Practical Training: Methods of Empowerment in Social Work
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | SOSAVY50 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 10.0 points |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| SOSALA-2015 |
3 autumn |
10.0 |
2017-08-01 |
2017-12-31 |
| SOSALA-2016 |
3 autumn |
10.0 |
2018-08-01 |
2018-12-31 |
Learning Outcomes
Students have learnt to examine clients' needs and position and clientship from the perspectives of social structures and processes. They are able to recognise practices, frinze areas and dead zones in the services and systems, which impair clients' position and engagement. Students are able to implement a variety of empowering activities which promote client engagement, using psychosocial, activity-based, creative, community-based, structural or empowering methods. Students know how to select methods that best suit the clients' or groups' needs, situation and resources. When planning activities, students take into account the boundary conditions and resources of the organization. Students have gained experience of planning, implementing and evaluating a process to promote client engagement and empowerment in a social work setting or in a project context. Students know how to acquire and produce information. They evaluate their action, professional development needs and career planning.
Student's Workload
265 hours, 7 weeks
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
one of the courses included in the module Empowerment Competence
Contents
- client-centred action to promote client engagement
- assessing the client's position and clientship from a structural and empowering perspective
- planning, implementation and evaluation of a process designed to promote client engagement and empowerment
- evaluation and development of one's action
Recommended or Required Reading
materials of preceding theoretical study courses
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
orientation, practical training, learning assignments, feedback discussions
Assessment Criteria
Scale pass/fail.
Pass:
Students have gained experience of client-centred action designed to promote client engagement. Students have learnt to examine clients' needs and position and clientship from the perspectives of social structures and processes. They are able to recognise practices, frinze areas and dead zones in the services and systems, which impair clients' position and engagement. Students are able to implement a variety of empowering activities which promote client engagement, using psychosocial, activity-based, creative, community-based, structural and empowering methods. Students know how to select methods that best suit the clients' or groups' needs, situation and resources. When planning activities, students take into account the boundary conditions and resources of the organization. Students have gained experience of planning, implementing and evaluating a process to promote client engagement and empowerment in a social work setting or in a project context. Students know how to acquire and produce information. They evaluate their action, professional development needs and career planning.
Assessment Methods
practical training (pass), learning assignments, self-evaluation, feedback discussion
Work Placement
the study course consists of practical training
Further Information
The course can be taken in English language
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