Professional Development II: Growing into a Profession
| Structure Type: | Study unit |
|---|---|
| Code: | SA00BC53 |
| Curriculum: | SA 2024 / 2024V |
| Level: | Bachelor of Social Services |
| Year of Study: | 2 (2025-2026 / 2026) |
| Semester: | Autumn / Spring |
| Credits: | 1 cr |
| Responsible Teacher: | Blom, Heidi |
| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
Learning Outcomes
The student knows
how to recognize and evaluate his/hers own professional growth and development
how to stregthen his/hers own professional self-knowledge and social interaction skills and sentimental skills
how to develop own professional interaction skills when acting in varying client situations
how to take into account the perspective of employees and different working communities
The focus of the portfolio work is employee and working community perspective
Student's Workload
1 x 27h = 27h
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
Ammatillinen kasvu I
Contents
Contents:
Edulab, electronic portfolio
Competence: Customer work competence and Social service system competence
Focus: Employee and work community
Professional development
Social interaction skills and sentimental skills
Teamwork skills / acting in a group
Multi-professional
VAMK strategy 2030: Openness
Regional Impact
Taking local actors into consideration in relation to students own professional development.
Internationality
Combining students own professional development to multicultural and international operational environment
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Classroom education / distance education
Lectures
Froup work
Independent study
Expert meeting
Reflection by means of portfolio.
Assessment Criteria
Passed /Failed
The stundent knows how to
act naturally in different client situations
apply his/hers own knowledge in digfferent occasions in working life
Progress of the student's personal portfolio.
Assessment Methods
Active participation, passing given assignments. Evaluation with passed/accepted principle.
Further Information
Course feedback is provided through SPARK.