Child Welfare Practice in services for vulnerable children and young people

- communication competence and relational competence
- professional ethics and relevant legal issues
- conflict management
- becoming aware of own learning from practice
- how to benefit from supervision
- professional reflections on one's own professional practice and work experiences

Knowlegde
Students who has completed the course have knowledge about:
- relevant work areas and professional partners
- the organization and mandate of different work areas
- supervision as a method of learning and development
- relevant social and welfare politics and legislation relevant to the organization of the work place where the student has his or her practice studies.

Skills
Students who have completed the course can:
- use theoretical knowledge in practice
- use professional and practice-based knowledge to make grounded choices of actions
- cooperate with children, families and relevant partners
- show relational and communicative skills in meeting with children, parents and professional partners
- reflect on their own and their host organization's professional work, values and norms
- cooperate across professions
- produce written documentation

General competence
Students who have completed the course:
- can communicate empathy and respect for children, parents, colleagues, and other professional partners
- is aware of and understands the relevance of their own values and attitudes
- shows an understanding for the professional ethics as a base for professional work.

Studies in practice, individual studies, supervision, written assignments and participation in discussion forums on Blackboard, lectures, training, work in groups, presentations.