Community Work and Community-Based Rehabilitation (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

Purpose of the course
After completing the course, you will understand the significance and role of community work and community-based rehabilitation from the perspective of social participation, well-being and rehabilitation, and you will be familiar with the principles, methods and operating practices of community work and community-based rehabilitation.

Course competences
Promoting well-being and agency
Client relationship competence in the social services and health care sector
Ethical competence

Intended learning of the course
You know the key theories and concepts of community work and community-based rehabilitation. You can describe the significance and operating practices of eco-social work, civic participation and organisations. You know principles and operating models of community work and community-based rehabilitation. You understand the importance of participation and agency in communal work. You know how to use resource-oriented and participatory methods.

Content

Theories and concepts of community work and community-based rehabilitation. Eco-social work, civic participation and organisation-based work. Principles and operating practices of community work and rehabilitation. Participatory resource-oriented methods that support agency. Social reporting.

Materials

Järvikoski, A. 2013. Monimuotoinen kuntoutus ja sen käsitteet. Raportteja ja muistioita 43, 18-21. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö, Helsinki. E-julkaisu.
Konttinen, E. Nd. Kansalaisyhteiskunta. E-julkaisu.
Kurki, L. 2000. Sosiokulttuurinen innostaminen. Vastapaino.
Nivala, E. & Ryynänen, S. 2019. Sosiaalipedagogiikka. Gaudeamus.
Roivainen, I. ​2004. Yhdyskuntatyöstä yhteisösosiaalityöhön. Teoksessa Yhteisöt ja yhteisösosiaalityön lähtökohdat. E-julkaisu.

Teaching methods

Webinars.
Group guidance assignment in cooperation with the Finnish Red Cross's Friendship Skills programme.
Independent study.

Employer connections

As part of the course, students participate in the Basic Course on Ystävätoiminta, which provides basic information about the Finnish Red Cross (SPR), Ystävätoiminta and volunteering for the Finnish Red Cross. The main focus is on the Friendship Skills programme, which can be implemented online, as part of friend activities or other group activities. The learning task of the course is to implement the coaching of the Friendship Skills programme in cooperation with working life.

Student workload

Webinars and preparing for them, 27 hours
Group assingment and report, 81 hours
Course literature, materials, independent study, 27 hours

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass
You can describe the key theories and concepts of community work and rehabilitation. You can analyse the significance and operating practices of eco-social work, civic participation and organisations. You can describe principles and operating models of community work and community-based rehabilitation. You can describe and justify the significance of participation and agency in communal work. You know how to use resource-oriented and participatory methods.

Further information

Assessed on the basis of a group report, passing/supplementing/failing in relation to the learning outcomes of the course.