Study Guide

Objective

• you familiarise yourself, under guidance, with the work of social services professionals and client work methods
• you recognise the meaning of different life phases and know how to support clients in their everyday lives
• you understand the different phases of the client process and know how to counsel clients in a goal-oriented and ethical way
• you gain experience of working in multi-professional teams
• you know the basic task of your training position
• you are able to follow the principles of social sustainability and evaluate their fulfilment
• you are able to apply theoretical social and education service knowledge to client work and your own actions

Content

• a practical training period in a social and health service, education, youth work or immigrant work unit, for example (in the public, private or third sector)
• dialogical interaction with and counselling clients
• setting your own learning objectives, working on your training assignments and reflecting on your learning
• familiarising yourself with the operating environment of the training unit and placing it within the service system
• reflecting on whether the principles of professional ethics are fulfilled

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Qualifications

The internships are completed in order: When you have completed Project internship in customer work, you can start Customer work internship.