Annotation
Description of the Study Unit
The aims of the study unit are that the student:
- Understands the important basic philosophical concepts of the person
- Understands the importance of biography and socialisation in forming personal and professional identity
- Clarifies own self image and identity
- Develops observational and analytic skills in new social environments
- Is able to reflect on the impact of biography on observation, reflection, analysis of phenomena and acting
- Appreciates and is able to work with personal uniqueness and identity as valuable starting points for professional social and community development work
- Is sensitive to the diversities of background of other students, service users and colleagues in a work setting
- Is able to analyse the specific nature of professional identity as a social service worker
- Is able to identify the basic specific nature and professional identity in diaconal work
This study unit content includes:
- Basic understandings of the person in European philosophical thinking
- Basics of ethnography and other approaches to fieldwork as research and practice
- Practice of the exposure method as an orientation to professional social and community work and diaconal practice
- Practice of reflection and feedback
- The specific nature of professional identity as a social service worker
- Relationship of social work and community development work
- Professional identity and multi-professional work
- Diaconal social work as a professional vocation and identity
- Social and community development work as diaconal practice
- Definitions of diaconia as church social service work
Process of the Study Unit
Week 2-3
Mag. Tony Addy (Responsible teacher)
“Own roots” assignment 1 cr.
Week 5
Mag. Jouni Kylmälä & Mag. Tony Addy (responsible teacher)
Contact teaching and practical training using exposure orientation & ethnography; each day 13 hours (individually 8 hours) (1,5 cr.)
Week 6
PhDr. Bohumila Baštecká, PhD.
Online lecture and supervising the assignment on developmental psychology on Fronter + contact week seminar on it (1,5 cr.)
Mag. Tony Addy (Responsible teacher)
Whole semester forum discussion on Fronter
Diaconal social work, social and community development work as a vocation, focus on difference between personal motivation and position and the role and position of a professional worker. (1 cr.)