Child Welfare
Unlock your potential to make a real difference in the lives of children and families. This course empowers you to implement key principles, identify and assess needs and apply effective practices.
Social Services
Studying at campus
Study time: 20.03.2025 - 31.05.2025
5 left
Application time: 03.02.2025 - 13.03.2025
75,00 €
The associated degree at Laurea: Complementary competence, bachelor's studies in English (CCS2), Health and welfare, Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOS2), Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat
Study scope: 5 ECTS
Primary teaching language: English
Level of education: Bachelor
Location: Laurea Tikkurila campus
Application status: 0 / 5
Information about the study
After this course you are able to
- implement the principles and duties laid down in the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the Child Welfare Act
- recognise various social problems and assess the need for child welfare services according to the Social Welfare Act
- apply the main working practices and methods used in the spectrum of child welfare services
Some of the guest lecturers might use Finnish language in their lectures. Also study visits might be held in Finnish.
A Canvas learning environment is used to support the implementation of the course, but teaching is held on Campus. It is important to take part in teaching, study visits and guidance on campus according to schedule. The study unit includes individual work as well as work in groups. You will receive individual feedback for assignments from the teacher and peer-reviews are also utilized.
Communication during the course is done at lectures and via Canvas discussion platform or directly contacting the teacher in personal matters.
Course has several lectures with mandatory presence.
Dates for visitors and study visits are not yet clear. Lectures when we have visitors or we have a study visits are mandatory. Also mandatory is to be present in our first lecture, final seminar and the day when groups present their work.
- 24.03.2025 12:30 – 15:45
- 31.03.2025 08:30 – 11:45
- 07.04.2025 12:30 – 15:45
- 14.04.2025 12:30 – 15:45
- 28.04.2025 08:30 – 15:45
- 05.05.2025 08:30 – 11:45
- 12.05.2025 08:30 – 11:45
One credit equals approximately 27 hours of work performed by the student. Therefore, the student has 135h to work on this course.
Approximate calculation of time usage: Lectures (including study visits) take 24 hours Preparing for lectures: 5 hours Group assignment (group work, writing, presenting): 50 hours Learning diary: 36 hours Reading of course material: 20 hours
- Quality Recommendation for Child Welfare; STM 2020
- Convention on the Rights of the Child; UN
- Child Welfare Act
- And other material provided by the teacher during course
The grading scale is Fail or 1 – 5. Group assignment and Learning Diary are graded 1-5. In this study unit the assessing of the competences will be done by using the criteria set for requirement level II. In this course the assignments are check by Turnitin.
