Family work (5 cr)

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?

Course material

Opiskelumateriaali annetaan kurssilla. Kaikki perhetyöhön liittyvät teokset sopivat kurssille hyvin.

Study forms and methods

Opetus pitää sisällään lähiopetusta, jossa luentoja ja läsnäolopakollisia workshopeja ja simulaatio-harjoituksia. Lisäksi oppimistehtäviä.

Kaksi vuotta tuoretta perhetyön työkokemusta omaavat voivat halutessaan hakea hyväksilukua osaamisen näytöllä.

RDI and work-related cooperation

Kurssilla mahdollisesti vierailijoita työelämästä.

Student workload

135 h, josta iso osa itsenäistä työskentelyä.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basics and tasks of social work, Ethical social work