VALUE  ADDED COURSES

1.CERTIFICATE COURSE IN COUNSELING

Course Description:The department offers a Certificate  Course In Counselling for the UG students of the institution. Counselling skills are useful for anyone who has a personal or professional interest in increasing their knowledge and experience of active listening through self-awareness and personal development.  These skills are beneficial to a wide spectrum of people and professions.  Those who work in voluntary organisations, correctional settings, religious organizations, teachers, social workers, and many other professions are aided with counselling skills to carry out their various roles in effective ways.

Course Credits 

 ·        30 Teaching sessions

·        Examination  - at the end of the course ( 75% attendance is compulsory)

 Areas of Counselling

The course focuses on,

·         Crisis Counselling

·         Pre Marital Counselling

·         School Counseling

·         De addiction counselling

·         Family Counselling

·         Vocational Counselling etc..

Eligibility

 Any UG student from St.Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda can apply for the course.

 Faculty

The faculty comprises of professionals and experts in the fields of guidance and  counselling in psychology, counselling centers, legal counselors  having rich experience.

2. CERTIFICATE COURSE IN LIFE SKILL

Course Description: Life skills education is a structured programme which initiates participatory learning that aims to enhance positive and adaptive behaviour by facilitating individuals to develop and practice psycho-social skills and function effectively in social environment. The course is essential in terms of minimizing risk, maximizing preventive factors and optimizing protective aspects of an individual.

  Life Skills based education is essential to enable an individual to cope with difficulties in day-to-day life by learning to make informed decisions, solving problems, thinking creatively and critically, building healthy relationships through effective communication and further deal with risk situations. The specialization is well designed to introduce the student to the concept of Life Skills, Skills required to handle Psycho-Socio problems of youth and adolescent care and counseling. The department offers a CERTIFICATE COURSE IN Life Skill for the BSW second year students of the department.

3. CERTIFICATE COURSE IN MEDIA AND SOCIAL WORK

Course Description: Social media’s role in social workers’ personal and professional lives has been hotly debated in the past few years. Social workers can use social media to keep in touch with service users, not just with other professionals. Social media is a “great forum” for sharing ideas. By keeping the importance of media the department was introduced certificate course in 'Media and Social Work' for MSW  first year students in the year 2021.

Objectives of the Course

1. To understand the basics of Media and its various forms.

2. To give in-depth knowledge of news design, reporting and media laws.

4.CERTIFICATE COURSE IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)

Course Description: The particular course on Corporate Social Responsibility introduces for  the MSW second year students for the basic concept of CSR. It helps students to understand how cooperate can meld business goals with social expectations. It can also help society to understand how interest of business on organization and society at large can be aligned.

Objectives of the Course

1. To examine the scope and complexity of CSR.

2. To understand the the stake holder approaches.

3. To evaluate the level of commitment to CSR of different organisations    and shows its competitive advantages.