Study Guide

Objective

Student
- is able to participate in societal influencing with clients and other collaboration partners
- is able to network and cooperate in multidisciplinary and multicultural settings
- understands cultural differences and is able to cooperate in multicultural settings
- is able to counsel groups professionally

Competence objectives of study unit
Students
- are able to network and cooperate in multidisciplinary and multicultural settings
- understand cultural differences and take them into account in client work
- are able to participate in international communication and interaction
- are able to support participation of citizens and to take part in societal influencing together with clients and other social partners.

Content

Content
- sociocultural work
- regional work
- networking
- gender sensitivity
- counselling of groups
- societal influencing
- immigrant work
- employment services

Materials

Exam:
Derald Wing Sue: Multicultural social work practice
https://ahmadrofai.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/multikulturderald-wing-sue-multicultural-social-work-practice.pdf
Online manual on the Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration, https://kotouttaminen.fi/en/online-manual-on-integration
Online Manual on Refugee Reception, https://kotouttaminen.fi/en/online-manual-on-refugee-reception
Key concepts, https://kotouttaminen.fi/en/key-concepts.
Lectures.

References in English for the group assignment:
Kivinen, Outi (eds.) 2014. Promoting Urban health. Experiences from developing Multiprofessional studies in Social and Health Care Education. Turku University of Applied Sciences. Available:
http://julkaisut.turkuamk.fi/isbn9789522165459.pdf.

Teaching methods

Group work; assignment, literature, lectures.

Exam schedules

6.4.2020 8.15-11.30 Group exam.
Eventual resit exam on official exam day (once a month).

International connections

Collaborative learning.

Student workload

Intructions for the group assignment "Community analysis" will be introduced on February 24th (10-16 o´clock).

Content scheduling

24.2.2020 10-14 Introduction. Community work. Community analysis Group work starts. SK,MLA
2.3.2020 10.00-16 Global megatrends. Cultural competences. Asylum process. SK
9.3.2020 10.00-11.30 Essi Katila Cultural sensitive methods in mental health work (in Finnish - simultaneous translation). 12.30-14 Gender-sensitive approach (Ave Valojää, Dialogika (in Finnish - simultaneous translation)..
16.3.2020 10-11.30 Active citizenship 12.30-14 Teachers meet online one member of each Community analysis group.
23.3.2020 10-11.30 Networks and networking OT. Skype/Zoom (the link will be sent you your TuAS e-mail) 12.30-14.00 Sociocultural animation. SK. Skype (the link will be sent you your TuAS e-mail)
30.3.2020 10-16 Presentation of Community analysis group work outcomes. Skype (the link will be sent you your TuAS e-mail) SK.
6.4.2020 8.15-9.15 Exam (on the Optima, you will find the link on the front page of the course). SK

Further information

Exam (2 credits)
Group assignment (2 credits)
Lectures (1 credit).

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

A student is unable to describe and define following concepts:
- cultural diversity and multicultural work
- comminuty work
- network
- sociocultural animation
- integration of immigrants.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

A student is able to describe and define following concepts:
cultural diversity and multicultural work
- comminuty work
- network
- sociocultural animation
- integration of immigrants.
She/ he understand active citizenship and promotion of participation as a part of competences of a bachelor of social services.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

A student knows following concepts and concepts related to them. She/ he is able to critical reflection of core concepts and her/his own experiences.
- cultural diversity and multicultural work (otherness and alterity, culturally biased .
- comminuty work
- network
- sociocultural animation
- integration of immigrants.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

A student knows following concepts and concepts related to them, and is able to apply them in different professional settings. She/ he is able to critical reflection of core concepts and her/his own experiences.
cultural diversity and multicultural work
- community work
- network
- sociocultural animation
- integration of immigrants.