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.

Location and time

The course will be held on 19.10.-13.12.2020 as an online course in Moodle.

Materials

The course material will be specified later and it will be found at Moodle.

Teaching methods

Online learning, independent and group work

Exam schedules

The course exam is held in Moodle. The exam date will be specified later.

Completion alternatives

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 SXG19S1 students. The teacher of the course is Maiju Räty.

Student workload

5 credits = 135 hours of work online

Content scheduling

The course is divided into four themes. Each of the themes has a subtask (s).

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 grade consists of the course assignments/subtasks (80%) and exam (20%).