Client Work Training (10 cr)
Code: TH00CO42-3004
General information
Enrollment
02.07.2024 - 31.07.2024
Timing
01.08.2024 - 31.07.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
90 % Contact teaching, 10 % Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Katri Viippo
- Tiina Laakso
Groups
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PSOSLS24E
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 client
• 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 client work, you can start Client work internship.