CHFS19HKI Child welfare and Family work (5op)

Tavoitteet

The students will be able to
- understand childhood both as a period in life span and as a cultural concept
- know the relevant international treaties/conventions and national policies and legislation related to child welfare and family work and is able to apply this knowledge in practice
- compare different perspectives in child welfare policy in a global context
- know and understands different risk factors influencing the growth of children and young people (in Finland)
- understand the meaning of child welfare for the wellbeing of children and families
- know the main actors and services provided in child welfare and family work
- know different skills needed in child welfare and family work
- understand the diversity and challenges of families in current societies
- reflect personal values in relation to diverse families
- understand different definitions, theories and approaches used in family work
- use different empowering and participatory methods with children and families

Sisältö

Contents
- Childhood
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Relevant legislation related to child welfare and family work
- Different international approaches to child welfare policies
- Risk factors affecting children and families
- Actors and services in child welfare in Finland
- Diversity of families
- Family work and different theories applied in family work
- Different actors and services in family work
- Empowering and participatory methods used in child welfare and family work

Aika ja paikka

WEEK 1: Distant learning (Preliminary reading and online discussion on given topics in discussion forum)
WEEK 2: Contact teaching
WEEK 3: Distant learning (study visits, co-authoring the book)
WEEK 4: Distant learning (online discussion on a given topic in discussion forum)
WEEK 5: Contact teaching: lectures

Oppimateriaalit

- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Child Welfare Act
- Book co-authored by students (using book-tool in moodlerooms)
- Other material to be announced in the beginning of the study module.

Opetusmenetelmät

During the study module students will learn about child welfare (both preventive and child-specific and family-specific child welfare) and family work in Finland: legislation, serivce providers, services, working methods etc.
MODES OF LEARNING:
-Lectures
-Individual assignments: online discussions
-Study visit in groups
-Group assignment: writing about the study visit using Book-tool in Moodlerooms
-Exam

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

During the study module tstudents will make a visit to one child welfare work environment. The study visits will be reported using the book-tool in Moodlerooms.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

A report covering all the topics of the study unit. The report should include references to legislation and literature and to two visits to child welfare services in Finland. More detailed information will be given by the teachers of the study module.

Lisätiedot

It is possible to apply for AHOT/RPL with similar studies carried out in a Finnish University or a university of applied sciences or with an adequate work experience in the field of Finnish child welfare.
Open to students studying in the open university of applied sciences.