Working environments in social services (5 cr)
Code: SX00FD63-3003
General information
Enrollment
06.05.2024 - 30.09.2024
Timing
22.08.2024 - 31.12.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
School of Wellbeing
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
0 - 40
Degree programmes
- Social Services (in English)
Teachers
- Minna Kalajoki
- Tiina Lehto-Lundén
- Mai Salmenkangas
Groups
-
SXG24S1Degree Programme in Social Services päivä
Objective
The students are familiar with the different working environments and work orientations in the field of social services. They understand the process-like quality of work with service users and identify the various phases of the client process as well as the different micro, meso, and macro dimensions of the work. The students understand the importance of supporting the agency of the service user. They are familiar with the concept of reflection and understand its importance. The students are introduced to multi-professional collaboration in the field of social services. Introduction to and use of professional vocabulary in English and Finnish in the field of social services.
Content
Different work environments of the Bachelor of Social Services. Micro, meso, and macro levels of involvement in social services. Practices in preventative work and early support, social rehabilitation, constructive work in individual and community settings. The agency and involvement of the service user in the work approach of social services. The status and rights of the social welfare client. Reflection and its significance in the work of the Bachelor of Social Services. The basic principles of teamwork, participant roles, and multi-professional co-operation in the field of social services. Simple English and Finnish vocabulary and phrases used in counselling and guidance work with diverse service users.
Location and time
Mandatory attendance to lectures:
1.10. 12.45-16.00 (Tiina & Mai)
2.10. full day seminar (Tiina & Mai)
21.10. 8.30-11.45 (Tiina)
28.10. 8.30-11.45 (Tiina)
30.10. 8.30-11.45, English (Minna)
4.11. 8.30-11.45 (Tiina)
12.11. 12.45-16.00 (Mai)
13.11. full day, no teaching, reserved for studyvisits
14.11. full day, no teaching, reserved for studyvisits
20.11. 8.30-11.45, presentations (Tiina & Mai)
27.11. full day seminar
Materials
Empowerment in Social Services.
Chapter 2: What are empowerment and service-user involvement all about? (read pages 8-14)
Work-Related Well-Being Andreas Baldschun (2018). The Work-Related Well-Being of Social Workers in Relationship-Based Settings: A Literature-Based Exploration of the Importance of Impaired Work-Related Well-Being on Case Outcomes. Sociální práce / Sociálna práca Czech and Slovak Social Work reviewed scientific journal for fields of social work.
Teaching methods
Lectures, independent work, group work, seminars.
Exam schedules
Tasks:
1. TASK: learning project: report and poster
2. TASK: Reading circle: report
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Poster and presentations 20.11.2024
Reports 5.12.2024
More information on orientation lecture.
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Framework of evaluation is as an attachment in the Curriculum's description.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Framework of evaluation is as an attachment in the Curriculum's description.
Assessment methods and criteria
Grading 0-5
Further information
The course includes 1 ECTS credit English