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

Objective

• Familiarize yourself with the legislation governing open child protection.
• Understand the practices, principles, and methods of intensified family work and multi-agency collaboration.
• Recognize the significance of self-reflection in complex client work.
• Apply a dialogic approach in multi-disciplinary situations in family work.
• You know how to assess the support needs of children, young people and their close relations and planned work in a client-oriented manner.

Content

• How does legislation guide open child protection in child welfare?
• What are the practices, principles, and methods of intensified family work and multi-agency collaboration?
• How do you employ a self-reflective approach in demanding client situations within child protection?
• How do you apply a dialogic approach in multi-disciplinary situations in family work?
• How do you implement high-quality assessment and planning in child welfare work in a client-oriented manner?

Course material

Opintojakson opiskelumateriaalit ilmoitetaan opintojakson alussa ja ne tulevat olemaan nähtävillä opintjakson Learn-alustalla. Luento-opetusten tallenteet ovat myös saatavilla Learn-alustalla.

Study forms and methods

Opiskelu tapahtuu verkossa, käsittäen mm. luento-opetusta teamsilla, kirjallista ja mahdollisesti audiovisuaalista materiaalia ja kirjallisia tehtäviä. Kaikki opiskeluun liittyvät ohjeistukset löytyvät opintojakson Learn-alustalta.

Timing of exams and assignments

opetukset 9.00–12.00
* vko 14 ti 1.4.
* vko 16 ti 15.4.

Student workload

Opintojakson laajuus on 5 op. 1 op vastaa noin 27 tuntia opiskelijan työtä. Työmäärä kuitenkin riippuu opiskelumenetelmistä ja aiemmasta osaamisesta.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

a) use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b) evaluate information sources critically.
c) work as goal-oriented team members in working life and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d) evaluate operations in customer, 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.