Social and Health Care Services in FinlandLaajuus (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

Prerequisites

none

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student has sufficiently achieved the knowledge and skills objectives set for the course. They can name the concepts of the social and health service system and the operating environment of rehabilitation and can describe the basic principles of the system.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student has well achieved the knowledge and skills set for the course and is able to distinguish between the organization and responsibilities of the services provided by the social and health service system and the rehabilitation environment from the point of view of the organizations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has excelled in the knowledge and skills set for the course and is able to describe and analyze the suitability of the social and health service system and the rehabilitation environment in accordance with the client's individual needs.