Study Guide

Objective

Students are able to define various actors, who use social counselling in their work with home-living clients. Students can explain the methods and tools used by these professionals. Students recognize needs to promote the welfare, functional capacity, social engagement and independent coping of home-living clients (e.g. aged people, disabled or chronically ill people and people with mental health problems or addictions). Students know what instruments can be used to assess home-living clients' ability to function. Students learn to plan a combination of services to promote the client's welfare and functional capacity, while taking into account the client's needs and the resources and services available in the client's environment. Students can explain the meaning of documentation as part of the social counselling process. They are aware of their counselling skills.

Content

- social counselling for home-living clients
- clients' needs for welfare, functional capacity and coping in the home environment
- measuring instruments of client's functioning ability
- taking clients' and their immediate networks' resources into account
- recognition of the elements of goal-oriented counselling
-psychosocial and action-based methods in social counselling
- documentation in social counselling
- recognition of one's counselling

Materials

-Helminen, J. (toim.) 2016. Sosiaaliohjaus - lähtökohtia ja käytäntöjä. Helsinki Edita.
-Helminen, J. (toim.) 2017. Asiakkaan moniammatillinen ohjaus sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollossa. Helsinki Edita.
-Näkki P., Sayed T. (toim.) 2015. Asiakastyön menetelmiä sosiaalialalla. Helsinki Edita. s. 1-61.
- Peavy, V. R. 2006. Sosiodynaamisen ohjauksen opas. Psykologien Kustannus Oy.
- Teachers material

Teaching methods

There is one alternative study method:
-Independent study
-The Orientation of the course will be carried out by e-mail.
-Counselling available as described in Orientation.

Employer connections

The course does not include practice.There is still connection to the field of social counselling.

Student workload

*106 hours.

Further information

Students choose between this course and the following courses:
- Coaching for Studies and Work
- Social Rehabilitation
- Social Counselling in Residential Care Units
- Family Counselling
- Social Work in Multiprofessional Settings

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to define the concept of social counselling from the perspective of competences defined for Bachelors of Social Services. Students are able to name various actors, who use social counselling in their work with home-living clients. Students recognize methods and tools used by these professionals. Students recognize needs to promote the welfare, functional capacity, social engagement and independent coping of home-living clients (especially aged people, disabled or chronically ill people and people with mental health problems or addictions). Students know what instruments can be used to assess home-living clients' ability to function. They recognize their client's resources. Students can find services of various providers and combine them, while taking into account the client's resources and the resources available in the client's environment. Students can explain the meaning of documentation as part of the social counselling process. They are aware of their counselling skills.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to comprehensively define the concept of social counselling from the perspective of competences defined for Bachelors of Social Services. Students are able to present various actors, who use social counselling in their work with home-living clients. Students are able to comprehensively list methods and tools used by various professionals. Students interpret needs to promote the welfare, functional capacity, social engagement and independent coping of home-living clients (especially aged people, disabled or chronically ill people and people with mental health problems or addictions). In case studies, students know how to apply some instruments to assess home-living clients' ability to function. They are able to assess their client's resources. Students can find and argue for services of various providers and combine them, while comprehensively taking into account the client's resources and the resources available in the client's environment. Students can comprehensively explain the meaning of documentation as part of the social counselling process. They can explain their counselling skills.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to analyze and evaluate the concept of social counselling from the perspective of competences defined for Bachelors of Social Services and in relation to social work. Students are able to categorize various actors, who use social counselling in their work with home-living clients. Students are able to compare methods and tools used by various professionals. Students know how to assess needs to promote the welfare, functional capacity, social engagement and independent coping of home-living clients (especially aged people, disabled or chronically ill people and people with mental health problems or addictions). In case studies, students know how to apply and justify the use of instruments to assess home-living clients' ability to function. They are able to assess their client's resources and to comprehensively justify the results. Students are able to find, evaluate and compare services of various providers and combine them while comprehensively taking into account the client's resources and the resources available in the client's environment. Students can comprehensively evaluate the meaning of documentation as part of the social counselling process and apply the principles of documentation to social counselling. They can analyze their counselling skills comprehensively.

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation is based on 5 essays.
Assessment criteria will be seen on curriculum.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to define the concept of social counselling from the perspective of competences defined for Bachelors of Social Services. Students are able to name various actors, who use social counselling in their work with home-living clients. Students recognize methods and tools used by these professionals. Students recognize needs to promote the welfare, functional capacity, social engagement and independent coping of home-living clients (especially aged people, disabled or chronically ill people and people with mental health problems or addictions). Students know what instruments can be used to assess home-living clients' ability to function. They recognize their client's resources. Students can find services of various providers and combine them, while taking into account the client's resources and the resources available in the client's environment. Students can explain the meaning of documentation as part of the social counselling process. They are aware of their counselling skills.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to comprehensively define the concept of social counselling from the perspective of competences defined for Bachelors of Social Services. Students are able to present various actors, who use social counselling in their work with home-living clients. Students are able to comprehensively list methods and tools used by various professionals. Students interpret needs to promote the welfare, functional capacity, social engagement and independent coping of home-living clients (especially aged people, disabled or chronically ill people and people with mental health problems or addictions). In case studies, students know how to apply some instruments to assess home-living clients' ability to function. They are able to assess their client's resources. Students can find and argue for services of various providers and combine them, while comprehensively taking into account the client's resources and the resources available in the client's environment. Students can comprehensively explain the meaning of documentation as part of the social counselling process. They can explain their counselling skills.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are able to analyze and evaluate the concept of social counselling from the perspective of competences defined for Bachelors of Social Services and in relation to social work. Students are able to categorize various actors, who use social counselling in their work with home-living clients. Students are able to compare methods and tools used by various professionals. Students know how to assess needs to promote the welfare, functional capacity, social engagement and independent coping of home-living clients (especially aged people, disabled or chronically ill people and people with mental health problems or addictions). In case studies, students know how to apply and justify the use of instruments to assess home-living clients' ability to function. They are able to assess their client's resources and to comprehensively justify the results. Students are able to find, evaluate and compare services of various providers and combine them while comprehensively taking into account the client's resources and the resources available in the client's environment. Students can comprehensively evaluate the meaning of documentation as part of the social counselling process and apply the principles of documentation to social counselling. They can analyze their counselling skills comprehensively.

Qualifications

most part of the module Knowledge Base in Social Work

Further information

Students choose between this course and the following courses:
- Coaching for Studies and Work
- Social Rehabilitation
- Social Counselling in Residential Care Units
- Family Counselling
- Social Work in Multiprofessional Settings