Child Welfare and Child Welfare MethodsLaajuus (3 cr)

Objectives

Students
- are able to define the values and ethical principles of child welfare and its significance on an individual, communal and societal level
- are able to explain the essential contents of legislation on child welfare and family work
- are able to describe the different stages of client process in child welfare, the forms of organizing child welfare, and the role of Bachelor of Social Services in them

Content

- Global declarations and ethical principles, the interests and social participation of children, family-oriented approach, the past, present and future of child welfare
- Key legislation on child welfare, services and benefits
- Preventive child welfare, child and family-based child welfare – preventive work, clients in child protection services, forms of support in non-institutional services, family foster care, institutional care, and aftercare