Starting Points and Processes of Child Welfare Work (5 cr)
Code: K701SL44OJ-19007
General information
Enrollment
01.10.2021 - 03.01.2022
Timing
10.01.2022 - 13.03.2022
Credits
5 op
Virtual proportion (cr)
1 op
Mode of delivery
80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning
Unit
Bachelor of Social Services
Office
Kosmos, Tietokatu 1, Kemi
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
0 - 40
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services, Kemi
- Bachelor of Social Services
Teachers
- Heidi Pyyny
- Kaisu Vinkki
Responsible person
Kaisu Vinkki
Student groups
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K71S20S1
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K71S20S
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K71S20S2
Objective
Learning objectives:
The student
- can analyse the starting points of child welfare from a local, national and international perspective
- is familiar with the key contents of the Child Welfare Act and the child welfare service system
- can identify factors behind the need for child welfare and access child welfare service needs
Contents:
- Ideological starting points/underlying commitments of child welfare
- Underlying factors of child welfare support/need
- Child welfare service needs assessment
- Non-institutional support measures
- Non-institutional placement
- Emergency placement
- Custody proceedings
Content
- ideological background of child protection
- background factors for child welfare support / need
- investigating the need for child welfare services
- support measures in open care
- placement as a support measure in open care
- emergency placement
- taking a child into care
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Satisfactory (1–2):
The student can analyse the starting points of child welfare and has a limited grasp of the key contents and service system of child welfare.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Good (3–4):
The student can analyse the starting points of child welfare and has a good grasp of the key contents and service system of child welfare.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Excellent (5):
The student can analyse the starting points of child welfare and has an excellent and critical grasp of the key contents and service system of child welfare.
Qualifications
NULL