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Social and Health Care Services in Finland (3 cr)

Code: 7F00EX90-3006

General information


Enrolment period

16.05.2022 - 30.08.2022

Timing

30.08.2022 - 13.10.2022

Credits

3 op

Virtual portion

1 op

RDI portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Online learning

Unit

Social Services

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

75 - 90

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Jussi Kemmo

Person in charge

Jussi Kemmo

Groups

  • 21SO

Objectives (course unit)

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 (course unit)

- 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 (course unit)

none

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

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) (course unit)

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) (course unit)

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.

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Englanniksi
The student hasn't sufficiently achieved the knowledge and skills objectives set for the course. Student can't name the concepts of the social and health service system or the operating environment of rehabilitation and can't describe the basic principles of the system. The student hasn't passed all the assignment's required in the course.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Englanniksi
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) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Englanniksi
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) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Englanniksi
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.