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.

Location and time

Huomioi, että ryhmäohjaustehtävä tullaan toteuttamaan työelämäyhteistyönä, eli ohjaustuokioina ryhmän valitsemassa yhteisössä (tehtävän laajuus yht. 3 op). Katso koodilla SZXX2018-3012 opintojakson webinaarien aikataulut osoitteesta https://lukkarit.peppi.jamk.fi.

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