Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
| Structure Type: | Study unit |
|---|---|
| Code: | SSAS0112 |
| Type: | Optional obligatory / Professional Studies |
| Curriculum: | SA 2014 / 2014V |
| Level: | Bachelor of Social Services |
| Year of Study: | 3 (2016-2017 / 2017) |
| Credits: | 3 cr |
| Responsible Teacher: | Niemistö, Riku |
| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
Courses During the Academic Year 2016-2017
| Impl. | Group(s) | Study Time | Teacher(s) | Language | Enrolment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | S-SA-3LNP | 2017-01-09 – 2017-04-28 | Merja Kaminen | Finnish | 2016-12-12 – 2017-01-16 |
| 7 | S-SA-3LNPV | 2017-01-09 – 2017-04-28 | Merja Kaminen | Finnish | 2016-12-12 – 2017-01-16 |
Learning Outcomes
The student deepens his know-how in individual and family-based work in child welfare. The student masters the working methods used in open care and foster care and applies them in practice. The student gets acquainted with foster care in child welfare and the different methods of executing it.
Student's Workload
81 hours, of which 39 contact hours that are marked in the schedule (lectures, exercises and study visit), 42 hours of independent study. The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
Basic and vocational studies
Contents
Helping and supporting children and their families. Applying the law of child welfare. Custody and arranging foster care. After care. Special issues in child welfare. Child welfare institutions and family care as an operational and educational environment. Parenthood in foster care. Family dynamics, working methods of family work and foster care. Quality of foster care.
Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools
- Taskinen, Sirpa. Lastensuojelulain soveltaminen. 2010. WSOY.
- Bardy, Marjatta. (toim.) Lastensuojelun ytimissä. 2009. Yliopistopaino. Chapters 2-3.
- Valtakunnalliset sijaishuollon laatukriteerit 2004. Sijaishuollon neuvottelukunnan julkaisuja. 18.
- Material given by teacher.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, exercises and individual study. Active participation in the contact hours, exam or assignment. Study visit.
Assessment Criteria
K5: The student is extensively acquainted with the different phases of the completeness of child welfare from instituting to after care, understands and knows how to justifiably describe the most important sections of each phase. The student knows extensively the working methods of open care and of foster care and knows how to apply them in practice. The student is well acquainted with the completeness of foster care and with the different ways of realizing it and knows how to evaluate foster care from a child’s point of view. The student is acquainted with special issues in child welfare.
H3-H4: The student perceives the different phases of the completeness of child welfare from instituting to after care and knows how to delineate the central features of each phase. The student is acquainted with the working methods of family work and foster care. The student is acquainted with the different forms of foster care. The student has gotten acquainted with special issues in child welfare.
T1-T2: The student is partially acquainted with the different phases of the completeness of child welfare from instituting to after care and knows how to delineate the phases. No justifiable insight of what is central to each phase. The student has vaguely gotten acquainted with some of the working methods in family work and foster care.
Assessment Methods
Numeric evaluation.