Recovery orientation and personal recovery in mental health and substance abuse work, (3cr)

Objective

- The student can describe the key elements of recovery and recovery orientation and can apply them in client work.
- The student is familiar with the importance of personal recovery based on research and experience.
- The student knows the basic principles of measuring recovery at individual and organisational level
- The student adopts a recovery orientation as a central starting point and guiding value in mental health and substance misuse work
- Students will recognise the potential of experiential knowledge in mental health and substance misuse work and be able to make use of experiential knowledge and peer learning

Content

Recovery and recovery orientation
- Personal recovery
- The importance of recovery
- Measuring recovery
- Experiential expertise, peer support and recovery

Location and time

FULLY INDEPENDENT ONLINE STUDY

The studies allow for completion according to your own schedule.

Materials

Material in Moodle

Teaching methods

Fully independent online studies:

The studies are completed online in the Moodle learning environment. The studies are completed independently at their own pace during the implementation period. The studies do not include joint meetings or pair or group work.

The student familiarizes themselves with theoretical material, completes the online assignmentsaccording to the given instructions. The studies require independent work and schedule planning.

The study is considered to have started when the student has logged in to Moodle

Student workload

The workload of the study is designed so that one credit corresponds to an average of 27 hours of student work to achieve the learning objectives. The actual time required varies individually, e.g., due to prior knowledge.

Assessment criteria

Passed
The student can describe the content of the concepts of recovery and recovery orientation.
The student demonstrates an understanding of the significance of recovery orientation and experiential knowledge.
The student has participated in the implementation of the course and completed the assigned tasks.

Failed
The student cannot describe the content of the concepts of recovery and recovery orientation.
The student has not familiarized themselves with the significance of recovery orientation and experiential knowledge.
The student did not participate in the implementation of the course and/or complete the assigned tasks.

Evaluation methods and criteria

To pass the course, all assignments must be completed in accordance with the instructions given. All Moodle assignments for the course must be completed and returned by the given deadline. After this, the assignment return folders in Moodle will be closed and late assignments will no longer be accepted.

The methods of completion are described in more detail in the Moodle learning environment.

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed