Stay Well - Social Wellbeing and Mental Health (5 ECTS)

Objective

The student
- becomes aware of the impact of the family background on well-being and mental health
- understands the impact of social relationships and the acceptance of difference on well-being
- is able to identify possibilities to promote participation and equality from the perspective of their professional field
- understands the principles of emotional skills
- knows how to maintain practices supporting and promoting mental well-being
- understands the process of compassion fatigue and secondary traumatisation and is able to identify ways to protect themselves from them
- is able to identify traumatic crisis situations, individual reactions to them and protective factors against crisis
- is aware of the service system related to mental health and well-being in the Finnish social and healthcare system

Content

The impact of family, community and society on mental and social wellbeing
Socialisation, social capital and participation
Promoting equality and acceptance of diversity
Protective social networks
Personal strengths and psychological resiliences
Emotional skills
Compassion fatigue and secondary traumatisation
Protection against compassion fatigue and secondary traumatisation
Crisis recognition and management skills
Promoting social wel-being and mental health in the social and health care system

Materials

Articles
Web-sites

Teaching methods

Web based learning
Course is based on weekly assignments (20 h/wk).
Peer review (two other works)
Field visitation

Employer connections

Field visitation

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Web-based learning in teams (130 h i.e. 20 h/wk).

Content scheduling

Every week has week assignments (20 h/wk). One of them is visitation to a place that promotes psychosocial wellbeing. Last assignment is a summary in pairs which is evaluated by teachers and peer.

Further information

This course is open for everybody who is interested in psychosocial welfare. It includes a part of crisis psychology. The course is held in Finnish but you can answer in English.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students can:
- show their familiarization with the knowledge base of the field
- distinguish everyday knowledge from scientific knowledge
- use the concepts of the field appropriately
- evaluate their strengths and development needs
- show they have reached the goals set for the core competence

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students can:
search for evidence-based knowledge diversely
use concepts of the field extensively
use rational justification for their actions
focus on their work and develop it

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students can:
- use and evaluate evidence-based knowledge critically
- apply the concepts of their field extensively
- evaluate and apply alternative solutions to their decision-making
- work in a goal-oriented way and develop themselves

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students can:
- show their familiarization with the knowledge base of the field
- distinguish everyday knowledge from scientific knowledge
- use the concepts of the field appropriately
- evaluate their strengths and development needs
- show they have reached the goals set for the core competence

Assessment methods and criteria

Summary assignment by teachers and peer.