Description of the course:
As a result of digitalisation, the operating environments of rehabilitation have changed and will change in the coming years. This change challenges both rehabilitation professionals and rehabilitees on how to act safely and appropriately in different digital environments and communities.

Objectives
After completing the course, you will be able to define social digital networks in client work and from the perspective of your professional field as well as utilise the environments and working methods of digital networks in your work. You know how to assess and promote the rehabilitee's skills and knowledge on how to work safely in different digital environments. You know how to guide the rehabilitee to operate in different digital services.

During the course, the students familiarise themselves with key digital operating environments and services in the rehabilitation and social services and the networks formed by them. During the course, students familiarise themselves with cyber security and learn how data security and cyber security issues should be considered both in their own activities and when guiding the rehabilitee, taking ethics into account. In connection with digital services, they also learn how accessibility and usability can be assessed when considering the adoption of the solutions that best suit the rehabilitee's needs and user experiences.

During the course, you learn about peer platforms operating in digital environments and examine the role of professionals in guiding rehabilitees towards peer work in online environments. During the course, students familiarise themselves with digital exclusion as a phenomenon and identify methods for preventing digital exclusion. You will examine the factors that affect the client's possibilities and prerequisites to participate in digitally implemented service or guidance situations.

Pass
The student recognises societal digitalisation and digital services and operating environments as part of their own professional activities. They can name and analyse key digital operating environments and services in the rehabilitation and social services sector and the networks formed by them.

The student is familiar with cyber security as a concept and can name key factors that endanger cyber security in the rehabilitation and social services sector. They can also explain cyber and information security issues that must be considered both in their own activities and when guiding the rehabilitee. They recognise ethical questions related to digital guidance and are able to consider these in client work.

The student can explain the concepts of accessibility and Design for all. The student knows how legislation governs the realisation of accessibility in public and private health care and social services. They can analyse and assess the accessibility and usability of solutions and services offered to clients and make proposals for client-oriented service solutions.

The student can describe and analyse professional digital social networks and services offering digital peer support. They recognise the professional's role in guiding the rehabilitee towards peer work in an online environment and have methods for guiding clients in digital networks. The student understands the phenomenon of digital exclusion and recognises ways to prevent it. The student can consider and promote clients' opportunities and prerequisites for participating in digitally implemented guidance or rehabilitation services.