HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Social Work

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Hadass Moore

Coordinator Email: hadass.moore@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Updated in the course syllabus

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Mor Hadas

Course/Module description:
The phenomenon of homelessness in Israel has social, political, economic and moral significance. Homelessness is a wicked problem and has implications for individuals and families who directly experience a homelessness, as well as implications for the society as a whole. Despite stereotypical perceptions of people experiencing homelessness, homelessness includes a wide range of living conditions ranging from homelessness on the street to lack of stable housing. Many social workers work with individuals or families who experience a lack of home, but this complex experience is frequently excluded from the research and professional discourse in Israel. In this course we will learn about the historical roots and definitions of homelessness in Israel, as well as the phenomenological, legal and social significance of homelessness. We will also learn about interventions in working with people experiencing homelessness both at the policy and individual levels and discuss the theories and models that guide these interventions using a comparative perspective with international and other countries policies.
An examination of the phenomenon of homelessness in this course is based on the unique framework of the social work profession which views the individual within its context, with emphasis on groups of excluded populations within the marginalized population of the homeless, including women, children and youth, immigrants and refugees.

Course/Module aims:
The goal of the course is to expose students to the phenomenon of homelessness in Israel and around the world, as well as to key issues in which social workers deal with in their work with individuals and families who experience homelessness at the policy and individual levels.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. To describe and define homelessness in Israel, its historical roots, and the homelessness phenomenon presently
2. Examine the broad spectrum of homelessness and intersections with social workers' work
3. Discuss and critique key theories and contemporary studies that guide intervention in working with people experiencing homelessness
4. To compare different policy approaches of providing services to the homeless in Israel and abroad, and to examine the relationship between them and the intervention at the individual level
5. To delve into the central issues of working with homeless people in Israel and in comparison internationally
6. Identify unique needs as well as develop relevant responses to excluded populations within the homeless population
7. Link and bridge theoretical concepts with the experience of working with homeless people

Attendance requirements(%):
80% attendance

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal lectures, presentations and discussion with the students, photo-voice example, guided viewing in films and guest lectures

Course/Module Content:
Cluster 1: Between "home” and “homelessness”
1. Homelessness definitions, demographic data and history in Israel and around the world
2. The various dimensions that "build a home" from the individual to the state level
3. Review of guiding theories in examining the reasons for homelessness

Cluster 2: Practice with people experiencing homelessness at the individual and policy levels
4. Various policy approaches and existing models of intervention at the policy level for the supporting and promoting people experiencing homelessness
5. Local policy and organizational issues in social services in working with homeless people
6. Structural factors: socio-economic status, ethnic / racial affiliation, gender
7. Individual related factors: abuse, comorbidity, drug use, trauma and resilience
8. Life History Calendar (LHC) as a tool for collecting information in work with people experiencing homelessness
9. Photovoice working with people experiencing homelessness

Cluster 3: Homelessness in Israel and the World in Comparative Perspective: Selected Issues
10. Homeless youth and adolescence (ran away youth, "thrown away" youth, LGBTQ homeless youth)
11. Citizenship and Homelessness (refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers)
12. Chronic homelessness
13. Women experiencing homelessness and lack of housing

Required Reading:
בקר, א. (2016) הטיפול בחסרי בית צעירים, סקירה משווה. כ"ח כסלו תשע"ז, הכנסת מרכז מחקר ומידע.

ברט, א., אבידן, ג., למפרט, ח., ועמית, ג. (2014). בראש אחר: עבודת רחוב במרחבי החיים של בני נוער בקצה רצף הסיכון בחברה רב תרבותית. מניתוק לשילוב (18), 31-1
מוזינקט, ע., פלד ע. (2008), משמעות הבית בעיני נערות שברחו מביתן. חברה ורווחה , כח, 4,: 410-383

קרומר-נבו, מ. וקומם, מ. (2012). הצטלבות מיקומי שוליים: מסגרת מושגית לפרקטיקה של עבודה סוציאלית פמיניסטית עם נערות. חברה ורווחה, לב(3 ) 374-3

שיינטוך, ש. (יולי, 2012) עשרים שנות מדיניות כלפי אנשים חסרי בית בישראל, 1991-2011. ביטחון סוציאלי, אב תשע"ב, מס 89: 43-88

שיינטוך ש. (2018). לשרוד בשולי העוני- מדיניות, שירותים וקצבאות לאנשים חסרי בית. תל אביב: זמלן מוציא לאור.

שנהב-גולדברג, ר. (2011) כשאין לך חדר משלך - נייר עמדה אודות בעיית הדיור של צעירות בסיכון מטעם פורום ארגוני צעירות. פורום ארגוני צעירות

Bender, K., Barman-Adhikari, A., DeChants, J., Haffejee, B., Anyon, Y., Begun, S., ... & Dunn, K. (2017). Asking for Change: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a manualized photovoice intervention with youth experiencing homelessness. Children and Youth Services
Review, 81, 379-389

Busch-Geertsema, V. (2010). Defining and measuring homelessness. Homelessness Research in Europe: Festschrift for Bill Edgar and Joe
Doherty, 19-39.

Fitzpatrick, S. (2005). Explaining homelessness: a critical realist perspective. Housing, Theory and Society, 22(1), 1-17

Freedman, D., Thornton, A., Camburn, D., Alwin, D., & Young-DeMarco, L. (1988). The life history calendar: A technique for collecting retrospective data. Sociological methodology, 37-68.

Kissoon, P. (2010). From persecution to destitution: A snapshot of asylum seekers’ housing and settlement experiences in Canada and the United Kingdom. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 8(1), 4-31.

Milburn, N. G., Rice, E., Rotheram‐Borus, M. J., Mallett, S., Rosenthal, D., Batterham, P., ... & Duan, N. (2009). Adolescents exiting homelessness over two years: The risk amplification and abatement model. Journal of research on adolescence, 19(4), 762-785

Padgett, D., Henwood, B. F., & Tsemberis, S. J. (2016). Housing First: Ending homelessness, transforming systems, and changing lives. Oxford University Press, USA. (chapter 1, pp. 1-
-16)

Seitz, C. M., & Strack, R. W. (2016). Conducting public health photovoice projects with those who are homeless: A review of the literature. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 25(1), 33-40

Toro, P. A. (2007). Toward an international understanding of homelessness. Journal of Social Issues, 63(3), 461-481

Weisz, C., & Quinn, D. M. (2017). Stigmatized Identities, Psychological Distress, and Physical Health: Intersections of Homelessness and Race. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sah0000093

Wenzel S, Rhoades H
Moore H, Lahey J Henwood B, La Motte-Kerr W & Bird M. (2018 in press). Life Goal Changes over Time Among Homeless Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing. American journal of community psychology.

Additional Reading Material:
בנימין, ש. (יולי, 2014) אזרחות מודרת: המקרה של "חסרות הבית" הסמויות. ביטחון סוציאלי, תמוז תשע"ד, מס' 94: 10-43

סיקורטל, ע. וליטבק הירש ט. (2012). בית אישי, אוהל קהילתי וצדק חברתי במאהל המחאה בבאר שבע. סוציולוגיה ישראלית כתב עת לחקר החברה בישראל. כרך י"ד: 29-9.

סנטו, י. וברגר, מ. (2014). מיפוי דרי הרחוב בישראל. (ירושלים?): פילת.

עמראן סלוצקר, ס. (יולי, 2014) המאבק לקורת גג כמאבק של נשים. תמוז תשע"ד, יולי 2014, מס' 94: 206-199
פריבך-חפץ, ד. וגן-מור, ג. (2009). אין כתובת- הפרת זכויות האדם של חסרי הבית בישראל: תמונת מצב והצעה לגיבוש מדיניות חדשה. נייר עמדה מרכז מינרבה לזכויות אדם

Irazábal, C., & Huerta, C. (2016). Intersectionality and planning at the margins: LGBTQ youth of color in New York. Gender, Place & Culture, 23(5), 714-732.

Lee, B. A., Tyler, K. A., & Wright, J. D. (2010). The new homelessness revisited. Annual review of sociology, 36, 501-521.

Moore, H., Benbenishty, R., Astor, R. A., & Rice, E. (2018). The positive role of school climate on school victimization, depression, and suicidal ideation among school-attending homeless youth. Journal of school violence, 17(3), 298-310.

Padgett, D. K., Smith, B. T., Derejko, K. S., Henwood, B. F., & Tiderington, E. (2013). A picture is worth...? Photo elicitation interviewing with formerly homeless adults. Qualitative Health Research, 23(11), 1435-1444.

Spiro, S. E., Dekel, R., & Peled, E. (2009). Dimensions and correlates of client satisfaction: An evaluation of a shelter for runaway and homeless youth. Research on Social Work Practice, 19(2), 261-270

Sutton-Brown, C. A. (2014). Photovoice: A methodological guide. Photography and Culture, 7(2), 169-185.

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 80 %
Assignments 10 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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