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Family work (5 cr)

Code: SO00AD26-3010

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020

Timing

26.10.2020 - 13.12.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Johanna Jussila
  • Eija Vikman

Teacher in charge

Eija Vikman

Groups

  • SOKT19SP
    Social services, full-time studies

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?

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
You identify family work as a part of family service system and know the legislation concerning family work.
You know different orientations on family work and its’ working environments and know how to work with families with different cultural backgrounds.
You'll learn to know different orientations on family work and work environments.
You are able to consider the resources and immediate networks of families.
You are able to work systematically and ethically in family work processes together with families.
What is family work as a part of family service system and what kind of legislation guides the family work?
What kinds of orientations and working environments guide family work?
How do you work with the 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 will family work be planned and conducted ethically?
What are the stages of the family work?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basics and tasks of social work, Ethical social work