Social Security in Finland (5op)

Tavoitteet

The students will be able to
- know the basis of public administration in Finland
- know the structure and administration of Finnish social security system
- understand the role of public, private and third sectors in providing and delivering social services and benefits understand
- the relevant legislation of social security

Sisältö

- basis of public administration in Finland
- Finnish social security system services, benefits and insurances
- Provision and delivery of social services and benefits
- Legislation regarding the Finnish social security system

Oppimateriaalit

lectureskelas benfits for different service users groupsFacts about Social Welfare and Health Care in Finland 2010.Niemelä, Heikki. & Salminen, Kari 2006. Social Security in Finland. Helsinki: KELA.

Opetusmenetelmät

The student will be able to:understand the basis of public administration in Finland the focus being on social and health careunderstand the planning, steering and implementation of social and health policy in Finlandknow the role of KELA (National Insurance Company) in the Finnish social security systemknow the meaning and scale of different benefits and insurances offered to various service user groupsknow the different services offered to various service user groupsknow and understand the role of public, private and third sector actors in providing services to various service user groupsContact teaching: orientation to the course, basis of Finnish administration, the role of different providers of social security, legislation related to social security, beginning of group work on benefits, insurances and services provided to different service user groupsDistant week: group work on a given team continuesDistant week: presentation of group work assignments and online lecture, independent reading for the examContact week: review of the exam material in small groupsIndividual exam in November1. A group assignment about social security in Finland concerning insurances, benefits and social services targeted at different service user groups.2. Individual exam in November.

Kansainvälisyys

An individual exam on a public exam date. Exam material:Aerschot, Paul Van 2016. Activation Policies and the Protection of Individual Rights: A Critical Assessment of the Situation in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Routledge. (e-book)Facts about Social Welfare and Health Care in Finland 2010.Kvist, Jon and Saari, Juho 2007. Europeanisation of Social Protection. Bristol: Policy Press. (Chapters 1 and 9.) (e-book)Niemelä, Heikki. & Salminen, Kari 2006. Social Security in Finland. Helsinki: KELA.Your Social Security Rights in Finland.

Lisätiedot

It is possible to get RPL/AHOT with equivalent studies/amounts of study credits about Finnish social security carried out in Universities or Universities of applied sciences in Finland.