English ****************************************************************************************** * Department of Psychosocial Sciences and Ethics ****************************************************************************************** The Hussite Faculty of Theology as a part of the Charles University offers study programme cultural, social, spiritual, educational, interpersonal and charity topics of social life contemporary society. It provides theological education that guarantees the revitalisation Christian moral and religious values. It builds on the current knowledge in the field of p sociology or political science and on the assumption that religion as a cornerstone of civ continuity and perspective of spiritual horizon and stability of social system is being re social and charity work bachelor's degree programmes and the follow-up master's degree pro into the relevant social context by the Faculty plans. The Department of Psychosocial Sciences and Ethics of the HTF CU, which jointly with the D Religious Studies, Department of Systematic Theology, Department of Practical Theology and Church History and Law, provides instruction in bachelor's degree programme of Social and (SACH) and in the follow-up master's degree programme Social and charity work (SACH), was in 1995. Originally, it was a sub-department of psychosocial sciences, later on in 1998 it Department of Psychosocial Sciences and Special Ethics, which was in 2006 transformed into of Psychosocial Sciences and Ethics. University education of social workers trained in the provided continuously for more than 19 years. The Department of Psychosocial Sciences and Ethics of the HTF CU is a member of the Associ Educators in Social Work in the Czech Republic. There are over 450 regular students enroll degree programmes and follow-up master's degree programmes of social and charity work accr programme 7508 Social work. The departmental staff has been consistently active in integrating the scientific and publ with teaching of professional competencies and development of personality of their student for the provision of expert, effective and ethical social work in a challenging social lan Department has for a long time been involved in Erasmus LLP at the level of academia, but student mobility and inter-university cooperation. Social and charity work study programmes aim to train qualified experts with university ed regulated profession of a social worker, focusing on general social work with integrated t necessary for work activities and competencies in the following areas: • practical social care, social work and social services in religious and non-religious ar • statem administration professions • culture, literature and journalism-oriented professions • theoretical activities in the area of social science, or science and research The theoretical instruction and experiential learning through hands-on experience and guid guaranteed study programmes are defined by growing social requirements for the training of social and charity work with diverse social and population groups. The study programmes ar interdisciplinary nature. The study shall make it easier for the graduates to navigate thr of contemporary society, in the social landscape covering a broad spectrum of human social in human psychology and psychopathology, in special communication techniques, and to prepa involvement in social programmes, delivery of new concepts of social work, creation and im of effective methods of social work and social services, and also for open and humane appr individual as well as to vulnerable target social or population groups. Graduates from the bachelor's degree and follow-up social and charity work programmes have to find employment especially: • in social work with people in need or facing a crisis (unemployed, homeless people, indi or families in crisis, domestic violence, persons at an imminent risk of social disorgan exclusion, etc.) • in social work with drug addicts or pathological gamblers • in social work and social services for disabled persons with physical, mental and sensor or persons with special learning and behaviour disorders • in social work with persons serving a sentence or after being released from prison sente their families • in the provision of support, assistance and care to chronically ill persons, seniors and Qualification requirements of the graduates from accredited social work study programmes, in the bachelor's degree and master' degree SACH programmes, are defined by the vocational study programmes, in line with the valid accreditation under Act No 111/1998 Coll., on Hig Institutions and on Amendments and Supplements to Some Other Laws (the Higher Education Ac The referred to study programmes reflect the current legal requirements stipulating the qu requirements for the performance of social work profession (Section 109 and Section 110 of Coll., on Social Services) and also the Minimum Standards for Social Work Education of the Educators in Social Work in the CR. The Opinion of MoLSA CR of 13 December 2011 Ref. No.: also confirms the professional competence for the performance of social work profession (i the EU Directive No 2005/36/EC, code of regulated profession 655) of graduates from the ab study programmes. At the Department of Psychosocial Sciences and Ethics of the HTF CU, the Academic Advising Hussite Faculty of Theology of the CU has been set up. The advising centre provides study, career and educational guidance to students with special education needs, professional int students with specific learning disorders, communication disorders or hearing and visual i consultancy and advisory support to disadvantaged students. The staff of the Department of Sciences and Ethics enables the students interested in counselling to get involved in acti the advising centre. In 2010, the Academic Centre of Development Cooperation and Humanitar established at the Department, where under the leadership of departmental academic staff t can undergo practical training oriented at development assistance in selected countries an humanitarian aid projects.