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Child Protection, Youth Welfare and Family Work (5 cr)

Code: SO22SAI2-3002

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2024 - 10.01.2025

Timing

10.01.2025 - 07.03.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Lilian Nordell

Teacher in charge

Lilian Nordell

Groups

  • USO23D-Å
    Socionom (YH), h23, dagstudier, Åbo

Objective

The student:
- is able to identify risks and resources in the lives of vulnerable children, young people and families.
- has knowledge about legislation and service within child protection.
- is able to apply resource promoting methods and embodies a child-centered working method.
- is able to work systemically and interprofessionally within various child protection service types.

Content

- the risk perspective, family violence, child abuse, neglect, parental deficiencies
- the resource-enhancing perspective, protective factors, resilience
- the Child Protection Act and the client process
- the child protection service system
- systemic working method
- open care and methods of child protection, family work
- family care and institutional care structure and methods
- after-care in child care
- to encounter the child as a client, child roles, conversation methodology
- parental support
- documentation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

None