VPL5-203 Placement. Observing, analysing and assisting individuals.

Through the placement students will experience social educational work with individuals in their environments, including the opportunity to observe and analyse health service and social service users. Students will practice how to focus clients' choices, and they will experience how users are inivited to influence the shaping of services. It is a main objective that students develop the ability to separate personal values from professonal and social values, as well as the ability to identify conflicting values and ethical dilemmas in practical social and health work, both at the individual level, between groups and in society as a whole. Students will experience having to reflect on ethical issues, and they will practice their ability to be ethically responsible in their interventions. Students will also become familiar with the health- and social services regarding organisation, the various levels of administration, user relations, and the extent of multi-professional and multi-agency work. Students also practice their writing skills, and they get the opportunity to work with questions of law within the field of the social educator.

All previous courses except VPL5-202 must be passed.

Eleven weeks practice working with mentally disabled individuals.

Students will:

·practice and develop knowledge, skills and attitudes working with individuals and supervised by professional mentors

·acquire non-literary knowledge and competence based on experience and in collaboration with professionals

·experience the assessment, planning and implementation of social educational work

·practice the skill of identifying conflicts of value and ethical dilemmas

·practice the ability of ethical reflection and action

·be able to reflect on, evaluate and discuss ethics and professionalism

·practice how to be able to critically evaluate one's own perception of problems and situations

·acquire knowledge of living standards and to be able to demonstrate solidarity towards people in a vulnarable situation, and learn how to promote the interests and legal rights of individuals

·identify and focus the potential of clients

·acquire experience which may be discussed at the university college as a basis for further learning

Students receive som financial support.

Practice with feedback. Written assignments. Seminars, groups, oral presentations.

Eleven weeks person-centred practice including one pre-placement seminar and one post-placement seminar at the university college. During the practice period students submit five written assignments:

• learning agreement
• practice report
• ethical dilemma
• optional literature
• measures plan

Please view also "Course requirements" below.

Participation in classes at the university college:

• pre-placement seminar
• post-placement seminar

Written assignment, assesed by the university college:

• One plan of person-centred measures. One written feed-back.

Assessment of the placement will be based on:

Knowledge, skills and attitudes related to:

Proffesional skills

• Home nursing
• Home support and supervision
• Collaboration with next of kin
• Support and supervision towards individuals in spare time activities
• General care skills
• Relational and communicational skills
• Supervision
• Writing capabilities (journals, case papers, reports) that demonstrate the students ability to apply relevant theoretical knowledge.

Personal presence

• The practice period is compulsory. Absence without leave is not accepted. The practice period includes two seminars at the university college.
• The maximum absence permitted is eight days. If this is exceeded a special agreement with the university college and the placement is necessary, stating also how absence exceeding eight days may be rectified.

Professional rules and regulations

Students are expected to oblige to the general rules of the professional worker.

APPROVAL
The placement mentor recommends wether the placement period is approved or rejected. The final decision lies with the university college. No grades.

IF APPROVAL IS IN DOUBT
"The assessment is a continuous process which runs through the whole placement period. If doubt emerges whether the student will be able to succeed, he will receive a written warning half way through the period or three weeks before the completion of the placement at the latest. The warning will underline the reasons for doubt, and it will state which demands the student must fulfill in order to pass his placement period. If by the end of the placement the student without reasonable doubt still does not comply with the demands stated, his placement may still be assessed as not passed even if a warning has not been issued beforehand" (extract from national regulations, issued 01.12.2005).

P.t. er ikkje alt pensum fastset.

Eikeseth Svein og Svartdal Frode ( 2003) Anvendt atferdsanalyse i teori og praksis. Oslo Gyldendal akademisk. Kap 13 (400 s) (noko overførast frå emne 7 ?)

Sjølvvalt pensum på 300 sider knytta til praksis (skal godkjennast av Høgskulen).

24.04.2006