Social Work in Multiprofessional Settings
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | SOSAPS80 |
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| Type: | Elective |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 4.0 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 |
2 spring |
4.0 |
2017-01-01 |
2017-07-31 |
| SOSALA-2016 |
2 spring |
4.0 |
2018-01-01 |
2018-07-31 |
Learning Outcomes
Students learn to work as experts in the social field in various welfare organizations and in organizations of parallel fields, whose primary mission is not in social welfare or services, e.g. social work in schools, health care and rehabilitation organizations, criminal services, employment agencies or in the Social Insurance Institution. Students learn to assess the client's situation and needs from the social perspective and to examine the effects of individual, community and society-level factors on the whole. Students know and can find out what social benefits, services, support activities and sources of help are available and learn to counsel their clients on their use. Students incorporate the knowledge of other experts into the overall assessment and the client's own assessment. They ensure that the client's voice is heard and perspective noticed.
Student's Workload
106 hours
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
most part of the module Knowledge Base in Social Work
Contents
- social expertise
- multiprofessionalism
- assessing the client's situation and need for services
- seeking information about services, benefits and legislation
- teamwork and networking
- multiprofessional co-operation in challenging situations with clients
Recommended or Required Reading
- Isokorpi, T. 2006: Napit vastakkain – ristiriidat, rajat ja ratkaisut. PS-kustannus. Partly.
- Seikkula, J. & Arnkil T.E. 2009: Dialoginen verkostotyö. Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos.
Saatavana http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201205084999
- Payne, M. & Campling, J. 2000: Teamwork in multiprofessional care. Palgrave. Partly.
- Reeves, S. 2010: Interprofessional teamwork for health and social care. Wiley-Blackwell. Partly.
- Thomas, J & Miers, M. & Pollard, K.C. 2010: Understanding interprofessional working in health and social care: theory and practice. Palgrave McMillan.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
- contact teaching, familiarizing with multi-professional work in different fields of socila work, applied assignment
Assessment Criteria
Scale 1-5.
Grade 1-2:
The students
- can define the concept and the goals of multi-professional work based on theoretical knowledge
- are able to describe the roles, the tasks and the expectations towards social work professionals in multi-professional fields
- they are able to name challenges in multi-professional work and the required skills in different fields
- can give examples of multi-professional process, which covers all the most essential stages
- are able to combine other experts’ knowledge to the knowledge of social work
- can bring out perspectives of a client and describe what kind of skills it requires in multi-professional settings
- are able to clarify the main categories and principles of social allowances, social services, social support and help resources, and clarify how they can be reached
- can name their individual capacities and developmental topics in multi-professional co-operation
Grade 3-4:
In addition to breviously mentioned, the students
- are able to review the roles, the tasks and the expectations towards social work professionals in multi-professional fields from many perspectives
- can give realistic examples of multi-professional co-operative processes,
- are able to make use of other experts’ knowledge while solving problems
- can describe, how the social work expert acts, when he/she brings out perspectives of a client in multi-professional settings
- are able to clarify exactly the essential points of social allowances, social services, social support and help resources, and clarify how they can be reached
- are able to evaluate client’ s needs from holistic perspective, including challenges in gaining and in using the services
Grade 5:
- can compare the nature of social work expertise to expertise of other professions
- are able to analyze challenges of multi-professional work and the factors that influence to the challenges
- by using theoretical knowledge, they are able to state and to produce creative solutions, how to bring out the client’s perspective and how to promote multi-professional co-operation
- they are capable to analyze and to reflect their individual capacities to act in multi-professional co-operation
Assessment Methods
Applied kearning assignment.
Work Placement
the course does not include practice
Further Information
Students choose between this and the following courses:
- Coaching for Studies and Work
- Social Rehabilitation
- Social Counselling in Residential Care Units
- Social Counselling in Community Care
- Family Counselling
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