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STYMK22HKI (SOSKIR) The parish as an operating environment (5 cr)

Code: STY0005A20S-3015

General information


Enrollment

13.09.2021 - 05.10.2021

Timing

28.03.2022 - 25.05.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 200

Degree programmes

  • BA of Social Services, Christian Early Childhood Education and Care
  • BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing
  • BA of Social Services, Diaconal Work
  • BA of Social Services, Christian Youth Work

Teachers

  • Helena Kauppila
  • Kati Jansa
  • Sanna Jattu
  • Sami Ritokoski

Groups

  • A52sosv
  • A52sosn
  • A52sosd

Objective

Students
• are familiar with the parish as an operating environment and know how to analyse its spiritual and social dimensions
• know how to analyse the competence needed in parish work
• are familiar with the tasks in a parish and the significance of collaboration between them
• know how to analyse the basics of creating a community and enabling and strengthening inclusion in a parish
• know the basics of pastoral care, confirmation classes and family-oriented work
• know how to analyse the realisation of the main task of the parish from the viewpoint of accessibility, equality and sustainable development

Content

• the spiritual and social dimensions of parish work
• competence required in church work (core competence descriptions)
• parish tasks
• key principles of pastoral care, confirmation classes and family-oriented work
• creation of community and volunteer work in a parish
• accessibility, equality and sustainable development in a parish

Evaluation scale

0-5