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STYMK24POR The parish as an operating environment (5 cr)

Code: STY0005A20S-3031

General information


Timing

18.03.2024 - 19.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning

Campus

Oulu

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

  • BA of Social Services, Diaconal Work

Teachers

  • Aino-Elina Kilpeläinen
  • Ilona Kontinen

Groups

  • POR-K24sosd
  • 19.03.2024 10:15 - 11:45, STY / Orientaatio
  • 16.04.2024 12:30 - 15:00, STY / Luento
  • 19.04.2024 08:30 - 11:45, STY / Luento
  • 19.04.2024 12:30 - 15:45, STY / Luento
  • 13.05.2024 11:00 - 15:45, STY / Kokoava työskentely

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