Child Protection (5 cr)
Code: SX00EP08-3011
General information
- Enrollment
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05.05.2025 - 18.05.2025
Registration for implementation has not started yet.
- Timing
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11.08.2025 - 31.12.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- On-campus
- Unit
- (2019-2024) School of Wellbeing
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Social Services
Objective
The students are familiar with the current discussion on child welfare. The students are familiar with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The students are familiar with the principles and contents of the Child Welfare Act. They know and are able to apply basic concepts related to child welfare. The students recognize the reasons behind the need for child welfare and are familiar with the different stages of the child welfare process. They identify ethical issues related to child protection. The students are able to reflect on their own professional activities and understand their own role in the multidisciplinary cooperation of child welfare.
Content
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Tasks, core values,and principles of child protection. The best interests of the child, inclusion and the rights in child protection. Preventive child protection. Child protection process. Child Welfare Act. Social Welfare Act in relation to the Child Welfare Act. The service system of child protection.
Evaluation scale
0-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
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The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
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Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
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Assessment criteria, approved/failed
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The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.
Objective
The students are familiar with the current discussion on child welfare. The students are familiar with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The students are familiar with the principles and contents of the Child Welfare Act. They know and are able to apply basic concepts related to child welfare. The students recognize the reasons behind the need for child welfare and are familiar with the different stages of the child welfare process. They identify ethical issues related to child protection. The students are able to reflect on their own professional activities and understand their own role in the multidisciplinary cooperation of child welfare.
Content
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Tasks, core values,and principles of child protection. The best interests of the child, inclusion and the rights in child protection. Preventive child protection. Child protection process. Child Welfare Act. Social Welfare Act in relation to the Child Welfare Act. The service system of child protection.