Participation in Client Work (10cr)

Objective

The student masters
• the theoretical basis of of participation and communality among citizens
• the use and benefit of citizen initiated participative methods among the work with different groups
• the analyze and application of theory in client work in a social work context when producing services from individual level to structural work
• planning and organizing ecological sustained client and communal projects
• theoretical framework of ecosocial and sociocultural point of view

Content

Common themes for all students (3 cr.)are:
• Social wellbeing and welfare,
• Eco social work and supporting the participation among young people
•Sustainable development and Green Care
• theories of participation
• the services supporting participation,
• socio-cultural animation

Optional themes, according to the students personal study plan, are participation in
- early childhood education
- special education and support
- child wellfare
- family work
- youth work
- work with seniors and elders
- multicultural work
- substance abbuse and probation work
- mental health work

Qualifications

The student is able to assess the clients’ strengths and needs for social services in different operational environments. S/he knows and is able to apply the principles and methods of social services in client work. Her/his actions are ethical and sustainable.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to

K5
• explain and analyze the concepts of communality, participation and structural social work in factual connections and their relations to each other
• apply the essential facts of theory to the client work and can implement theory to the everyday situations
• assess and evaluate the basics of theoretical orientations in different client work situations
• promote and develop participative methods initiated by citizens and compare as well as apply them to the different situations in client work
• interpret and draw conclusions based on theory as well as promote methods in contribution of participation

H4
• explain the concepts of communality, participation and structural social work in factual connections and their relations to each other
• analyze the essential facts of theory to the client work and can implement theory to the everyday situations
• describe the basics of theoretical orientations in different client work situations
• plan participative methods initiated by citizens and compare as well as apply them to the different situations in client work
• draw conclusions based on theory as well as promote methods in contribution of participation

H3
• describe the concepts of communality, participation and structural social work in factual connections and their relations to each other
• explain the essential facts of theory to the client work and can implement theory to the everyday situations
• name the basics of theoretical orientations in different client work situations
• build up some ideas of participative methods initiated by citizens and compare as well as apply them to the different situations in client work
• describe different methods based on theory in contribution of participation

T2
• knows the concepts of communality, participation and structural social work in factual connections
• recognize some the essential facts of theory to the client work and can implement theory to the everyday situations
• name some theoretical orientation used in different client work situations
• knows some ideas of participative methods initiated by citizens and can compare them in different situations at client work
• name methods based on theory in contribution of participation

T1
• recognize the concepts of communality, participation and structural social work
• recognize some of the essential facts of theory to the client work
• name one theoretical orientation used in different client work situations
• describe the idea of participative methods initiated by citizens
• name one method based on theory in contribution of participation