SBV4400 Interventions, preventative measures and innovations Course description

The Child Welfare Service is expected to adapt to societal changes that will continuously impact the service's care for children, youth, and their families. The subject focuses on how the Child Welfare Service can work with professional development and innovation. This includes the development of measures, methods, and working practices to strengthen the service internally and in collaboration with other stakeholders. Understanding problems and choosing measures will be discussed in relation to changes and strengthening of child welfare work. Emphasis is placed on decision theory. The relationship between the exercise of discretion and standardisation is included in the subject's treatment of measure development. The subject also covers organisation, leadership, and guidance competence.

The course will be held in Norwegian.

Assessment in practical training.

The assessment takes its point of departure in given criteria based on learning outcomes for the course, criteria for failing the practical training, criteria for suitability assessment and compulsory activities carried throughout the entire course. During the practical training period, a minimum of 90 percent attendance is required to pass the practical training. For more information, see the general part of the programme description about the assessment of practical training.

If the student has failed the practical training, the whole practical training course must be retaken. This includes associated requirements.

Not relevant.

The teaching takes place with in-person attendance on campus, and the working methods vary between lectures and student-active learning methods.

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework 1: an individual written assignment with a scope of 4-5 pages.

The purpose of the coursework requirement is to develop the students’ academic writing skills and their ability to express themselves clearly and accurately in writing.

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.

Contact lecturer approves the exam after recommendation from practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

• Completed course SYKK/SYKP1410 Diseases and Health Deficits, 13 credits.
• Passed course SYKK/SYKP1310 Administration of Medicine, 2 credits.

• 15 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKPPRA20x Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 1, 20 ECTS.
• SYKKPRA21x, SYKPPRA21x and SYKDPRA21x are fully overlapping.

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.

Wenche Bekken and Gunn Astrid Baugerud