Professional Competence for Customer Contacts in Social ServicesLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The students will be familiar with their professional opportunities and role within work with customers and in the promotion of wellbeing.
They will understand the importance and impact of respecting customers as the basis of ethical guidance within case management and their role within this process.
Students will become familiar with the customer case management process.
They will know what multi-professional work and working within networks mean.
They will become familiar with the opportunities offered by digital services and applications within social services and case management.

Other recommended studies: to be discussed with the study counsellor in the personal study plan review

Content

Working in social services as a profession, required competences within social services and early years education training, guidance and case management as a profession, customer-centredness, multi-professionalism and networks within social services work, introduction to the concept of social services case management, introduction to the concept of green care.

Further information

The course involves 135 hours of studyThe course includes online lectures / video materials (10 h) contact teaching / exercises / simulations / project:contact teaching, group instruction 8 h, work based assignment linked to case management, cooperating in a network, customer encounters/guidance - the course teacher will determine the tasks in more detail
Literature: Further literature to be announced by the course teacher.
Assessment 0-5