SOWK 438 — Family Welfare
Social Work · University of Ghana
The course introduces students to the concept of marriage, the family and authority, and decision-making processes within the family. It examines the changes occurring in the structure and functions of the Ghanaian-family and the goals and agents of socialisation. The course emphasises the relevance of the maintenance of the Children Act of 1965, Child Maintenance Decree of 1977, the Children‘s Act of 1998, Intestate succession Law, Head of Family Accountability Law, the Domestic Violence Law and pension schemes, to social work practice with families.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- SOWK 430 — Long Essay
- SOWK 431 — Human Rights in Social Work Practice
- SOWK 432 — Working with Children
- SOWK 433 — Approaches to Counselling
- SOWK 434 — Working with Groups
- SOWK 435 — Social Work and the Law Courts
- SOWK 436 — Administration, Management and Evaluation
- SOWK 437 — Organisational Planning in Social Work Practice
- SOWK 439 — School Social Work
- SOWK 441 — Gender Issues
- SOWK 442 — Social Gerontology
- SOWK 443 — Industrial and Labour Relations
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).