Study Guide

Objective

The students are familiar with the most important Finnish legislation guiding social services and the hierarchy of norms in social welfare. They are familiar with the overall social security system. The students recognize the client's resources and can draw up a client plan together with the client. The students are familiar with different models of service guidance. They can apply the regulations and key guidelines governing the work of Bachelors of Social Services.

Content

Social Welfare Act, Act on the Status and Rights of Social Welfare Clients, Act on Disability Services and Assistance. The service system in the work of a Bachelor of Social Services. The hierarchy of standards: constitution, general laws, special laws, decrees, instructions. A service user’s legal protections, reminders, complaints, and appeals. A service user’s responsibility, resources and network mapping. Assessment of service needs and models of service coordination. Persons in need of special support. Case planning. Documentation with the service user and processing documents.

Location and time

CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE.

21.8.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Orientation and Social welfare, the service system and other forms of social security in the work of the Bachelor of Social Services.
26.8.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Key general legislation of social welfare, models of service coordination
27.8.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Working in a groups /learning circle
28.8.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Assessment of service needs. Client plan. Documentation of the client work.
5.9.2024 klo 9.00-15.00 Working in a groups, familiarize and create a social security of your client
and look for tools for evaluation & clients network to support yous simulation
10.9.2024 klo 12.45-15.30 Disabled people, legislation and services
Moodle materials: Client's legal protection, reminder, complaint and appeal
16.9.2024 klo 9.00-12.00 Simulations and what do we learned from the cases
17.9.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Working in a groups /learning circle
18.9.2024 klo 9.00-12.00 Simulations and what do we learned from the cases
19.9.2024 klo 12.00-16.00 Simulations and what do we learned from the cases
23.9.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Working in a groups /learning circle
25.9.2024 klo 9.00-11.00 (+45 min for those with special support decision)

Materials

All material will be given in Moodle workspace:

Social Welfare Act
Act on the Status and Rights of Social Welfare Clients
Act on Disability Services and Assistance.
The service system in the work of a Bachelor of Social Services.
The hierarchy of standards: constitution, general laws, special laws, decrees, instructions.
A service user’s legal protections, reminders, complaints, and appeals.
A service user’s responsibility, resources and network mapping.
Assessment of service needs and models of service coordination.
Persons in need of special support.
Case planning.
Documentation with the service user and processing documents.

Teaching methods

Contact lectures, Moodle materials, Simulation workshops, Final Exam


CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE.

Employer connections

We will be practicing simulations in simulation environment, cases comes from working life, but are anonymised.

Exam schedules

25.9.2024 klo 9.00-11.00 (+45 min for those with special support decision)

Re-exams will be announced later, will be arranged in the fall in Exam-room.

Completion alternatives

Recognition of Previous learning /courses related to the topic needs to be submitted before the course starts. Do the RPL via Oma to the teacher.

Student workload

Lectures / Luennot hour by hour tunti tunnista
Individual studying before/after lecture 1-2hours/per lecture
Itsenäinen opiskelu ennen tai jälkeen luennon 1-2 h/ per luento
Reading materials (difficult text/ foreign language) 100 pages /14 hours
Materiaalin luku (vaikea teksti/vieraskielinen teksti) 100 sivua/ 14 tuntia
Written tasks 120 words /1 hour
Kirjalliset tehtävät 120 sanaa/ 1tunti

In this course there are scheduled lectures/group works aprox. 42 hours (includes Moodle lecture + group study times)
Student need to read the materials during the course to be prepared for the exam count 4-6 hours per week for that (36hours)
Learning circle task 6 hours per student (done in groups)
Social Security task 6 hours per student (done in groups)
Preparing your group for the simulation 6 hours (done in groups)
Client plan task 14 hours per student (independent task)
Reading for the exam 25 hours

CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE.

Content scheduling

CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE.

21.8.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Orientation and Social welfare, the service system and other forms of social security in the work of the Bachelor of Social Services.
- read the lecture materials afterwards, start reading the legislation
- start planning your simulation case together in a group

26.8.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Key general legislation of social welfare, models of service coordination
- read the lecture materials afterwards + supporting materials from the Moodle
- continue planning your simulation case together in a group

27.8.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Working in a groups /learning circle
- In a group discuss about your simulation case
- Discuss about the content of the two previous lectures and write an 1 A4 wide page waht have been the main topic of the lectures, what you have learned and what you need to learn more by yourself submit to the teacher latest 30th of August. (From all these group activities combine 40% of the course grading based on how comprehensive reflection you have done around the given topic.)

28.8.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Assessment of service needs. Client plan. Documentation of the client work.
- read the lecture materials afterwards + supporting materials from the Moodle
- continue planning your simulation case together in a group how the client plan process can be seen in your case and look for tools for evaluation & clients network to support yous simulation

5.9.2024 klo 9.00-15.00 Working in a groups, familiarize and create a social security of your client
- Discuss about the content of the previous lecture and write an 1 A4 wide page what what you have learned and what you need to learn more by yourself submit to the teacher latest 18th of September.
- Create a poster about your clients social security (legislation, financial support, selvices available from the public sector + private/NGO sector)
(From all these group activities combine 40% of the course grading based on how comprehensive reflection you have done around the given topic.)

10.9.2024 klo 12.45-15.30 Disabled people, legislation and services
- read the lecture materials afterwards + supporting materials from the Moodle

Moodle materials: Client's legal protection, reminder, complaint and appeal
- read the lecture materials afterwards + supporting materials from the Moodle

16.9.2024 klo 9.00-12.00 Simulations and what do we learned from the cases
2 groups

17.9.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Working in a groups /learning circle
- Discuss about the disbled clients and clients right based on the previous lectures/Moodle materials and write an 1 A4 wide page what what you have learned and what you need to learn more by yourself, submit to the teacher latest 25th of September. (From all these group activities combine 40% of the course grading based on how comprehensive reflection you have done around the given topic.)

18.9.2024 klo 9.00-12.00 Simulations and what do we learned from the cases
Simulations and what do we learned from the cases
2 groups

19.9.2024 klo 12.00-16.00 Simulations and what do we learned from the cases
Simulations and what do we learned from the cases 1-2 groups

23.9.2024 klo 9.00-11.45 Working in a groups /learning circle
Use this circle as a benchmarking from each others client plans and about exam materials (no need to report anything to the teacher, submit your individual client plans by 25th of September.

25.9.2024 klo 9.00-11.00 (+45 min for those with special support decision)

Further information

Objective
The students are familiar with the most important Finnish legislation guiding social services and the hierarchy of norms in social welfare. They are familiar with the overall social security system. The students recognize the client's resources and can draw up a client plan together with the client. The students are familiar with different models of service guidance. They can apply the regulations and key guidelines governing the work of Bachelors of Social Services.

Content
Social Welfare Act, Act on the Status and Rights of Social Welfare Clients, Act on Disability Services and Assistance. The service system in the work of a Bachelor of Social Services. The hierarchy of standards: constitution, general laws, special laws, decrees, instructions. A service user’s legal protections, reminders, complaints, and appeals. A service user’s responsibility, resources and network mapping. Assessment of service needs and models of service coordination. Persons in need of special support. Case planning. Documentation with the service user and processing documents.

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 from 0 to 5

All needs to be done to get passed. Participating into simulations is Mandatory.

Group assignments:
learning circle reflections (27.8., 5.9., 17.9., 1 paper from each as a group, what was the topic, what did you learned, what you need to study more)
Social security of your clients task (1 paper/poster)

From all these group activities combine 40% of the course grading based on how comprehensive reflection you have done around the given topic.

Individual assignments:
Client plan 2-3 pages, pass/ fulfill
EXAM 25.9. (60% of the course grading)