Social Counselling in Residential Care Units (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students learn to apply the psychosocial approach and professional interaction in counselling in resential care units. Students recognize clients' challenges of managing daily activities, leading an independent life and achieving a home-like environment in temporary or permanent residential care (child or youth welfare services, services for mentally disabled people, aged people and for people with mental health problems or drug misuse problems). Students learn to define factors pertaining to clients' privacy and self-determination as well as to restrictive interventions, and they learn to promote their clients' individuality, full participation and citizenship. Students learn to explain the role of personal key workers and the councelling work methods used by personal key workers in various communities. Students learn to organise activities in a community, activiting and counselling residents to participate as far as their resources will allow. Students promote the integration of residential care communities into society. They make it possible, for example, for the clients to have cultural experiences or to enjoy nature, taking into account the principles of sustainable development. Students evaluate and develop their action.

Content

- social councelling and councelling orientations in residential care units
- residential care units: facilities, environment, nutrition, daily programme, care, nursing and rehabilitation
- the sense of community in residential care units
- the role and work methods of personal key workers
- self-determination and privacy
- restrictive interventions
- contact to the surrounding society
- culture, nature, green care
- evaluation and development of one's action

Materials

- Peavy, V. R. 2006. Sosiodynaamisen ohjauksen opas. Psykologien Kustannus Oy
- Saatamoinen, K. 2010. Lapsen asema sijaishuollossa. Käsikirja arjen toimintaan. Edita Publishing Oy.
- Sosiaaliohjaus – lähtökohtia ja käytäntöjä 2016. Helminen, J. (Toim.) Edita
- Asiakastyön menetelmiä Sosiaalialalla. 2015. Näkki, P. & Sayed, T. (toim.). Edita
- teachers material

Teaching methods

There are two possibilities to study the course:
- Individual and group work, including contact lessons, case examples, learning assigmnets and field visits. Participation in the professional field placements.
- Studyfying is possibly

Employer connections

The course does not include practice but it includes assignments

Completion alternatives

There are two possibilities to study the course:
- Individual and group work, including contact lessons, case examples, learning assigmnets and field visits. Participation in the professional field placements.
- Studyfying is possibly

Student workload

106 hours, of which
- lectures 30 hours
- excercises 24 hours
- independent study 52 hours

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students
- have abilities to partly apply psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in residential care units.
- are able to recognize challenges of managing daily activities, independent life and home-like environment which different client groups might have in residential care
- know how to define factors pertaining to client?s privacy, self-determination and restrictive interventions
- can explain the role of personal key worker and differentiate counselling methods used in different residential communities
- have capacities to apply counselling methods while encouraging clients to participate to common activities and building community-spirit as far as their resources will allow
- can categorize promoting and restraining factors, which influence in integration to the society
- are able to construct a goal-oriented counselling process, which promotes integration
- are able to recognize their skills in professional interaction and psychosocial supervision

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students
- have abilities to essentially apply psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in residential care units.
- are able to compare and analyze challenges of managing daily activities, independent life and home-like environment which different client groups might have in residential care
- know how to categorize factors pertaining to client?s privacy, self-determination and restrictive interventions
- can evaluate the role of personal key worker and analyze counselling methods used in different residential communities
- have capacities to give good reasons for essential counselling methods while encouraging clients to participate to common activities and building community-spirit as far as their resources will allow
- can explain promoting and restraining factors, which influence in integration to the society
- are able to construct a justified goal-oriented counselling process, which promotes integration
- are able to analyze their skills in professional interaction and psychosocial supervision

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students
- have abilities to justify and apply psychosocial orientation and professional interaction in residential care units multi-dimensionally
- are able in varied ways to compare and evaluate challenges of managing daily activities, independent life and home-like environment which different client groups might have in residential care
- know how to explain factors pertaining to client?s privacy, self-determination and restrictive interventions
- can evaluate the role of personal key worker and differentiate counselling methods used in different residential communities
- have capacities to apply by reasoning in diverse ways, how to use counselling methods while encouraging clients to participate to common activities and building community-spirit as far as their resources will allow
- can compare and analyze promoting and restraining factors, which influence in integration to the society
- are able to construct a justified counselling process, which promotes integration
- are able to broadly analyze their individual skills in professional interaction and psychosocial supervision

Qualifications

most part of the module Knowledge Base in Social Work

Further information

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