Sosiaaliohjaus ja kasvatus asiakastyössä (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

The students
• know the operating environments and work orientations of social counselling and education work
• know the competence areas and central work tasks of a Bachelor of Social Services.

Content

• Formal and informal operating environments in social counselling and education work and the client documentation legislation.
• The basics of Social and service counselling in adult social work, elderly work and among disabled.
• The basics of early education, work in child welfare and family work.
• The work environment and competences needed of Bachelor of Social Services with different client groups, (e.g in early education, special education, child welfare and family work, youth work, social and service counselling, work with the disabled and elderly, substance abuse and mental health work.)

Materials

Näkki, P. & Sayed, T.(toim.) 2015. Asiakastyön menetelmiä sosiaalialalla. Edita: Helsinki. (soveltuvin osin)Healy, K. 2011:The Essential Foundations of PracticeThe other learning material will be introduced at first contact lesson

Completion alternatives

• Full-time studies: Individual and group assignments; an analyze and interview of professions in operating environment. A group assignment; competence areas and central work tasks of a Bachelor of Social Services.• Blended learning: Individual and group assignments; an analyze and interview of professions in operating environment. A group assignment; competence areas and central work tasks of a Bachelor of Social Services.

Student workload

• Full-time studies: Contact lessons 8 h, independent work 35 h, making interviews at work environment 30 h, a seminar 8 h. Total 81 hours.• Blended learning: Contact lessons 6 h, interviews in operating environments 34 h, online studies 41 h. Total 81 hours.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Pass (S) The students
• can name the different working environments at social and educational field
• can explain and name the different work and learning orientations, ideas of man and different values which are guiding the work
• know and can name the most important methods in client service management and guidance
• recognize the ethical questions brought up in client work
• can evaluate their own competences related to the core competences at sosionom´s work
• know how to find and share information based on theory and research and with this information they know how to build up written and oral presentations based in generally on good presentation manners and instructions of written assignments of Jamk

Qualifications

Councelling of Health Promotion and Wellbeing

Further information

Principles of the competency accreditation are described in the degree regulations and study quids of JAMK. Please contact the lecturer, in a case of special practices of the course.