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Personal and Professional Identity in Social Work & Diaconia

Class at Protestant Theological Faculty |
RDD102

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.)