Social services and social security benefits (2cr)

Objective

Students will become familiar with essential social security benefits and their application in different sectors. By means of case studies, students will learn to explain the use of social services and benefits and to detect client's need for services and pathways of services.

Content

The most essential social services and social benefits by sector

Qualifications

Workshop related to sector studies

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Grade 1-2:
Students are able to name and find essential social security benefits and their implementation and application principles in the sectors studied.
Grade 3-4:
By means of case studies, students know how to explain the use of social services and benefits and how to detect clients' needs for services and pathways of services.
Grade 5:
Students are able to analyze how social services and benefits are associated with various background factors at the level of the invidual, community and society.

Materials

Sosiaaliturvaopas pitkäaikaissairaille ja vammaisille, Verkkojulkaisu järjestöjen työntekijöille.
Saatavana: http://www.sosiaaliturvaopas.fi,

Kelan julkaisemat oppaat ja esitteet sekä verkkomateriaali suomeksi ja ruotsiksi (www.kela.fi),

Toimeentulotuki, Opas toimeentulotukilain soveltajille, Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön julkaisu 2013:4, Helsinki 2013,http://www.stm.fi/julkaisut/nayta/-/_julkaisu/1850826
Saatavuus: http://tinyurl.com/pn4nltd

Teaching methods

Lectures, individual/pair/group assignments, expert lectures, field visits, exam