Social Welfare Substance Abuse Services (5 cr)

Objective

The student is able to confront a person suffering from addiction problems and support them towards sobriety using social welfare methods in a resource-oriented manner. The student is capable of considering gender-specific aspects, both for women and men, as part of addiction treatment, and is able to take into account various methods as part of social welfare substance abuse work.

Content

Social welfare substance abuse services:

- Planning and implementation of social welfare substance abuse services in collaboration with the well-being regions
- Gender specificity in substance abuse work, addressing both male and female considerations.
- Legislation related to social welfare substance abuse services as part of service planning.
- Resource-oriented approach, dialogical communication, and motivational approach in substance abuse work.
- Various methods as part of substance abuse work.
- Information production for structural social work as part of substance abuse work.

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

A successful completion requires active participation in the planning work and the completion of agreed-upon individual tasks within the given schedule.

Further information

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