Neighbourhood map
Map a neighbourhood’s social needs and resources and propose an action.
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Humanities, social sciences & education · 72Beginner
Social Worker
Future social workers, community workers or volunteers.
Public policy and social justice, community organising, mental health and behaviour change, then research methods.
206hours of coursework
21weeks at 10 h
3steps
12courses
3universities
Target skills
Cultural DiversityStrategic LeadershipPublic PoliciesSocial WorkCommunity OutreachCommunity and Social WorkSocial ImpactCommunity OrganizingSystems ThinkingPolicy DevelopmentPolicy AnalysisLeadership Studies
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Social worker
- Community worker
- Non-profit project officer
Progression
- 1University of MichiganBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
Show the 4 courses
Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Using Public Policy for Social Change Beginner 14 h 4.9 (194) Social Work Practice: Advocating Social Justice and Change Beginner 13 h 4.8 (449) Community Organizing for Social Justice Beginner 8 h 4.8 (327) Sustainability Leadership Development Beginner 25 h 4.8 (14) - 2Wesleyan UniversityBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Introduction to Abnormal Psychology Beginner 14 h 4.9 (515) History of Mental Illness Beginner 15 h 4.6 (155) Creating Behavioral Change Beginner 10 h 4.8 (205) - 3University of AmsterdamBeginnerR Programming
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
Show the 5 courses
Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Quantitative Methods Beginner 30 h 4.7 (2,441) Qualitative Research Methods Intermediate 27 h 4.6 (1,423) Basic Statistics Beginner 17 h 4.6 (4,688) Inferential Statistics — 15 h 4.4 (615) Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project Beginner 18 h 4.4 (71)
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Projects to build
Support plan
Write a support plan for a fictitious person in difficulty, with the services to involve.
Evaluate an action
Design the evaluation of a social programme: indicators, questionnaire and interviews.