Production of Social and Education Services and Entrepreneurship (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Learning events on weeks 43-50

21.10.25 on 9.30 - 12.30 AM Startup and introduction for the study unit / AL, ML
28.10.25 on 9.30 - 12.30 AM Organization and production of social and education services / ML
4.11.25 on 9.30 - 12.30 AM Standards and monitoring of the social and education services. Group learning task, check. / AL
11.11.24 on 9.30 - 12.30 AM Entrepreneurship / ML
25.11.25 on 9.30 - 11.30 AM Exam
9.12.25 on 9.30 - 12.30 AM Presentations for the group learning tasks and feedback for the exam / AL, ML

Objective

• you are familiar with the responsibility of society in promoting citizens’ well-being, and organising social and early childhood education services
• you know how public and private services are produced and developed
• you have an understanding of quality control in social welfare and early childhood education
• you have an overall idea of the significance of entrepreneurship in social and education services

Content

• the organisation of public services and different ways of producing them
• the operational and financial planning of public and private services
• the basics of quality control in social and early childhood education services
• social service professionals as entrepreneurs in social and early childhood education services

Materials

The Act on Organising Health Care and Social Welfare Services (612/2021)
Social Welfare Act (1301/2014)
The Act on Surveillance of Social and Health Care Services (741/2023)
https://valvira.fi. National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health.

Teaching methods

Conversational lectures
Group assignment
Exam

Exam schedules

Exam 29.11. 9.00 - 12.00

Student workload

Lectures 1 cr (minimum 50 percent attendance required)
Group assignment 1 cr (disapprov./approv.)
Exam 3 cr (dissapprov./S1-C5)