Curricula

Objective

The aim of the course is learning to describe and structure operating environments, service systems, legislation and ethical issues relevant to working with persons with disabilities. You will familiarise yourself with the practices for assessing service needs in work with persons with disabilities, the planning of rehabilitation and services, and the practices of case management.

Course competences:

Ethics
Rehabilitation planning (social rehabilitation counsellors)
Assessment of needs and possibilities for rehabilitation (social rehabilitation counsellors)

Intended learning outcome:

Ethics: You are able to take the realisation of equality, non-discrimination, diversity and accessibility into account when working with persons with disabilities. You know the principles of professional ethics related to working with persons with disabilities and are able to act and reflect on your actions accordingly.

Planning of rehabilitation for persons with disabilities: You are able to structure concepts of and different approaches to disability work. You are familiar with operating environments, the service system and legislation related to working with persons with disabilities. You know how to plan and manage rehabilitation entities when working with disabled persons together with the client, their family and a multidisciplinary network of actors. You are aware of the decision-making processes related to working with persons with disabilities and know how to use them for the benefit of the client.

Assessment of needs and possibilities for rehabilitation when working with disabled persons: You understand the significance of the life situations as well as work ability and functional capacity of persons with disabilities as a starting point for rehabilitation and service needs at the level of the individual, community and society. You are able to account for the importance of resources and agency when guiding persons with disabilities. You are able to use appropriate methods to promote the agency and participation of persons with disabilities in different operating environments.

Content

Key content of the course comprises the concepts and approaches, operating environments, the service system, legislation and ethical work relevant to working with persons with disabilities. The perspectives of agency, participation, work ability and functional capacity as well as life situation as the starting point for service needs. Clients’ needs and goals and taking the client's resources into account in case management. Methods of guidance and support in work with disabled persons and rehabilitation. Service and decision-making processes in working with disabled persons and rehabilitation for persons with disabilities.

Qualifications

You know how to act professionally in different encounters and interactive situations of case management. You are able to act constructively when guiding clients and in network co-operation.

You are able to describe the social welfare and health care service system and name acts that govern it. You are able to describe what the client's participation and agency in the service system mean and which values and principles guide the service system. 

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You are able to describe the key concepts and approaches, legislation and the service system relevant to working with disabled persons. You are able to define the operating environments of work with disabled persons and describe the methods of guidance and support in work with disabled persons and their rehabilitation. You know how to explain impacts of agency, participation, work ability and functional capacity as well as life situation on service needs and the setting of goals. You are able to describe the service and decision-making processes of work with disabled persons and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. You are able to define and give examples associated with ethical action in work with persons with disabilities.