PC6066 - Working with Diversity (2021/22)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2021/22 | ||||||||||
| Module title | Working with Diversity | ||||||||||
| Module level | Honours (06) | ||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 15 | ||||||||||
| School | School of Social Sciences | ||||||||||
| Total study hours | 150 | ||||||||||
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| Running in 2021/22(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
This module is aimed at raising awareness among counsellors in regards to working with individuals from diverse and varying socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds including BME groups. Issues on acculturation, cultural awareness in healthcare services, the Equality Act (2010) and the NHS 5- year plan in supporting diverse populations such as refuges, asylum seekers and so forth will be discussed both theoretically and in the practitioner role counsellors have in supporting these groups.
Syllabus
Counselling, coaching, well-being, diversity, the Equality act (2010), disability, culture, acculturation, refuges, asylum, BME groups, inclusion.
Learning Outcomes LO1, LO2, LO3
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
Delivery and discussion of the module syllabi will be via interactive lectures and tutorials. In addition to the weekly seminar workshops which will provide a forum for the application of theory to practical problems, students are expected to work in groups to learn from each other and learn how to independently use other resources available, e.g. library, the internet, WebLearn and own organisation. The module will also have its own dedicated Web Learn site to enables staff and students to readily contact each other and offers an on-line support/learning.
Workshops and seminars:
Information and materials relating to the workshop will be circulated once the course has commenced. The seminars and workshops will familiarize students with various aspect of the course. All workshops will relate to lecture topics and may be tested in the examination. Hence, each student is expected to do the prior reading and consult few recommended texts and be actively involved in the seminar activities and group discussion.
The usual programme each week will comprise of a lecture followed by seminar workshop activities and group discussion. The workshops will use the content of the lecture and pre-circulated material for class discussion and group work.
Students will gain core knowledge and understanding of the topics through lectures, but deeper understanding, evaluation and skill development will be promoted through directed study of recommended reading material, seminars, and online resources.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students will:
1) Have a critical awareness of a range of core topic areas and related research in pertaining to diversity in healthcare;
2) Be able to demonstrate counselling and coaching skills in practice with reference to humanistic and cognitive perspectives in supporting the needs of diverse populations.
3) Be able to demonstrate an understanding the role diversity awareness has in counselling practice and the role it plays in supervision.
Assessment strategy
3000-word assignment. Critical evaluation of counsellors’ involvement in engaging and supporting BME groups (100% weighting)
Bibliography
American Psychiatric Association (APA, 2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th Ed. Arlington. American Psychiatric Publishing. Washington
Casas, M.J., Suzuki, L.A., Alexander, C.M., & Jackson, M.A., (2016). Handbook of Multicultural Counseling 4th Eds. Los Angeles, London: SAGE. (Core)
Davids, M.F., (2011). Internal Racism: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Race and Difference (The Palgrave Psychotherapy Series) 2011th Edition. London: Palgrave.
Dupont-Joshua, A., (2002). Working Inter-Culturally in Counselling Settings. 1st ed. New York and London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. (Core)
Kirk, H.W., Weisbrod, J.O.A., Ericson, K.A., (2003). Psychosocial and Behavioural Aspects of Medicine. Baltimore and Philadelphia. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. (Core)
Maher, M.J., (2012). Racism and Cultural Diversity: Cultivating Racial Harmony through Counselling, Group Analysis, and Psychotherapy. 1st ed. New York and London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. (Core)
McGoldrick, M & Hardy, K.V., (2008). Re-Visioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture, and Gender in Clinical Practice. 2nd ed. New York: The Guilford Press.
Milner, J & O’Byrne, P (2003). Assessment in Counselling: theory, process and decision making. 3rd ed. Hampshire, New York, Palgrave.
Thompson, D. (2014). The A-Model Theory. Afro-Caribbean Counselling. Black Focused Solutions. 1st ed. Kindle Book. (Core)