Client-Centered Social and Health Services (2 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

The student is able - to describe current challenges of population’s health and well-being as well as factors affecting them - to describe the indicators of health and well-being as well as the meaning of knowledge when identifying and organizing services - to describe social and health services organization and legislation - to describe social security system, - to search for information of social and health services to clients in different life situations - to recognize the meaning of multiprofessionality in the perspective of service needs - to act more securely and understand the responsibility for promoting security

Content

1. The status of the population’s health and well-being - current challenges and factors affecting them - promotion of health and functional ability, prevention of illnesses and accidents - registers and statistics 2. Social and health services - social and health care organization and development of it, funding, responsibilities, control/monitoring and client’s and patient’s rights - social and health services - income security - searching information about social and health services and benefits 3. Security in social and health care

Teaching methods

Independent online study.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Material announced in Itslearning.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

None.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

The course is open from June 1st 2024 to August 9th 2024. Learning tasks can be completed at your own pace 24/7 on the principle of Itslearning.

International connections

Online pedagogy / innovation pedagogy

Student workload

The learning assignments will be described more specifically in ItsLearning. 2 credit corresponds to 54 hours of student work.

Content scheduling

The content and schedules are specified on the Itslearning platform. The course is open from June 1st 2024 to August 9th 2024. All communication of the course takes place on the Itslearning platform. Please contact the teacher of the course if you cannot access the Itslearning platform. This course is open in a certain time and all the sections should be done on schedule. Teachers will check that you have done all the sections acceptably and then give you a grade (approved/failed) in Peppi. To pass this course: To complete the course, all of sections materials must be studied and the assignments should be done in the given order (first section 1, then section 2 etc.). Remember to fill in the feedback form. Themes: 1. Population`s Health and Well-Being 2. Organizing wellbeing Services 3. Social and health services 4. Income support 5. Comparison (Sections: Information security, Rehabilitation and Client guidance and counseling case work are not included in this implementation) You will have all the needed materials and assignments linked in this Itslearning platform. After studying all the sections, go to “tila ja seuranta” – “arviointikirja” (eng. status and follow up – assessment record) and make sure to check that you had done all the sections acceptably.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment: approved - failed The teacher will award a credit for the course when all the assignments of the course have been successfully completed. The student's competence in the course will be assessed in relation to the stage of studies. The teacher issues the credit within four weeks of the end date of the course as indicated in the Peppi. The assignments for the course must be returned in accordance with the instructions and timetable given by the teacher. Failure to return the assignment by the required deadline will result in a failing grade. Late return of an assignment or re-submission of a failed assignment will be done in accordance with the instructions and timetable given by the teacher. The final grade for the course will be the average of the following sections: 1. Population`s Health and Well-Being 2. Organizing wellbeing Services 3. Social and health services 4. Income support 5. Comparison The contents and learning tasks are described in more detail on the Itslearning platform. Under each content topic there are one or more returnable learning tasks. More detailed assessment criteria are indicated for each task on Itslearning in the assignment.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty