Study Guide

Objective

Student
- understands the concept of family work and different implementation methods
- learns a systematic working approach in child welfare work

Content

Content
- evaluation of parenthood: interaction, flow of everyday life, safe growth conditions
- systematic working approach; family systems, multifunctional team structure, multiprofessional division of work
- support of placed children’s parents and peer group function
- social worker as a responsible worker
- family work in community and foster care

Content scheduling

Schedule:
18.10 13.00 - 14.00 introduction to course teacher Susanna Virta

18.10 - 25.10 Child welfare act and process in Finland. Meeting with teacher Niina Vuoristo in 25th october at 13. - 14.00 on Zoom.
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25.10 - 1.11.10 Child welfare act and process in Finland. Assignment, team work. No meeting with teacher / Niina Vuoristo
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1.11 - 8.11 Working with families in open care. Meeting with teacher Susanna Virta in 8 th november at 13-14 on Zoom
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8.11. - 15.11 Working with families / 15.11. Noora Kumpulainen 13.00-14.00 on Zoom

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15.11.- 22.11. Working with families in substitute care / 22.11 Meeting with teacher Laura Närvi 13-14 on Zoom
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29.11. Return of Learning Diary

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments, teamwork and meetings with teacher 2 ect
Learning diary 3 ect