Studyinfo subject SOS2120 2024 HØST
SOS2120 Professional interaction with children, youths and families in local communities Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Profesjonell samhandling med barn, ungdom og familier i lokalsamfunnet
- Study programme
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Bachelorstudium i sosialt arbeid
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2024/2025
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
In this course, the students will participate in skills training in groups to further develop their competence relating to the performance of social work, focusing on children, youth, families and local communities. Students will practise working with people in difficult life situations, and they will gain insight into and knowledge of how different power relations can affect relationships and professional collaboration with others. To acquire the professional competence required to work as a social worker, students must acquire self-awareness and knowledge and practise realistic situations.
By filming their training, the students are able to watch themselves and analyse their own conduct as future professionals.
The course is taught in parallel with SOS2110 Social work with children, youth, families and groups. The courses develop the students’ understanding of how the practice of social work is rooted in the discipline’s theoretical and knowledge basis.
Required preliminary courses
Students must have completed and passed the first year of the Bachelor’s Programme in Social Work.
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 communication and interaction skills when conversing with children and families
has knowledge of how to cooperate with different agencies in a local community
is familiar with how to establish, coordinate, organise and lead cooperation meetings
has broad knowledge of group work as a method in social work and key elements of the organisation and management of groups
Skills
The student:
can carry out conversations, and assess and prioritise relevant measures targeting users in different arenas
can recognize and assess undesirable incidents and risks in encounters with users in different arenas
can apply their knowledge of interprofessional collaboration, organisation and management of cooperation meetings
can use an interpreter in interactions with users
can use digital platforms for communication
can establish, organise and lead groups in different arenas and with different social problems
can reflect on innovative solutions for inhabitants in a local community, based on the population’s participation
General competence
The student:
can critically reflect on what affects professional interaction with individuals and families
can reflect on their own values and attitudes and how they affect their professional practice
can exercise professional judgement
can reflect on the importance of digital communication in professional practice and interaction
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods vary between lectures/seminars (e-lectures) and skills training with and without the use of filming.
Course requirements
The following compulsory activities must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:
1. Compulsory attendance and active participation in skills training and seminar days.
The minimum attendance requirement is 80% and is based on overall attendance. If a student’s absence exceeds 20% but is lower than 40%, a compensatory coursework requirement will be set. The coursework requirement must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If a student’s absence exceeds 40%, they lose the right to take the exam.
The reason why attendance is compulsory is that the student will in this way acquire competence necessary to meet the objectives of the course that they would be unable to acquire from solely reading the syllabus and/or taking the exam.
Assessment
The course concludes with an oral exam in small groups, with a time frame of approx. 40 minutes, where the students will demonstrate their knowledge and skills relating to professional interaction. The group will be given a case to prepare 48 hours before the first day of the exam. During the exam, the students will meet people (actors) with different challenges in a fictitious situation.
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
Pass/fail.
Examiners
Oral exam is assessed by one internal and one external examiner.