Practical Training: Methods of Empowerment in Social Work (10 op)

Arviointiasteikko

1-5

Tavoitteet

Students have gained experience of client-centred action designed to promote client engagement. Students have learnt to examine clients' needs and position and clientship from the perspectives of social structures and processes. They are able to recognise practices, frinze areas and dead zones in the services and systems, which impair clients' position and engagement. Students are able to implement a variety of empowering activities which promote client engagement, using psychosocial, activity-based, creative, community-based, structural and empowering methods. Students know how to select methods that best suit the clients' or groups' needs, situation and resources. When planning activities, students take into account the boundary conditions and resources of the organization. Students have gained experience of planning, implementing and evaluating a process to promote client engagement and empowerment in a social work setting or in a project context. Students know how to acquire and produce information. They evaluate their action, professional development needs and career planning.

Sisältö

- client-centred action to promote client engagement
- assessing the client's position and clientship from a structural and empowering perspective
- planning, implementation and evaluation of a process designed to promote client engagement and empowerment
- evaluation and development of one's action

Opetusmenetelmät

Orientaatio, harjoittelu, kirjalliset tehtävät, ohjaustapaaminen, posteriseminaari

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

Harjoittelu 7 vkoa

Kansainvälisyys

Harjoittelun voi tehdä myös englanninkielellä

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Harjoitteluaika on 260 tuntia.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

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Arviointikriteeri, hyväksytty/hylätty

Pass:
Students have gained experience of client-centered action designed to promote client engagement. Students have learnt to examine clients' needs and position and clientship from the perspectives of social structures and processes. They are able to recognise practices, unconventional areas and dead zones in the services and systems, which impair clients' position and engagement. Students are able to implement a variety of empowering activities which promote client engagement, using psychosocial, activity-based, creative, community-based, structural and empowering methods. Students know how to select methods that best suit the clients' or groups' needs, situation and resources. When planning activities, students take into account the boundary conditions and resources of the organization. Students have gained experience of planning, implementing and evaluating a process to promote client engagement and empowerment in a social work setting or in a project context. Students know how to acquire and produce information. They evaluate their action, professional development needs and career planning.

Esitietovaatimukset

one of the courses included in the module Empowerment Competence

Lisätiedot

Edeltävä osaaminen
Opiskelijalla tulle olla suoritettuna yksi vaihtoehtoisista opintojaksoista: Valtaistava sosiaalityö, Rakenteellinen sosiaalityö, Yhteisöihin suuntautuva sosiaalityö, Empowering social work, Viestintä ja media sosiaalialan työssä tai Communication and Media in Social Work.