Study Guide

Objective

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

Content

- Self-awareness and professional identity
- Values and view of humanity
- Relationship-based social work
- Empathy and compassion fatigue
- Communication and interaction

Location and time

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

Materials

Further information on the course's Moodle page.

Teaching methods

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

Employer connections

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

Exam schedules

Further information on the course's Moodle page.

Student 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.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment methods and criteria

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

Qualifications

No prior knowledge needed