Studyinfo subject SBVA4100 2024 HØST
SBVA4100 Perspectives on legal rights, cooperation, prevention and application of law in the best interest of the child Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Rettsperspektiv, samarbeid, forebygging og rettsanvendelse til barnets beste
- Study programme
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Masterstudium i sosialfag - studieretning barnevernsarbeid, deltid / Masterstudium i sosialfag - studieretning barnevernsarbeid / Masterstudium i sosialfag - studieretning sosialt arbeid, deltid / Masterstudium i sosialfag - studieretning sosialt arbeid
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2024/2025
- Curriculum
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FALL
2024
- Schedule
- Programme description
Introduction
This course focuses on vulnerable children and adolescents, and their parents’ rights, in a broad sense, so that children can receive the right help at the right time in keeping with the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the rights of parents under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The course further provides in-depth knowledge of the legal scope of action in inter-agency cooperation between the child welfare service and various welfare systems (school, kindergarten, child welfare institutions, healthcare etc., and the police/correctional services), and the legal scope of action in the relationship between the Child Welfare Act and the Children Act.
The language of instruction is Norwegian.
Required preliminary courses
Students must have passed the course Application of law in child welfare work (NOKUT).
Students who attend programme option social work can take the subject as an elective, and are exempt from the prior knowledge requirement.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student has
advanced knowledge of rules of law for the prevention of behavioural difficulties and neglect (including assistance measures pursuant the Child Welfare Act)
advanced knowledge of the rights of vulnerable children and adolescents, including the child’s right to participation
advanced knowledge of parents’ rights after their children have been taken into care
advanced knowledge of the rules of law governing inter-agency cooperation
in-depth knowledge of the relationship between the Child Welfare Act and the Children Act
Skills
The student can
independently identify and analyse legal issues to safeguard the rights of children and parents
analyse rules of law so that due account is taken of conflicting considerations in assessments
document legal assessments and decisions in accordance with fundamental prudence and due process protection requirements
reflect critically on the legitimisation of various coercive measures in relation to vulnerable children and adolescents, and the legal boundaries between coercion and care
General competence
The student can
explain the legal basis for the child welfare service’s role and purpose in society
safeguard the rights, due process protection and human rights of vulnerable children and adolescents and their parents
identify and analyse legal grey areas and help to prevent failure and change practice as needed
Teaching and learning methods
Emphasis is placed on problem-based student-active forms of learning with concrete tasks and analyses of judgments in addition to lectures.
Course requirements
The following required coursework must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:
Coursework requirement 1: An individual written assignment with a scope of 2,000 words (+/- 10%).
The purpose of the coursework requirement is to practise writing legal texts.
The required coursework must be completed and approved by the stipulated deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If the coursework is not approved, the student will be given the opportunity to submit an improved version once by a given deadline.
Assessment
The exam is an individual written home exam over 5 hours.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
Lovdata Pro.
Grading scale
Grade scale A-F.
Examiners
The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner. At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.
Course contact person
Anniken Sørlie and Tina Gerdts-Andresen