Practical Training: Management and Development of Gerontological Work (12cr)
Code: GERAJO310-3008
General information
- Enrollment
- 22.04.2025 - 07.09.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.12.2025 - 31.07.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 12 cr
- Local portion
- 12 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Social Services and Elderly Care
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 12 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology
- Teachers
- Hanna Mähönen
- Virve Rinne
- Groups
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MGERO23Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology,Multimodal implementation
- Course
- GERAJO310
Evaluation scale
Passed/failed
Objective
Students are familiar with management and the role of a manager/immediate supervisor in elderly service organizations. Students know how to apply theoretical knowledge in management of elderly care. They familiarise themselves with funding systems and legislation. Students know how to analyse their development options and preparedness to work in management and development of quality with profit responsibility.
Content
Practical training in service provision systems in elderly care or in disability services, with special focus on management, financial issues, development, quality and evaluation in the placement. Development projects in services for the older adults or disablity services will be appropriate.
Materials
Literature chosen by the student. Materia from theory lectures.
Teaching methods
Orientation 2x, practical training, learningcontract, practice assignment practice seminar.
Student workload
318 hours
1. orientation week 49
2. orientation week 6
practice week 12-19
practice seminar week 20
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
x
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Students have competences to apply theoretical knowledge in practical training. Students have good command over important areas of elderly care management, which they reflect on in their assignments. They identify capacities of critical thinking, are able to name development needs and their alternative solutions. They identify and bring up development challenges in their own action but also in the organization.
Fail: Students are not able to combine theoretical knowledge with practical situations. Students have no competences to use the key concepts of management and development. They don't recognize development needs of a service organization or they can't find solutions required in development. They are not able to recognize development needs in their own action.
Qualifications
Most part of the basic and professional studies.