Family workLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You identify family work as a part of family service system and know the legislation concerning family work.
You know different orientations of family work and its working environments.
You know how to work with families with different cultural backgrounds.
You are able to account for the resources and immediate networks of families.
You are able to work systematically and ethically in family work processes together with families.

Content

What is family work as a part of the family service system and what kind of legislation applies to family work?
What kinds of orientations and working environments does family work involve?
How do you work with families from different cultural backgrounds?
How do you consider the resources and the meaning of the immediate network of a family in family work?
How is family work planned and carried out ethically?
What are the stages of the family work?

Qualifications

Basics and tasks of social work, Ethical social work

Materials

Child and family based work

Evaluation

Students can
use professional vocabulary systematically.
look for information in the key information sources of the field.
identify interrelated tasks.
work together with clients, users and targer groups.
use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field
work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.