Family work (5 cr)
Code: SO00AD26-3004
General information
Enrollment
02.01.2019 - 14.01.2019
Timing
01.01.2019 - 31.05.2019
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli
Campus
Mikkeli Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 45
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Seija Nissinen
- Karoliina Rötkö
Teacher in charge
Seija Nissinen
Groups
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SOMI18KM
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