Open care in child welfare and intensive family workLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You become familiar with the legislation governing open care in child protection.

You know the practices, principles, and methods of intensive family work and multi-agency collaboration.

You understand the significance of self-reflection in complex client work.

You can apply a dialogic approach in the multi-agency situations of family work.

You can assess the support needs of children, young people and their close relations and work in a planned and client-oriented manner.

Content

How does legislation guide open care in child protection?

What are the practices, principles and methods of intensive family work and multi-agency collaboration?

How do you employ a self-reflective approach in demanding client situations of child protection?

How do you apply a dialogic approach in the multi-agency situations of family work?

How do you implement high-quality assessment and planning in child welfare work in a client-oriented manner?

Evaluation

Students can
a) use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b) assess information sources critically.
c) work as goal-oriented team members in working life and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d) assess operations in client, user and target group situations.
e) choose appropriate methods according to the purpose and justify these choices.

f) apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.