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 40/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

Study Plan

ECTS: 180

1st Year
2nd Year
3rd Year

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€