Empowering Children in Child Welfare in Finland (5 cr)
Code: STP7019-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.04.2021 - 30.04.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2021 - 31.12.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- RDI portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Sosionomikoulutus (SS)
- Campus
- Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Lauri Saarelainen
- Heli Rinnekallio
- Sari Johansson
- Teacher in charge
- Sari Johansson
- Course
- STP7019
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
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Content
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Location and time
Basics of Child Welfare (2 credits):
- The rights of a child and the status of the child in the global world-
- The child welfare in its context
Child Welfare Practices (3 credits):
- Different issues regarding Child Welfare in Finland such as support, control and power
- Risks and protective factors in children´s life- Investigation the need for child welfare and child welfare procedure- Child and family specific work- Support of open care and substitute care in child welfare
- Working methods in child welfare
Teaching methods
Basics of Child Welfare (2 credits):
The Aims of the study module are that the student is competent to understand and analyze the Rights of the Child, Participation of the Child, Right to Specific Protection and the Status of the Child in the global world.
Child Welfare Practices (3 credits):
The Aims of the study module are that the student is competent to understand and analyze Different issues regarding Child Welfare in Finland such as support, control and power.
Student workload
5 credits 130h Oneline Course