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Person-centeredness in mental health and substance abuse care (5cr)

Course unit code: BZ00DA50

General information


Credits
5 cr
Responsible person
Annukka Haapa-aho
Minna Laitila

Objective

Student
Understands the importance of inclusion and is able to utilize peer and experiential expertise in their work.
Can build a working professional relationship with the client and his/her loved ones.
Knows the ideology of recovery orientation and the importance of hope in rehabilitation and is able to support the self-determination of the client and loved ones.
Knows the ideology of appropriate care and open dialogue and is able to apply them in his/her own work.
Can support the mental health of the client, loved ones and communities.

Content

Contents
Client/patient orientation
Inclusion and self-determination
Peer support and experiential expertise and their role in mental health and substance abuse work, including as educators
Equality
Open dialogue and reflectivity
Strength orientation
Recovery, recovery orientation
The importance of hope in mental health and substance abuse work
The appropriate-treatment-approach
The role of loved ones and communities in the context of mental health and substance abuse work

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1-2)
Can identify and define phenomena and basic concepts related to the field.
Performs assigned / supervised tasks.
Knows different procedures but cannot justify their choices.
Can give and receive feedback.
Examines and evaluates things from his/her own perspective.
Works in a group.
Recognizes his/her interaction skills.
Identifies important practices in your field.
Takes responsibility for his/her own performance.
Can describe the financial and welfare-enhancing effects of one's own activities

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3-4)
Can structure the relationships between phenomena and concepts related to the field.
Can choose the most appropriate procedure from different options and justify his/her choice.
Can give and receive feedback actively and constructively.
Examines and evaluates things from both one's own and the community's perspective.
Is able to cooperate responsibly and is ready to develop his/her interaction skills.
Identifies and follows important practices in the field.
Takes responsibility and commits not only to his/her own activities but also to the activities of the group.
Can describe and evaluate the economic and welfare-enhancing effects of one's own activities.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)
Understands large-scale entities and the relationships between them. Can search for different ways of working and solutions, justify his/her choices and try new ways of working.
Evaluates different solution options.
Creatively combines solutions or creates new ones.
Systematically uses feedback as a tool for personal and community professional growth.
Examines and evaluates oneself and the community or work entity in which one operates in one's own profession.
Is able to co-operate responsibly, flexibly and constructively.
Develops both personal and group interaction.
Acts responsibly and with commitment, taking into account the requirements and needs of the community and its own industry.
Understands the economic and welfare-promoting effects of their activities and is able to anticipate them.

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