Promotion of Social Inclusion in Child Protection and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Work (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The course will be held weeks 36-43 in Salo campus on thursday. Take your laptop with you since it is needed for classwork.
The course will follow a structure such as: to every class there is a preassignment. The assignment needs to be submitted the day before the class to the returnbox in the itslearning base. The preassignments are individual work and everyone submits their personal answer.
Contact teacher: Susanna Virta
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4.9 Preassignment
11.9 at 9.00 - 15.00 Introduction to the course / Niina
18.9 independent task 1 / independent task 2/ mental health problems and services/ Susanna
25.9 at 9.30 - 15.00 mental health problems and services, teaching in campus / Susanna
2.10 independent task Addictions and service system/ Susanna
16.10 child protection system, independent task / Niina
22.10.at 9.30 - 15.00 Addiction teaching in campus Salo / Susanna
23.10 at 9.30 - 15.00 child protection system, teaching in campus / Niina
30.10 at 9.00 - 10.00 exam in Itslearning / Niina. You can do the exam at home

Objective

· you are familiar with the values that guide child protection and mental health and substance abuse social work
· you are familiar with factors that support children’s, young people’s and adults’ mental health, and you are able to identify risks related to them
· you are familiar with the Child Welfare Act
· you are able to address and discuss questions related to mental health, substance abuse and child protection needs
· you know how to work with child protection, mental health and substance abuse clients, to guide those who need support to services and to identify the need for urgent help

Content

· ethical and non-stigmatising working methods that support clients’ well-being in child protection and mental health and substance abuse social work
· the most common mental health and substance abuse problems, addiction behaviour and the factors that cause the need for child protection
· addressing and discussing concerns and evaluating the situation
· the child protection process, the services for children, young people and families, and the child’s best interests as a primary consideration
· the mental health and substance abuse service system

Materials

Exam:
-Child welfare Act
-Social welfare Act § 14-29, § 34-39. This material is included in the course material
-Course materialhttps://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-disorders
-Crapanzo. K. et al. (2019) “The association between perceived stigma and substance use disorder treatment outcomes a review”.

Teaching methods

- Individual preassignments
- teamwork
-lectures

Exam schedules

The exam will be taken place 30.10.24 9-10 in Itslearnig.
The exam will be in english. You have 40 minutes to complete the test.

There is two other changes to pass the exam. The dates are 13.11.2024 and 4.12.2024. from 19-20.

International connections

- yhteistoiminnallinen oppiminen
- käänteinen pedagogiikka

Student workload

-Lectures 1 credit
-Exam 1 credit
- Individual assignments 3 credits