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Active Participation (5 cr)

Code: 7081169-3013

General information


Enrollment

01.06.2021 - 24.09.2021

Timing

24.09.2021 - 29.10.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Maija-Liisa Aronpää
  • Tiina Laakso

Teacher in charge

Tiina Laakso

Groups

  • PSOSTS19
  • MSOSTK19
  • MSOSSS19
  • PSOSTK19

Objective

Student
- understands the special issues in multicultural client work and is able to encourage the client’s
participation in multicultural counselling work.
- knows how to support the citizens’ participation and is able to participate in influencing in cooperation with the clients and other parties
in cooperation with the clients and other parties.

Content

Content
- multicultural counselling
- group counselling methods
- work methods supporting the client’s participation

Materials

Jelli - Välineitä järjestötyöhön https://www.jelli.fi/jarjestotoiminta/
Korhonen, V.; Puukari, P. 2017. Monikulttuurinen ohjaus- ja neuvontatyö. Jyväskylä: PS-kustannus.
Laitinen, Nikkala (toim.) 2013.Asiakkaat toimijoina sosiaalityössä. Tampere: Vastapaino. Saatavana verkkokirjana kirjaston kokoelmassa (ellibs).
Nummi, P. 2007.Fasilitaattorin käsikirja. Helsinki: Edita.
Pohjola, A; Kairala, M.; Niskala, A. &,Lyly, H. (toim.) 2017 Asiakkaasta kehittäjäksi ja vaikut-tajaksi : Asiakkaan osallisuuden muutos sosiaali- ja terveyspalveluissa. Tampere: Vastapaino.
Schön, U-K 2015: User Involvement in Social Work and Education-A Matter of Participation? Link to the article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278044245_User_Involvement_in_Social_Work_and_Education-A_Matter_of_Participation
Törrönen, M et al. 2013: Empowering social work: research and practise. Part I and II .Link: https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/41105/empowering_social_work.pdf

Yhteiskehittäminen aikuissosiaalityössä materiaali (Pro sos) http://www.prosos.fi/yhteiskehittaminen-on-osallisuutta.

Teaching methods

Contact learning virtually
Group work
Presentation of the assignments

Notice: If its not possible to find any possibilities to work with some group physically, it is also possible to guide virtual group. Try to find multicultural possibilities, if possible.

International connections

Contact and distance learning, project learning

Content scheduling

Virtual contact learning on Fridays. Learning assignment with multicultural clients, which is done in small groups.

24.9..2021 9-13 Orientation of the study course and assignment. Formulating study groups.https://turkuamk.zoom.us/j/876199771
13-16 working in small groups, get to know each others and planning the task
1.10.2021 9-11.30 Methods supporting participation with groups. https://turkuamk.zoom.us/j/64428383748
12.15-15 Groups present their plans.
8.10.2021 9-11.30 Co-development in work with adults. TL
https://turkuamk.zoom.us/j/8761997719 12.15-16 group work
15.10.2021 8.15-11.30 Guiding multicultural groups.Independent learning in small groups.
22.10.2021 8.15-11.30 Presentations of learning assignments in two groups.
Groups 1-7/TL https://turkuamk.zoom.us/j/8761997719, groups 8-13 M-LA https://turkuamk.zoom.us/j/68195996506?from=addon
29.10.2021 8-16 Group work, writing reports. Peer groups 9-10.

Reports will be returned on 29.10.2021. Another possibility to get them ready is 3.12.2021.

Evaluation scale

H-5