Professional Practice and Welfare (5op)

Osaamistavoitteet

The student
- Is familiar with the definitions and scope of youth and community development work
- Is familiar with the definitions of social work
- Is able to relate the history of community development work to that of social work and apply that understanding to the present diverse contexts
- Is familiar with the basic professional approaches to youth and community development and participatory social work
- Knows the basics of professional expertise in youth and community development and social work
- Is able to understand the different organisations and their roles in youth and community development and social work
- Is familiar with the basic roles and professional identity of a sosionom in the Finnish context and how this relates to the specific professional profile which underlies the Degree Programme

Sisältö

- Definitions of youth and community development work
- Definitions of social work
- History of youth and community development and social work
- Professional approaches and expertise in youth and community development and social work
- Changing and contested understandings of expertise in the field
- Professional identity of a sosionom in the Finnish working life context
- Specific professional identity underlying the Diak degree programme taught in English