Placement (13cr)

Objective

The student:
- Is able to analyse the context of the placement organisation and its relationship to that context and its users, especially young people
- Is able to evaluate the organisation in relation to its empowering approach to persons, groups and/or communities, especially young people
- Is able to relate strategies of youth and community development to the
placement context
- Is able to examine the role of faith and spirituality in local groups and in
strategies for change
- Is able to develop, plan and implement a small scale project using youth and community development
- Develop understanding of the role of a professional worker in strategies for
change
- Is able to understand the use of the Bible in professional diaconal work and community building
- Is able to evaluate the role of the church (locally or nationally) in the dialogue between church and society and critically relate it to the Finnish context
- Is able to evaluate their role in implementing the chosen strategy

Content

- Models, methods and strategies of community development work
- Participatory work and user empowerment
- Use of analysis and research in local practice
- Use of the Bible in professional diaconal work and community building
- Dialogue between church and society
- Belief and spirituality in local communities
- Accountability in professional work
- Leadership of local change processes as a professional task
- History of the church in Finland and its contemporary diversity and the role of lay movements as a case study of participation and church and society work