EPN-V2

BVV3040 Children with two homes - the role of the child welfare in complex social matters Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Barn med to hjem – barnevernets rolle i komplekse samværssaker, valgemne
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
  • Introduction

    Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt på den skriftlige besvarelsen så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

  • Required preliminary courses

    Det benyttes en karakterskala fra A til E for bestått og F for ikke bestått.

  • 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 broad knowledge of which challenges and dilemmas staff in the child welfare service can encounter while working on parental conflict cases
    • has broad knowledge of the child welfare service’s legal scope of action in such cases
    • has broad knowledge of the child's right to participate and be heard in their own case
    • has broad knowledge of the child welfare service’s partners and their roles and tasks in parental conflict cases
    • has broad knowledge of the rules for cooperation: the duty of confidentiality, duty of disclosure and right of disclosure, and the duty to avert a criminal offence
    • has knowledge of the consequences of ongoing parental conflicts, violence and neglect can affect on children’s health and development
    • has knowledge of parenting after separation, including how violence can affect post-separation parenthood

    Skills

    The student

    • can apply legal methods to clarify the child welfare service’s legal scope of action in parental conflict cases
    • can apply relevant knowledge to assess the child’s care situation, and discuss and assess the child welfare service’s possibility of assisting the child and parents in all phases of the child welfare case
    • can apply relevant knowledge about the child’s right to be heard
    • can guide parents and children about the child welfare service’s and other agencies’ duties and responsibilities, and the Children Act’s rules concerning place of residence, access and parental responsibility
    • can apply the regulatory framework about cooperation with other services and bodies
    • can reflect on the concept of conflict and conflict resolution

    General competence

    The student

    • can reflect based on a multidisciplinary position to ensure that the child and parents are given appropriate assistance in the grey area between the Child Welfare Act and the Children's Act
    • can ethically and critically reflect on the child welfare service’s and other agencies’ power of definition
  • Teaching and learning methods

    Begge eksamenskomponentene vurderes av en intern og en ekstern sensor.

  • Course requirements

    • Geometri og måling.
    • Utvalgt tema til fordypning.
    • Bevis og teoribygging i matematikk.
    • Matematikkdidaktisk forskning og forskningsmetode, herunder Lesegruppe 2.
    • Arbeid med matematikkvansker

  • Assessment

    The exam in the course is an individual oral exam with a time frame of approximately 30 minutes per candidate. The time frame includes examination and assessment with an oral explanation.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    The following aids are permitted:

    • Publicly approved law collections with notations according to more detailed guidelines or the exam modus of Lovdata Pro.
  • Grading scale

    Grade scale A-F.

  • Examiners

    Oral exam are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.