Study Guide

Objective

Learning objectives:

The student
- can analyse the starting points of child welfare from a local, national and international perspective
- is familiar with the key contents of the Child Welfare Act and the child welfare service system
- can identify factors behind the need for child welfare and access child welfare service needs

Content

Contents:
- ideological background of child protection
- background factors for child welfare support / need
- investigating the need for child welfare services
- support measures in open care
- placement as a support measure in open care
- emergency placement
- taking a child into care

Qualifications

NULL

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Fail (0)
The student has not participated in the teaching or achieved the objectives of the course.

Satisfactory (1)

Professional knowledge base and concepts
The student has a poor knowledge of the theoretical knowledge base of child welfare work and key legislation, the service system from the perspective of the child, family and society.

Professional activities
The student knows the support needs of the child and the family and has poor basic skills in guidance and support. The student has a poor knowledge of professional child-centered and family-specific work methods.

Ethical competence and responsibility
The student has little knowledge of the justice and integrity of the child and family. He / she has a weak ability to act, taking into account the involvement, agency and self-determination of the child and family.

Satisfactory (2)

Professional knowledge base and concepts
The student knows the theoretical knowledge base of child welfare work and knows the key legislation and service system from the perspective of the child, family and society.

Professional activities
The student knows some of the support needs of the child and family and knows the basic skills of guidance and support in a limited way. The student is familiar with professional child-centered and family-specific work methods.

Ethical competence and responsibility
The student knows briefly the importance of the justice and integrity of the child and family. He / she is able to act with partial consideration of the child's and family's involvement, agency and self-determination.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3)

Professional knowledge base and concepts
The student knows the theoretical knowledge base of child welfare work and knows the key legislation and service system from the perspective of the child, family and society.

Professional activities
The student knows the support needs of the child and the family and is able to guide them taking into account the main contents of child protection and the structures of the service system. The student is familiar with professional child-centered and family-specific work methods.

Ethical competence and responsibility
The student knows the importance of the justice and integrity of the child and family. He acts responsibly, taking into account the involvement, agency and sovereignty of the child and the family. The student justifies his / her activities in accordance with the values ​​and ethical principles of the profession.

Good (4)

Professional knowledge base and concepts
The student is able to examine the theoretical knowledge base of child welfare work and knows the key legislation and service system from the perspective of the child, family and society.

Professional activities
The student identifies the support needs of the child and the family and is able to guide them taking into account the key contents of child protection and the structures of the service system. The student knows and is able to apply professional child-centered and family-specific work methods.

Ethical competence and responsibility
The student recognizes the importance of the justice and integrity of the child and family. He acts responsibly, taking into account the involvement, agency and autonomy of the child and family. The student justifies his / her activities in accordance with the values ​​and ethical principles of the profession.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)

Professional knowledge base and concepts
The student is able to apply the theoretical knowledge base of child welfare work and evaluate key legislation and the service system from the perspective of the child, family and society.

Professional activities
The student is able to assess the support needs of the child and the family and is able to guide them appropriately in the service system, taking into account the main contents of child protection and the structures of the service system. The student knows and is able to expertly apply professional child-centered and family-specific work methods.

Ethical competence and responsibility
Through his activities, the student strengthens the realization of the justice and inviolability of the dignity of the child and family. She acts responsibly, improving the inclusion, agency and autonomy of the child and family. The student justifies his / her activities in accordance with the values and ethical principles of the profession.