Study Guide

Objective

Students
• know general social alignments, strategies, essential legislation and service system related to domestic violence
• know the prevalence, manifestation and consequences of domestic violence and understand the dynamics related to the phenomena
• can identify, face and act in domestic violence work within the limits of their profession
• understand the relevance of multi-professional cooperation in domestic violence work and can act as a representative of his/her profession in multi-professional work
• can utilise the current research results related to domestic violence for development of professional work.

Content

• general social alignments and strategies related to domestic violence
• essential legislation and service system related to domestic violence
• the dynamics of the phenomenon of domestic violence
• the prevalence and consequences
• identifying, facing and supporting victims and perpetrators
• looking after the safety of victims
• the importance of multi-professional cooperation
• professional and critical reflection

Teaching methods

Learning assignments can be done either in English or in Finnish.

The elective study module is held as an online course. Online orientation is in the beginning of the course and is compulsory. There are also lectures and online supervision during the course. Students study a diverse set of learning material after which they complete two learning assignments as instructed. The learning assignments are professional learning diary and case study.

Materials

Available in the Diakle area of the study module.

Student workload

The workload is approximately 26 h 40 min per credit.

Assessment methods and criteria

Resubmit / pass
Assessment criteria for each learning assignment is in Diakle.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty