DTA02VS25AVOIN Methods and social advocacy in diaconal work (5cr)

Code: DTA0205A20S-3033

General information

Timing: 18.08.2025 - 19.12.2025; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: Terveys- ja kirkonala

Campus: Diak joint implementation

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 0 - 15

Degree programmes: BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing; BA of Social Services, Diaconal Work

Teachers: Mirva Heikkilä-Tyni; Maija Kupsala

Course: DTA0205A20S

Realization has 5 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 5 h 0 min.

Time	Topic	Location
Fri 22.08.2025 time 13:00 - 14:30 (1 h 30 min)	DTA/ Orientaatio	Zoom
Tue 16.09.2025 time 15:30 - 16:30 (1 h 0 min)	DTA01-02 / Ohjausaika	Zoom
Tue 14.10.2025 time 15:30 - 16:30 (1 h 0 min)	DTA01-02 / Ohjausaika	Zoom
Tue 04.11.2025 time 15:30 - 16:30 (1 h 0 min)	DTA01-02 / Ohjausaika	Zoom
Sun 07.12.2025 time 08:00 - 08:30 (0 h 30 min)	DTA / DL: Tehtävien palautus

Changes to reservations may be possible.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

Students
• know how to apply customer-oriented empowerment methods that support inclusion as well as pastoral care methods
• know how to guide individuals, families and groups by promoting humans’ ability to function, health and wellbeing
• know how to support parishioners in questions related to loss, sickness and death
• know how to analyse the diaconal task in relation to the society’s service system and their own activities as a diaconal expert in multi-professional networks
• know how to communicate and impact in church and the society to realise social justice

Content

• diaconal work methods
• customer-orientation; individual and communal support
• encountering sorrow and death
• social, healthcare and third-sector services
• the diaconal task and the society’s service system
• social advocacy

Qualifications

Opiskelijalla pitää olla Seurakunta toimintaympäristönä (STY) -opintojakso suoritettuna hyväksytysti ennen DTA -opintojaksoja.