

To understand social phenomena;
To intervene with individuals, groups and communities in the context of prevention, treatment and reinsertion;
To intervene with the underprivileged groups;
To perform Social Work profession in all the fields;
Develop a responsible, reflective and critical awareness in building the personal and social identity;
Develop ability to work collaboratively to solve problems encountered in different contexts;
Mobilize knowledge, skills and attitudes in different contexts, in building new scientific, cultural and technological knowledge;
Mobilize different languages to express and communicate their relationship with reality in different contexts;
Participate in research projects, understanding the school as a centre of social and cultural development;
Develop personalised methodologies for work and learning appropriate to multiple contexts;
Develop curiosity and intellectual taste for knowledge and research.

Field of Study
Law, Social Sciences and Services

1st Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Applied Mathematics to Social Sciences	1st Semester	5	49 h
	Introduction to Social Sciences	1st Semester	5	64 h
	Introduction to Social Work	1st Semester	5	64 h
	Introduction to Economics	1st Semester	5	49 h
	General Principles of Law	1st Semester	5	49 h
	Academic Writing and Professional Writing Workshop	1st Semester	5	49 h
	Social and Cultural Anthropology	2nd Semester	5	49 h
	Developmental Psychology	2nd Semester	5	49 h
	Elective I	2nd Semester	5	49 h
Students must choose one of following curricular units, set annually by the ESECS. Special Education Social Intervention in Family Context Computer Science
	Sociologia das Organizações	2nd Semester	5	49 h
	Theories and Methods of Social Work	2nd Semester	5	79 h
	Family and Minors Law	2nd Semester	5	49 h

2nd Year
Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
Methods and Techniques of Social Research	1st Semester	5	64 h
Social Work of Cases, Groups and Communities	1st Semester	6	81 h
Social Intervention in Childhood, Adolescence and Old Age	1st Semester	6	81 h
Sociology of the Family	1st Semester	5	65 h
Supervisão e Estágio em Serviço Social I	1st Semester	8	141 h
Saúde mental e Psicopatologias	2nd Semester	4	49 h
Exclusão, Reinserção e Serviço Social	2nd Semester	5	49 h
Problems of Contemporary Society and Culture	2nd Semester	4	49 h
Serviço Social e Políticas Sociais	2nd Semester	6	81 h
Seminário de Contextos e Práticas de Serviço Social	2nd Semester	6	81 h
Social Intervention in Groups at Risk	2nd Semester	5	64 h

3rd Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Project in Social Work	1st Semester	7	81 h
	Ethics and Professional Deontology in Social Work	1st Semester	6	66 h
	Management of Institutions of Social Work	1st Semester	7	81 h
	Elective II	1st Semester	5	49 h
Students must choose one of following curricular units, set annually by the School. Personal Development and Creativity Entrepreneurship and Employability
	Multiculturalism and Intercultural Education	1st Semester	5	49 h
	Supervisão e Estágio em Serviço Social I	2nd Semester	30

Entry Requirements

For further information about international students’ applications,
please see International Applicants
or contact the International Students’ Office by email at: estudante.internacional@ipleiria.pt

Accreditation

State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation:
Publication date: 17/05/2022

A3ES Accreditation

Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 30€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General contingent: 697 €
International student contingent: 3000€