Social Security in Welfare Society (5cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Content scheduling

Kurssi alkaa 10.4.2017 ja päättyy 19.5.2017.

Objective

Students learn to name important actors in the welfare society, which produce welfare, health and social support in health and social services, social security and in the related and cooperation fields. Students can define the key actors' contribution and responsibility for organising and providing support and help. Students learn to explain what kind of help and support clients can have in various life situations. They recognise models of cooperation between the actors. Students analyse the roles and effects of the actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Content

- social and health care services
- most essential social benefits
- employment services
- Digital- and population data service agency and legal aid office services
- models for cooperation between companies, public sector and civil society
- importance of companies, public sector and organizations as part of the welfare system

Materials

- Havakka, P., Niemelä, M. & Uusitalo, H. (toim.) 2012. Sosiaalivakuutus. Finva Finanssi- ja vakuutuskustannus.
- Haverinen, R., Kuronen, M. & Pösö, T. (toim.) 2014. Sosiaalihuollon tila ja tulevaisuus. Osuuskunta Vastapaino.
-Järjestöjen sosiaaliturvaopas 2017.
- Pentikäinen,T. & Rantala, J. 2013. Vakuutusoppi. Finanssi ja vakuutuskustannus Oy.
- Lisäksi suositellaan perehtymistä Kelan ja STM:n englanninkielisiin sosiaaliturvaesitteisiin sekä kulloinkin kyseessä olevien organisaatioiden Internet-sivustoihin.
- lisäksi mahdollinen muu opettajan osoittama ajankohtainen materiaali

Teaching methods

Opintojakson voi suorittaa joko monimuoto- tai verkko-opintoina.
*Monimuoto-opintototeutus sisältää kontaktiopetusta, työelämävierailuja ja verkko-opiskelua.
*Verkko-opintototeutus sisältää orientoinnin, verkko-opiskelua ja työelämävierailuja.

Completion alternatives

Ilmoittautumisten perusteella otetaan 10 opiskelijaa Toteutukseen 2, joka on verkkokurssi (sisältää kuitenkin pakollisen 4 tunnin orientoinnin lähiopetuksena myös).

Student workload

133 tuntia
1. Toteutus: Monimuoto-opetus
- mistä kontaktiopetusta 42t
- verkkotyöskentelyä itsenäisesti 65t
- työelämäkontakteja 26t
2. Toteutus: Verkko-opintototeutus
- orientointi 4h
- verkkotyöskentelyä itsenäisesti 113h
- työelämäkontakteja itsenäisesti 16h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to name services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can recognize the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can explain, what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can name cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to define the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to present services that produce welfare, health and social support from the perspective of each important actor. Students know how to explain the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define principles for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations. Students can present cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to evaluate the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to extensively present and justify forms of welfare, health and support from the perspective of each important actor. Students can analyse the meaning, roles, tasks, forms of help, extent and contents of the social insurance, social and health services and related fields. Students can define from several perspectives for what kind of support and help clients are allowed to receive in different life situations.Students can compare and justify cooperation forms between actors as an important part of a well-functioning welfare system and provision of social wellbeing and support. Students are able to analyse the importance of actors and benefits from the perspective of sustainable development.

Qualifications

The course is undertaken simultanously or after the course Introduction to Welfare Society.