Evaluation and Social Work (5cr)

Course unit code: BH00BS40

General information

Credits: 5 cr

Teaching language: Finnish

Objective

Student is knowledgeable on the evaluation and the role it has in social work and is critically able to address the meaning, means and targets of evaluation.

Content

Evaluation, when setting targets for social work and when working with clients as well as when assessing the efficiency of social work, is essential part of social work. Evaluation is based on the dea that there is something worth aiming for and some means are selected for getting there. Student reads the given material and writes an essay of six pages about evaluation in social work. Essay must b´ring fore different sides of evaluation and studetn must have a critical stance towards it.

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students know what is meant by evaluation and are able to describe evaluation in social work.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students know what is meant by evaluation and are able to describe evaluation in social work. They are able to explain about various means used in to evaluate the effectiveness of social work.