Social work with disabled people (5 cr)
Code: SO00AD29-3015
General information
Enrollment
08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021
Timing
17.01.2022 - 25.03.2022
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 - 50
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Eija Karjalainen
Teacher in charge
Eija Karjalainen
Groups
-
SOMI20SPSocial Services, full-time studies
Objective
After this course you have skills:
to understand what disability means to individual, family and society.
to use networked orientation when supporting disabled peoples’ wellbeing, ability to function and integration in the Finnish society.
to know the main laws and other norms regulating the work among people with disabilities.
Content
How can disability be defined as a historic and cultural concept?
How do you support disabled client and his family at different life stages?
How is the work with disabled people regulated by law and other norms?
How is the rehabilitation of disabled people supported and promoted?
How are the rights of disabled recognised and promoted in the Finnish society and service system?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
Ethical social work