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Digital Counselling in Social and Health Care and Employment Services (4 cr)

Code: SS10044-3005

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2024 - 30.03.2025

Timing

03.02.2025 - 16.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

4 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Open UAS

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

5 - 70

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Katja Sorjonen
  • Jaana Kurki

Teacher in charge

Katja Sorjonen

Scheduling groups

  • Avoin AMK ja RIPA (Size: 40. Open UAS: 40.)
  • Tutkinto-opiskelijat (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • TOP24_25
    Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2024-2025
  • KAKK25
    Karelia, Open UAS, All, Spring, 2025

Small groups

  • Open UAS students and RIPA
  • Degree students

Objective

After having completed the course you understand the basics and meaning of strengths-based counselling in social and health care and employment services. You are able to observe and utilize the special features of digital counselling in your work. You are able to observe and utilize specific features of digital counselling in your work. You understand the concepts of agency and inclusion. You learn to include the ideas of agency and inclusion as crucial part of digital counselling and apply the suited methods and exercises.

Content

- Principles of counselling and strengths-based counselling
- Special features of digital counselling
- Including the ideas of agency and inclusion in digital counseling
- Applying the suited methods and exercises for distant counselling

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Further information

The course has been developed as part of a project "Digital services and distance guidance in social and employment services in long-distance areas" at Karelia University of Applied Sciences.