VER308 Individual-oriented environmental practice

Teaching language

This course is taught in Norwegian and an English translation of the course description is not available.

Prerequisites

VER110-G The development and ideology of the subject

VER111-G Disability and environmental therapeutic work

VER112-G Practice; Functional impairment, environmental therapeutic work, coping and welfare technology

VER113-G Topics in medical and health sciences

VER211-G Practice; Nursing and care

VER215-G Topics in social studies

VER213-G Coping conditions, health and functional difficulties

VER214-G Environmental treatment and behavioral learning

Course contents

Key topics in the course are:

• environmental therapeutic work

• ethical reflection

• mapping

• planning

• goal formulation

• evaluation methods

• habilitation

• training

• networking

• interdisciplinary collaboration

• power, coercion, stigma, trust, dignity and quality of life

• consent competence and self-determination

• facilitation, inclusion and participation

• service innovation

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

• demonstrates broad knowledge of communication, interaction and collaboration

• demonstrates broad knowledge of problem solving at individual, group and system levels through observation, assessment, exploration of values, wishes and living conditions, goal design, initiative design and evaluation

• demonstrates broad knowledge of environmental work and environmental therapy as a basis for the social worker's environmental therapeutic work

• demonstrates knowledge of coping and facilitating autonomy, self-help and self-regulation

• demonstrates knowledge of the concepts of development and change, and how the distinction between them is important for social care work

Skills

• is able to apply professional knowledge to critically discuss own work process and different models in social care work

• is able to apply professional knowledge to initiate and contribute to interdisciplinary, interprofessional collaboration

• is able to apply knowledge of key ethical theories in social care work

• is able to reflect on their own professional practice and adjust this under supervision

• is able to apply professional knowledge to analyze and assess tasks and issues that actualize environmental therapeutic work, habilitation and rehabilitation

• is able to communicate with people who have various disabilities

• is able to apply professional knowledge in the exercise of decision support

• is able to apply relevant methods in mapping and assessment work to identify users' goals and needs as a basis for measures

• is able to apply professional knowledge to assess situations if they arise, which can develop as threatening to patients and staff and implement measures to prevent such incidents

• is able to use the social worker's working model to identify and implement necessary measures, and / or treatment for social problems or refer further if necessary

• is able to apply professional knowledge to promote inclusion, gender equality and participation

• is able to apply up-to-date knowledge of the health and welfare system, laws, regulations and supervisors in the performance of their duties

• is able to apply professional knowledge, relevant results from research and development work and scientific methods in environmental therapeutic work

General competence

• demonstrates insight into relevant professional ethical and legal issues in the social worker's professional practice and can identify, reflect on and deal with these in the performance of the service through professional judgment

• is able to plan, implement, document and evaluate measures and service design based on users' goals and needs, independently and in collaboration with users and others, in line with professional guidelines, ethical requirements and guidelines

• is able to convey key subject material on environmental therapeutic work, habilitation and rehabilitation in writing and orally

• is able to exchange views and experiences with others on issues that arise in the implementation of sound practice and the prevention of coercion

• is able to exchange views on innovation and service innovation

• is able to knowledge of digital security and can apply digital expertise in the development of good services

• demonstrates insight into quality work, can assess the risk of undesirable incidents and knows methods for following this up systematically through quality, notification and non-conformance management systems.

Examination requirements

• Participated in planned compulsory supervision and teaching

• Approved work requirements

• Approved individual practice assignment.

See the subject booklet on Canvas for a more detailed description.

Teaching methods

Teaching and learning methods include direct and indirect practical studies. Direct practical studies are work tasks related to patient, user, client and require 90% attendance. Indirect practical studies are work with an practical placement assignment and supervised practical placement. For a more detailed description, refer to the subject booklet on Canvas.

Expected scope of work in the entire course is 540 hours.

Evaluation

The person responsible for the course, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Assessment methods and criteria

Practical studies require 90% attendance and are assessed as passed / failed.

See the subject booklet for a more detailed description.