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Family work (5 cr)

Code: SO00AD26-3009

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020

Timing

07.09.2020 - 13.12.2020

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

Teacher in charge

Seija Nissinen

Groups

  • SOMI19SP

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?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basics and tasks of social work, Ethical social work