Client-Oriented Social and Health ServicesLaajuus (5 cr)
Code: TH00CD66
Credits
5 op
Objective
The student is able
- to describe current challenges of population’s health and well-being as well as factors affecting them
- to describe the indicators of health and well-being as well as the meaning of knowledge when identifying and organizing services
- to describe social and health services organization and legislation
- to describe social security system, especially in the perspective of working ability, functional capacity and rehabilitation
- to search for information and to guide clients in different life situations to social and health services
- to recognize the meaning of multiprofessionality in the perspective of service needs
Content
1. The status of the population’s health and well-being
- current challenges and factors affecting them
- promotion of health and functional ability, prevention of illnesses and accidents
- registers and statistics
2. Social and health services
- social and health care organization and development of it, funding, responsibilities, control/monitoring and client’s and patient’s rights
- social and health services
- rehabilitation and rehabilitation services
- income security
3. Guidance of clients
- searching information about social and health services and benefits
- applying information when guiding clients in different life situations
Qualifications
This course is aimed primarily at exchange students who study social services. If there is room for other students, the degree students of social services are the next who will be accepted for the course.
Enrollment
11.12.2021 - 14.02.2022
Timing
10.01.2022 - 15.06.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
10 - 19
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Niina Vuoristo
- Susanna Virta
- Maika Kummel
Objective
The student is able
- to describe current challenges of population’s health and well-being as well as factors affecting them
- to describe the indicators of health and well-being as well as the meaning of knowledge when identifying and organizing services
- to describe social and health services organization and legislation
- to describe social security system, especially in the perspective of working ability, functional capacity and rehabilitation
- to search for information and to guide clients in different life situations to social and health services
- to recognize the meaning of multiprofessionality in the perspective of service needs
Content
1. The status of the population’s health and well-being
- current challenges and factors affecting them
- promotion of health and functional ability, prevention of illnesses and accidents
- registers and statistics
2. Social and health services
- social and health care organization and development of it, funding, responsibilities, control/monitoring and client’s and patient’s rights
- social and health services
- rehabilitation and rehabilitation services
- income security
3. Guidance of clients
- searching information about social and health services and benefits
- applying information when guiding clients in different life situations
Materials
The learning material is found from the itslearning-studybase where the course is executed individually.
Completion alternatives
Students do the assignments in itslearning-base individually in the timeframe given for the course.
Student workload
5 credit = 125 hours work
Content scheduling
This course is aimed primarily at exchange students who study social services. If there is room for other students, the degree students of social services are the next who will be accepted for the course.
Student is working independently starting in Theme 1 and then themes in order. Introductions will open in 7th february 2022 at 8 am. Last date for returning tasks is 16 may 2022 at 23.59 pm. Tasks returned later will not be evaluated, student will sign in this course in autumn 2022.
Students complete 8-10 tasks /assignments. The tasks will be either accepted or failed, in which case they need to be corrected. All the tasks need to be accepted to be able to finish this course.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment methods and criteria
All the tasks has to be answered. When you receive the right answer, comment and reflect your own answer regarding to the given right answer. Return all the tasks either by 16th march, 20th april or 16th may. Teachers will evaluate tasks and write down the grade in Peppi after 30rd march, 4th may or 30rd may 2022.
Qualifications
This course is aimed primarily at exchange students who study social services. If there is room for other students, the degree students of social services are the next who will be accepted for the course.