Course Details

1. Understand and describe the theory, different models, the process and characteristics of social planning.
2. Understand the methods, techniques and tools of social planning.
3. Choose the most suitable among the methods, techniques and tools of social planning for each type and content of intervention at the local level and social care organizations.
4. Implement the stages of social planning.
5. Plan alternative proposals and aimed interventions in different issues of concern to a local community or a social organization for achieving changes or/and improvements.
6. Understand the role of local government as a vehicle for exercising social policy and social care providers in modern approaches of multilevel governance and estimate the existing institutional-organizational conditions responding to this role.
7. Analyze the dynamics of local governmental, municipal, church and non-profit organizations.
8. Understand the operation of local networks of social care, from the perspective of modern governance and the connection with the identified social needs and priorities and intervention strategies at the local level and have the ability to apply activation techniques, strengthening and coordinating them.
9. Use the appropriate techniques and tools of social planning methods to plan alternative interventions for local authorities of social care organisations.
10. Plan local interventions with contribute in partnership with local not profit organizations, local social networks and generally civil society.
11. Understand modern forms of alternative social action and community development in order to analyze the sustainability of social policies and to plan interventions to promote social development of citizens and social welfare of vulnerable target groups.

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• Zaimakis, J. and Kandilaki, Ag. (Ed.) (2005) Social Protection Network: Intervention Types for vulnerable groups and multicultural communities, Kritiki, Athens: 67-132 (el)
• Iatridis, D. (2005) Social Care Organizations: Social Policy planning for development, Ellinika Grammata, Athens: 59-107 & 109-228 (el)
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• Parlalis, St. (Ed.) (2011) The practical implementation of Social Work at Greece and Cyprus, Pedio, Athens: 255-269 (el)
• Skamnakis, Chr. (2006) The role of local government in Social Policy, Gutenberg, Athens: 69-153 (el)

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• Papakonstantinidis, L. (2002) Sensitive Local Society, Tipothito, Athens (el)
• Steger, J. (2012) Why borne the State, Heraclius of Crete, Crete University Press, Ι.Τ.Ε., Crete (el)
• Tatsis, N. (2004), Modernity and Social Change: Sociological Approaches, Nissos, Athens. (el)
• Cessel, B. S., et al (2013) Social network diagnostics. A tool for monitoring group interventions, in Implementation Science, 8: 116 (en)
• Chatterjee, Al. et al (2004) Alternative Social Planning. A Paradigm Shift, APG, Toronto (en)
• Nonprofit Development Institute (2004) Program Evaluation. A Primer for Nonprofit Organizations, NDI, Denmark (en)
• Oosthuizen, Chr. And Louw, Joh. (2013) Developing program theory for purveyor program, in Implementation Science, 8: 23 (en)
• Pittel, W. J. H. and Webber, M. M . (1973) Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning, in Policy Sciences, 4: 155-169 (en)
• Sadan, El. (2004) Empowerment and Community Planning, Tel Aviv, (e-book) (en)
• Wates, N. (2006) The Community Planning. Handbook, Earthscan publications. UK (en)

The course is taught through lectures with the use videos and presentations power point.  

Class notes and presentation are made available to the students through the e-learning platform.

Student discussions in small groups and the whole class.  

Student practical exercises and presentations