Opinto-opas

Objective

Students will understand the phenomena related to child protection. They will acknowledge the uniqueness of the client group and its needs. Students will able to apply key fundamental concepts, legislation and services. They will identify the most important work practices and evaluate the current debate related to child protection. They will be able to reflect on their own professional activity.

Content

The child's role in changing society. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Work values and princi-ples of child welfare. Preventive child welfare. The child protection process. Child welfare legislation for securing fundamental individual rights. Practices of preventive work, as well as child and family-specific work.
The study unit includes four hours of guidance for professional growth.

Materials

The material willbe specifies and it will be found at Moodle.

Teaching methods

Online learning, independent and group work

Student workload

5 credits = 135 hours

Content scheduling

The course is divided into the following themes:
1) 18.3. - 31.3.
2) 1.4. - 14.4.
3) 15.4. - 28.4.
4) 29.4. - 12.5.

13.5. - 26.5. the student completes the compilation task of the course, which implies the application of the material studied during the course and the settlement of child welfare services.

Further information

- Any AHOT application related to the course must be completed prior to the completion of the course. For questions related to the AHOT application, contact the AHOT Lecturer.

If the student has a special support decision that affects the course, the student must contact the course supervisor immediately after the end of the registration period.

The course is intended primarily for SXH18K1 students. The course is taught by Niina Pietilä.

30 students are accepted for the course.

The course is run online 18.3. - 26.5. There is one compulsory web presence on 18.3. from 12.45 to 16. This is where the course practices and the orientation of the course topics are discussed.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment:
Assessment criteria as the attachment of the curriculum.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment:
Assessment criteria see the attachment.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.

Assessment methods and criteria

The course includes:
individual tasks
multiple choice exam at Moodle
group tasks
collecting essay

The course grade consists of:
individual tasks 30%
multiple choice test 20%
collecting essay 50%