•   Personal Professional Development for Bachelors of Social Services VAL24020-3002 01.01.2025-31.07.2025  5 credits +-
    Competence objectives of the study unit
    The student:

    - Has a solid self-awareness and awareness of one's own developmental potential and can identify individual needs for professional development.
    - Strengthen their professional role and promote a sustainable professional identity through critical self-reflection and ethical awareness based on personal life experiences, attitudes, and values.
    - Has knowledge of and understanding of interpersonal processes and the importance of one's own actions with people in vulnerable life situations.
    - Develop relationship competence and realize the importance of professional communication and an empathetic approach, as well as its impact on one's own mental health
    Prerequisites
    No prior knowledge needed
    Content of the study unit
    - Self-awareness and professional identity
    - Values and view of humanity
    - Relationship-based social work
    - Empathy and compassion fatigue
    - Communication and interaction
    Name of lecturer(s)

    Luisa Tast

    Learning material

    Further information on the course's Moodle page.

    Learning methods

    - Lectures
    - Exercises
    - Guest lecturer from the professional workfield
    - Independent work

    Objects, timing and methods of assessment

    - Mandatory attendance at on-campus sessions. Absence is compensated.
    - Active participation during on-campus sessions.
    - Portfolio focusing on self-reflection.

    Teaching language

    Swedish

    Timing

    01.01.2025 - 31.07.2025

    Enrollment date range

    02.12.2024 - 31.12.2024

    Responsible unit

    Faculty of Health and Welfare

    Teachers and responsibilities

    Luisa Tast

    Degree Programme(s)

    Degree Programme in Social Services

    RDI share

    0.00 credits

    Share of online studies

    0.00 credits

    Assessment scale

    Approved/Rejected

    Practical training and working life co-operation

    The course is conducted in collaboration with a guest lecturer from the professional workfield.

    Exam dates and retake possibilities

    Further information on the course's Moodle page.

    Timing and attendance

    Further information on Peppi and on the course's Moodle page.

    Student's schedule and workload

    The course consists of 5 cp, equivalent to 135 hours of work. Mandatory attendance at on-campus sessions. Absence is compensated

    Assessment criteria
    Approved / Failed

    Assessment scale: Pass/Fail

    To pass, the following criteria should be met:

    - The student demonstrates good self-awareness and awareness of their personal and professional development.
    - The student has an understanding of their future professional identity, shows ethical awareness, and can critically reflect, justify, and analyze based on their life experiences, attitudes, and values.
    - The student has good knowledge of the importance of interpersonal processes and understanding of professional communication.
    - The student has developed their relational competence and realized the importance of their own actions and an empathetic approach from a sustainability perspective.
    - The student has completed individual tasks and group exercises according to instructions and has shown commitment, participation, and openness during on-campus sessions.