Placement in the Field of Child Welfare and Child Protection

Knowledge

The student

• Has knowledge of their placement site, their mandate, tasks and function.
• Has knowledge of their placement site's role in a larger network of welfare services.
• Has broad knowledge of central academic and professional tasks, challenges and processes in the field of Child Welfare and Child Protection.
• Has knowledge of systematic work with families and networks.
• Has knowledge of interprofessional collaboration on an individual- and system level.
• Has broad knowledge of assessments and the understanding of child best interest, children and families rights, and indigenes (samic) childrens right to their own language and culture.

• Has broad knowledge of professional ethics, values, dilemmas and professional inquiries in social work
• Can update his/hers knowledge of relevant laws, regulations and guidelines.

Skills

The student:

• Can apply a broad and multidisciplinary knowledge base in systematic and targeted work with children, youth and families.
• Can apply professional knowledge and discretion to guide children, youth and their parents in learning- mastering- and changing processes.
• Can apply academic-, professional- and experience based knowledge in assessments of children and youth’s care situation and behaviour, and facilitate appropriate measures
• Masters to create and maintain relations, collaborate and communicate in a way that promotes inclusion, participation and user involvement.
• Masters to plan and carry out collaborative meetings.
• Can apply knowledge, skills and experiences to meet children, youth and families in vulnerable life situations with understanding, empathy, and recognition.
• Can reflect critically about his/her own professional role and values i relation to children, youths, families and colleagues and adjust according to supervision.
• Can apply relevant laws, regulations and guidelines in professional assessments, and document these.
• Masters relevant digital quality systems and journal- and documentation systems- and tools.

Competence

The student:

• Can plan, carry out, evaluate and document professional tasks in accordance with ethical and professional requirements and principles, alone and as part of a group.
• Has insight into his/her preconception, attitude and values, and the importance of relational competence in professional work in the field of Child Welfare and Child Protection.

• Has insight into the interplay between research based knowledge, experience based knowledge and personal competence in his or her professional practice.
• Can exchange opinions and experiences with colleagues and supervisor, and through this contribute to developing good practice.
• Can document and communicate his or hers professional knowledge and assessments, both in writing and orally.