Social services and social security benefits

Structure Type: Course
Code: KF08BHO1400
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 2.0 points
Teacher Team: Martin, Eeva-Kaija ; Saariaho, Marja-Liisa ; Ranta, Riitta ; Siltakorpi, Mirva ; Niinimäki, Asta
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
SOSALA-2013   2 spring   2.0   2015-01-02   2015-07-31  
SOSALA-2014   2 spring   2.0   2016-01-01   2016-07-31  

Learning Outcomes

Students will become familiar with essential social security benefits and their application in different sectors. By means of case studies, students will learn to explain the use of social services and benefits and to detect client's need for services and pathways of services.

Student's Workload

52 hours.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

Workshop related to sector studies

Contents

The most essential social services and social benefits by sector

Recommended or Required Reading

Sosiaaliturvaopas pitkäaikaissairaille ja vammaisille, Verkkojulkaisu järjestöjen työntekijöille.
Saatavana: http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi;

Kelan julkaisemat oppaat ja esitteet sekä verkkomateriaali suomeksi ja ruotsiksi (www.kela.fi);

Toimeentulotuki, Opas toimeentulotukilain soveltajille, Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön julkaisu 2013:4, Helsinki 2013,http://www.stm.fi/julkaisut/nayta/-/_julkaisu/1850826
Saatavuus: http://tinyurl.com/pn4nltd

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, individual/pair/group assignments, expert lectures, field visits, exam

Assessment Criteria

Grade 1-2:
Students are able to name and find essential social security benefits and their implementation and application principles in the sectors studied.
Grade 3-4:
By means of case studies, students know how to explain the use of social services and benefits and how to detect clients' needs for services and pathways of services.
Grade 5:
Students are able to analyze how social services and benefits are associated with various background factors at the level of the invidual, community and society.

Assessment Methods

The assessment will be based on the following components: classroom activity, individual/pair/group assignments, exam.

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