Social and Health Care and Rehabilitation EnvironmentLaajuus (3 cr)

Objectives

The student
- knows the history, structure, principles, service deliveries and basic legislation of the social-, health- and rehabilitation systems
- knows in general the practices of the social and health care professions
- knows the actual challenges of the social-, health- and rehabilitation systems.

Content

- the ideology of welfare and its development
- guiding principles of the central legislation
- official control of the professions of social and health care
- public politics
- the structure and options of the service system (public, private and third sector)
- the basic concepts and questions of the economy
- the challenges of service integration, ageing, client-focus, technology, digitalisation, medicalisation, multi-culturalism and economics

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student
- is able to name the concepts of the social, health and rehabilitation service system and is able to describe the main principles of the system.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student
- is able to name the concepts of the social health and rehabilitation service system and is able to describe the main principles of the system.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
- is able to describe and specify the suitability and manner of organisation of the social, health and rehabilitation service system in accordance with the individual needs of the client.