Case Management/ Advocacy

Course Description

Learners will be taught the skills required to effectively promote the full integration of disadvantaged people into the mainstream of community life, using an empowerment model of case management. This involves introducing learners to empowerment theory and its implications for practice, highlighting legal and ethical issues, and developing critical awareness of systemic issues. Empowerment practices taught in this course will include the development of an empowerment plan based upon clients' strengths, as well as building informal supports and increasing community capacity for inclusion. Students will also learn advocacy skills that include an understanding of power relations, and recognize the importance of self-care as an ethical issue in case management and advocacy practice.