Child and Family Oriented Work (10 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Learning Outcomes:
1. Supporting the child, adolescent and family - is involved in child-centered work, with a central understanding of the child and adolescent's growth and development, the rights of the child and the need for protection - identify challenges and opportunities related to age and different life-cycle transitions - is able to take into account the different cultural backgrounds of the child, adolescent and family - to identify and to broach issues of concern - is able to work constructively with carers of children and young people
2. Work orientations and methods - is able to utilize therapeutic and pedagogical work orientation in everyday life and develop appropriate practices to support the growth of children and adolescents - is aware of the potential for child-centered relationship-based work and the empowerment of children and adolescents - is able to deal with challenging educational situations using positive and appreciative pedagogy - Able to support family activity in family work and understand child-centered protection as the core of family work and parenting support - can take into account the different traumatic backgrounds of children / adolescents in their work - can structure the principles of early support and analyze how they are applied when working with children and families - Phenomena and special issues - identify risks related to child abuse and neglect, domestic violence - can apply research data related to specific issues
3. Family service systems and multi-professional networking - recognizing the responsibilities and opportunities of the kindergarten and school as both preventive and supportive to the protection of children; - knows the system of early support, the central service system for children, young people and family with special needs and is able to guide the client to the services - can guide and support children and families in the support they need in everyday situations - knows and knows the principles of the family center business model

Content (course unit)

- preventive and early support
- Positive and respectful pedagogy
- development challenges and transitions at different stages of life
- cooperation with guardians
- growing and immediate environment (nursery, early childhood education and school), meeting places, family centers, family services
- the best interests of the child, the individuality, participation and expertise of the child and the family
- multifunctionality, Build trust - protect your child online course ?, networking, service management
- children's rights agreement, social welfare law, documentation, confidentiality, disclosure of information

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

-Can identify and define phenomena related to the field and basic concepts and theory.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

- To structure relationships between phenomena and concepts in the field. Can apply concepts and theory in a structured way. Is able to justify one's own views and is able to apply theoretical knowledge to practice. Relation to knowledge: self-contained, problematizing.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Understand wide-ranging entities and the relationships between them. Analyze theory and practice and the relationships between phenomena. Combines pedagogical competence with professional context. Creative, developing, innovative and / or personal touch. Relation to knowledge: exploratory, argumentative and analytical.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Rejected Neither recognizes nor can define phenomena and basic concepts in the field, or the identification and definition of key phenomena remains very limited. Relationship to Knowledge: Borrowing.

Location and time

Toteutus 2.1 - 9.3.2025

Exam schedules

Yksilötentti EXAMissa aikavälillä 13.1 - 14.2.2025 ja uusintatentit: 3.3 - 16.3.2025

Ryhmätentti 7.3.2025 klo 12 - 16.

Assessment methods and criteria

Koko opintojakson arvosana muodostuu arvioinnin perusteina olevien kaikkien osasuoritusten arvosanojen keskiarvosta. Kaikki osiot tulee olla hyväksytysti suoritettuna. Arvosanojen korotus tutkintosäännön mukaisesti, kaikki osasuoritukset korotettava.

- Ryhmätentti (0-5)
- Tutustumiskäyntien reflektointi (hyväksytty/hylätty)
- Verkkokurssit (hyväksytty/hylätty)
- Kirjatentit (0-5)
TAMKin yhteiset arviointikriteerit löytyvät Moodlesta

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

- ennakkotehtävät, flipped learning
- luennot ja keskustelut sekä etätyöskentely
- työelämävierailijat/-vierailut
- ryhmätyöskentely
- verkkotyöskentely
- kirjallisuus

Learning materials

Kirjatentti (yksilö):
- Sarvela K, Auvinen E, 2020, Yhteinen kieli, traumatietoisuutta ihmisten kohtaamiseen

Ryhmätentti (ryhmä): Opetuskertojen materiaalit

Muut opettajien antamat materiaalit Moodlessa

Student workload

Kokonaistyömäärä: 10 op x 27 h = 270 h

1. Kontaktiopetus + ennakkotehtävät 162 h (6 op)
2. Verkkokurssit (yksilö + ryhmä) 27 h (1 op)
3. Ryhmätentti (ryhmä) 54 h (2 op)
4. Kirjatentti (yksilö) 27 h (1 op)

Content scheduling

ALUSTAVA AIKATAULUTUS

Viikko1
Johdatus lapsen oikeuksiin – Turvaa lapsen oikeuksien toteutuminen verkkokoulutus
Monimuotoiset perheet

Viikko2
Orientaatio ja lapsen hyvinvointi
Sensitiivinen vanhemmuus
Asiakasprosessi

Viikko 3
Puheeksi ottaminen ja vuorovaikutus
Perheiden kohtaaminen

Viikko 4
Vanhemmuuden ja parisuhteen tukeminen

Viikko 5
Perheiden kanssa tehtävä työ
Ilmiöpäivä

Viikko 6
Lapsi- ja perhelähtöinen työ koulussa ja verkossa

Viikko 7
Työntekijän hyvinvointi,
Vahvuusperustainen työote

Viikko 8
Monikulttuuristen lasten ja perheiden kanssa työskentely

HIIHTOLOMA

Viikko 9
Kehittäminen ja laatu – seminaari Lastensuojelu-modulin kanssa yhdessä
Loppuyhteenveto

Completion alternatives

Opintojakso suoritetaan toteutussuunnitelman mukaisesti

Practical training and working life cooperation

Työelämän vierailijoita ja tutustuimiskäyntejä palvelukentälle.

International connections

Book Forsberg, H. & Kröger, T. 2010.Social Work and Child Welfare Politics : Through Nordic Lenses. Portland, OR: Policy Press, 2010. Print. Chapter 11: Pringle, K. Epilogue: on developing empowering child welfare systems and the welfare research needed to create them.