Community-Oriented Social Work (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student is able to define the concepts of agency, inclusion, empowerment and empowerment as well as social capital and their significance from the perspectives of citizens' well-being, functioning of society and ecosocial sustainability. He / she is able to define the operating principles of community social work in communities and the theory of critical pedagogy and social pedagogical activation and inspiration. The student is able to define and compare the methods used in community social work and is able to justify their use in social work environments. The student is able to define and evaluate the needs of community activation and the resources of communities. He / she is able to initiate, implement and evaluate professional activities that support community and the empowerment of citizens, applying the methods of community social work.

Content

- the concepts of community, agency, inclusion and social capital
- community social work, social pedagogical activation
- an empowering and empowering perspective
- Ecosocial social work
- critical pedagogy
- community activation, deliberative methods
- initiating, implementing and evaluating community action

Materials

Sosiaalipedagogiikka (2019). Kohti inhimillisempää yhteiskuntaa. Nivala, Elina & Sanna Ryynänen (toim.). Gaudeamus. OR NEW 2023.
Yhteisöt ja sosiaalityö - Kansalaisen vai asiakkaan asialla? (2016). Roivainen, Nylund, Korkiamäki & Raitakari (toim.) PS-kustannus.
Väyrynen, Kostamo-Pääkkö, Ojaniemi& Arnkil (2017): Sosiaalityön yhteisöllisyyttä etsimässä. Unipress. 3. painos
Kananoja, Aulikki (2017). Kansalaistoiminta osana sosiaalipolitiikkaa. Teoksessa: Sosiaalityön käsikirja. Kananoja, Lähteinen & Marjamäki (toim.). Tietosanoma. Helsinki. (Luku 5).
In addition, other material reported by the teacher.

Teaching methods

Contact Teaching
The course uses the Moodle platform for learning tasks. The course includes small group tasks, lectures, communal class presentations, visits when possible, a theory-related task, and an applied task related to the overall course content.

Employer connections

Does not include training.
Study visit, if it is possible.

Exam schedules

It will be announced at the beginning of the study period.

Completion alternatives

The course can be completed by studyfication or in the Living Lab.

Student workload

108 hours, included lectures, study visit, working online, task and an assignment at the end of course.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students
The student is able to recognize the role of citizens' empowerment, inclusion, empowerment and empowerment, as well as the importance of social capital in the well-being of citizens, the functioning of society and ecosocial sustainability. He / she is able to name the operating principles of community social work and the theory of critical pedagogy and social pedagogical activation and inspiration. The student is able to identify the needs of community activation and the resources of communities. The student is able to construct and evaluate the process of community action using the methods of community social work. He / she is able to identify the methods of community social work and the offices that apply them in their activities.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students
The student is able to evaluate the importance of citizens' empowerment, inclusion, empowerment and empowerment as well as social capital in the well-being of citizens, the functioning of society and ecosocial sustainability. He / she is able to explain the operating principles of community social work and theories of critical pedagogy and social pedagogical activation and inspiration. The student is able to evaluate the needs of community activation and the resources of communities. The student is able to construct and evaluate the process of community action by applying the methods of community social work. He / she is able to choose the methods used in community social work according to the needs of the community. The student knows the offices that apply the methods of community social work in their activities.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students
The student is able to analyze the importance of citizens' empowerment, inclusion, empowerment and empowerment as well as social capital in the well-being of citizens, the functioning of society and ecosocial sustainability. He / she is able to compare the operating principles of community social work and explain the theories of critical pedagogy and social pedagogical activation and inspiration. The student is able to evaluate and analyze the needs of community activation and the resources of communities. The student is able to construct and analyze the process of community action by applying the methods of community social work in a variety of ways. He / she is able to critically evaluate the methods used in community social work and their needs, and knows the offices that apply them in their activities.

Qualifications

most part of the basic studies of the degree programme