EPN-V2

BV1100 Child protection in the welfare state - Mandate, profession and self-understanding Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Barnevern i velferdsstaten – mandat, profesjon og selvforståelse
Study programme
Bachelor Programme in Child Care and Welfare
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2024/2025
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Gradert skala A - F

Required preliminary courses

Det benyttes intern og ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene.

Et uttrekk på minst 25% av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på disse samsensurerte besvarelsene skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

Learning outcomes

Torgeir Skyttermoen

Content

This course provides insight into the complex role of child welfare officers as professionals in the Norwegian welfare system. The students will be given an introduction to the history of the child welfare service, its social mandate and welfare policy goals, and ethical guidelines for child welfare officers. The division of tasks and responsibility in the welfare system as a whole and the sphere of child welfare in particular, are central aspects of the course. The students will gain insight into their own role as future child welfare officers and how previous experience can influence their interactions with children and parents/guardians. An introduction to creative methods will give the students an opportunity to reflect on their reactions and feelings, and they will learn how creative methods can be used in practical child care and welfare work.

Teaching and learning methods

The course is taught through lectures, self-study, base groups, skills training in groups and other teaching methods as needed.

Course requirements

The course has one coursework requirement/compulsory activity.

1. Compulsory skills training in working on one’s own attitudes and self-reflection using creative and aesthetic methods.

The attendance requirement for compulsory teaching activities is 80%. If a student's absence exceeds 20%, a comprehensive alternative coursework requirement is set to compensate. If a student's absence exceeds 40%, they lose the right to take the exam. Each student is responsible for ensuring that their attendance is documented.

Compulsory activities must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam.

Assessment

The exam is an individual written school exam over 5 hours. Candidates who fail or who were absent from the ordinary exam for a valid reason can take a resit/rescheduled exam.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

No aids are permitted.

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.