Production of Social Services

Structure Type: Course
Code: KF21JOHT08
Type: Compulsory
Level: Master
Credits: 5.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Zechner, Minna
Teacher Team: Zechner, Minna ; Tiilikka, Tiina
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
YSOSKO-2016   1 spring   5.0   2017-01-01   2017-07-31  

Learning Outcomes

Student is aware of the processes and roles in servie production and learn to manage them.

Student's Workload

130 hr (lectures and distant learning)

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies are required.

Contents

Structures of service production, sectors involved in welfare production and their roles. Procurement legislation and monitoring of service production.

Recommended or Required Reading

For example:

Volanto, Sinikka, Rinne, Päivi, Toikko, Timo (2014) SOIL: Sosiaalihuollon tehtävärakennemalli. Seinäjoki: Seinäjoen ammattikorkeakoulu.

Bland, Jonathan. 2010. Yhteiskunnallinen yritys – ratkaisu 2000-luvun haasteisiin. Ison-Britannian malli ja sen kokemukset. Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja. 22/2010.

Nurmenniemi, Helinä (2013) Palkkatyöstä yrittäjäksi. Sosiaali- ja terveysalalla toimivien yrittäjien ajattelutavan muutoksista. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Moilanen, Johanna (2012) Tutkimus lastensuojelun tukihenkilötoiminnan muutoksista – Relationaalinen näkökulma. Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research numerona 533. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Kotkas, Toomas (2013) Viranomaisvalvonnasta omavalvontaan : yksityisten sosiaalipalveluiden valvontakeinojen murros. Lakimies 111(4), 720-733.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecgtures and distance learning

Assessment Criteria

Grade 1-2
Student is able to describe different complex settings and organisational types of sociel service production.

Grade 3-4
Student is able to compare from dfferent angles various types of complex service production systems and settings.

Grade 5
Student is able to critically analyse different types of complex service production systems and settings and evaluate their concequences and meanings from different agnles.

Assessment Methods

Grading is based on a student assignments, the scale of 1-5.

Work Placement

Stody module contains no practical training.

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