Study Guide

Objective

Students learn to use a psychosocial approach and professional interaction in social rehabilitation. Students become aware of the challenges various clients may have regarding indendent life, management of daily activities, community involvement and social engagement at various stages of their lives. Examples are: people with addictions, mentally disabled people, unemployed people and people with mental health rehabilitation. Students are able to define the principles, aims and process of social rehabilitation. They learn to know practices, work orientations, methods and international models of social rehabilitation. Students know how to participate in planning, implementing and evaluating rehabilitation. Students can explain the meaning of documentation in social rehabilitation. Students learn to apply the methods of Methods of psycosocial counselling in practical work situations and they learn to develop and evaluate their action.

Content

- the concept of social rehabilitation
- the forms of social rehabilitation
- needs and special features in social rehabilitation for different client groups
- the rehabilitative approach to work
- the rehabiliation process
- providers of social rehabilitation
- dialogical and resource-centred approach in the rehabilitation process, dialogy
- planning, implementation and evaluation of social rehabilitation
- multiprofessional collaboration

Materials

-Kokko, R-L ja Veistilä, M. (2016). Sosiaalityö ja sosiaalinen kuntoutus yhteistyönä. Teoksessa M. Törrönen, K. Hänninen, P. Jouttimäki, T. Lehto-Lundén, P. Salovaara & M. Veistilä (toim.), Vastavuoroinen sosiaalityö. (s.220-230). Gaudeamus University Press.
-Kostilainen, H. ja Nieminen, A. (2018). (toim.) Sosiaalisen kuntoutuksen näkökulmia ja mahdollisuuksia. Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulun julkaisuja DIAK TYÖELÄMÄ 13. Juvenes Print Oy. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-493-307-0
-Lindh,J. Härkäpää, K. & Kostamo-Pääkkö, K. (2018). (toim.) Sosiaalinen kuntoutuksessa. Hansaprint Oy.
-Teacher´s material.

Teaching methods

- Independent study and study in groups (contact teaching, case examplses, learning assignments, exam.
-Social rehabilitation practise with the collaboration of the workfield.

Employer connections

-One part of the course involves Social rehabilitation practise with the collaboration of the workfield.

Student workload

106 hours.

Further information

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

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students
- are able to apply some elements of psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in interactive situations of social rehabilitation
- can describe challenges, which different client groups may have connected to independent life, every day activities, participation in community and belonging to society
- can explain principles, goals and process of social rehabilitation
- are able to interpret concepts, orientations, methods and international models of social rehabilitation
- are capable to plan, to implement and to evaluate rehabilitation process
- are able to apply methods of social counselling
- are able to explain the meaning of documentation in social rehabilitation process
- are able to recognize and evaluate their individual skills

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students
- have capacities to apply essential parts of psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in interactive situations of social rehabilitation
- can analyze needs, which different client groups may have connected to independent life, every day activities, participation in community and belonging to society
- can categorize principles, goals and process of social rehabilitation
- are able to analyze concepts, orientations, methods and international models of social rehabilitation
- are capable to plan, to implement, to evaluate and to justify a rehabilitation process
- are able to apply justified and essential solutions to clients' needs and function capacity by using models and orientations of rehabilitation
- are able to explain from many perspectives the meaning of documentation in social rehabilitation process and apply principles of documentation
- are able to explain and evaluate their individual skills

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students
- have capacities to give reasons and to apply in wide range the psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in interactive situations of social rehabilitation
- can evaluate challenges, which different client groups may have connected to independent life, every day activities, participation in community and belonging to society
- can justify and combine, from multiple perspectives, the principles, the goals and the process of social rehabilitation
- are able to join, from several different perspectives, the concepts, the orientations, the methods and the international models of social rehabilitation
- are capable to plan, to implement, to evaluate and to justify a rehabilitation process
- are able to apply the most accessible solutions to practical situations from different models and orientations of rehabilitation
- are able to evaluate from many perspectives the meaning of documentation in social rehabilitation process and apply the most essential principles of documentation
- are able to analyze their individual skills from many perspectives
- are able to develop, to evaluate and to state their individual actions

Assessment methods and criteria

-Exam based on lectures and literature.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students
- are able to apply some elements of psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in interactive situations of social rehabilitation
- can describe challenges, which different client groups may have connected to independent life, every day activities, participation in community and belonging to society
- can explain principles, goals and process of social rehabilitation
- are able to interpret concepts, orientations, methods and international models of social rehabilitation
- are capable to plan, to implement and to evaluate rehabilitation process
- are able to apply social work and social guidance methods
- are able to explain the meaning of documentation in social rehabilitation process
- are able to recognize and evaluate their individual skills

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students
- have capacities to apply essential parts of psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in interactive situations of social rehabilitation
- can analyze needs, which different client groups may have connected to independent life, every day activities, participation in community and belonging to society
- can categorize principles, goals and process of social rehabilitation
- are able to analyze concepts, orientations, methods and international models of social rehabilitation
- are capable to plan, to implement, to evaluate and to justify a rehabilitation process
- are able to apply justified and essential solutions to clients' needs and function capacity by using models and orientations of rehabilitation
- are able to explain from many perspectives the meaning of documentation in social rehabilitation process and apply principles of documentation
- are able to explain and evaluate their individual skills

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The students
- have capacities to give reasons and to apply in wide range the psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in interactive situations of social rehabilitation
- can evaluate challenges, which different client groups may have connected to independent life, every day activities, participation in community and belonging to society
- can justify and combine, from multiple perspectives, the principles, the goals and the process of social rehabilitation
- are able to join, from several different perspectives, the concepts, the orientations, the methods and the international models of social rehabilitation
- are capable to plan, to implement, to evaluate and to justify a rehabilitation process
- are able to apply the most accessible solutions to practical situations from different models and orientations of rehabilitation
- are able to evaluate from many perspectives the meaning of documentation in social rehabilitation process and apply the most essential principles of documentation
- are able to analyze their individual skills from many perspectives
- are able to develop, to evaluate and to state their individual actions

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
- Family Counselling
- Social Counselling in Residential Care Units
- Social Counselling in Community Care
-Social Work in Multiprofessional Settings