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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Social Services (3 cr)

Code: SOSATK30-3013

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2022 - 14.04.2022

Timing

06.06.2022 - 28.08.2022

Credits

3 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

3 op

RD proportion (cr)

2 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Social Services

Teachers

  • Aino Alaverdyan

Objective

Students have adopted a reflective, research and development-minded approach to work. They have research and development competence pertaining to evaluating the effectiveness of services and processes. Students know methods of evaluating effectiveness. They are able to explain what evaluating the effectiveness of services and processes means. Students are able to plan, implement and evaluate development processes targeted at evaluating effectiveness. Based on the results of the evaluation, they are capable of developing the services and processes (proactive and sustainable way). Students know how to report on the results of the work. They are able to evaluate and report on development projects in the social field.

Content

- defining the evaluation of effectiveness
- the process of evaluating effectiveness
- developing services and processes based on the results
- dissemination of the results
- evaluation of the project and report

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students
- have ability to recognize reflective, research- and development-minded work orientation
- have capacities to describe and define the basic idea of effectiveness evaluation
- are able to recognize the ways how effectiveness evaluation can be used
- have ability to describe different reporting methods and information channels

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students
- have competences to apply reflective, research- and development-minded work orientation
- have capacities to compare different applications and uses of evaluation of effectness in service development
- have ability to make use of different reporting and informing concepts to different actors

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students
- have competences to apply reflective, research- and development-minded work orientation
- have capacities to critically compare different applications of evaluation of effectness and analyze their usefulness in service development
- have ability to report and inform about results of development to different actors

Further information

Students choose between this and the following courses:
- Service User Involvement
- Foresight-Based Development