Citizens, Clients and Socially Excluded (5cr)

Objective

Students can explain and evaluate how citizens’ life situations and the social policy system are connected and how they can produce welfare or social exclusion. Students are able to critically reflect on the client’s position in social services and evaluate meanings attached to naming clients.

Content

Life stages and life situations of individuals and what kinds of role social policies have in them. The control side of social policies and what kinds of responsibilities and requirements are given to clients who are named in different ways.

Materials

Is introduced during the course.

Teaching methods

The course material consist of lectures and literature. These and the task(s) that the passing of the course requires are explained when the course begins.

Employer connections

Possibly visiting lecturers and working life oriented tasks.

International connections

Textual and visual material or visiting lecturers in other than Finnish language are possible.

Student workload

5 ECTS equals to approximately 135 hours of work for student.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students can describe connections between citizens and social policy systems and the client’s position in social services

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students can describe connections between citizens and social policy systems and evaluate how different names attached to clients affect their clientship and the provision of services.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students can analytically and critically describe connections between citizens and social policy systems and analytically evaluate how different names attached to clients affect their clientship and the provision of services.

Qualifications

No previous studies required.