Mental health and substance abuse work in social services

• multidisciplinary and multi-professional activities
• various addictions
• customer inclusion in mental health, crisis and substance abuse work
• mental health, crisis and substance abuse work for various ages
• crisis work and acute crisis work
• legislation related to mental health and substance abuse
• ethical principles, quality recommendations and strategies of mental health and substance abuse work, national and international programmes

Students
• know how to work with various mental health, crisis and substance abuse customer groups in a customer-oriented manner and support the customer’s inclusion while considering the unique characteristics of different ages
• are familiar with the connection of substance abuse and mental health problems to other social problems
• are familiar with the protective and risk factors related to substance abuse and mental health problems
• are familiar with scientific approaches to substance abuse and other behavioural addictions
• are familiar with acute crisis work
• know how to identify and prevent self-harm and the risk of suicide
• are familiar with the ethical principles of mental health, substance abuse and crisis work and recognise ethical issues and know how to apply them in practice
• are familiar with the quality recommendations and strategies of mental health and substance abuse work as well as key national and international programmes

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• improvement and maintenance of a customer’s rehabilitative readiness in substance abuse, addiction, mental health and crisis work
• change stage model
• trauma-informed work approach
• basic principles and application of recovery orientation in substance abuse, addiction, mental health and crisis work
• digital services in substance abuse, addiction, mental health and crisis work

Students
• understand that rehabilitation is an individual experience
• understand the principles of social rehabilitation in substance abuse, addiction, mental health and crisis work
• are familiar with the mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation system and process as a multi-professional activity
• know how to consider the family and the network of close contacts and the need for support
• understand the role of psychosocial support in rehabilitation
• understand and reinforce customer inclusion

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• acute crisis and crisis services
• key methods of substance abuse, addiction, mental health and crisis work
• intervention methods in bullying situations
• interaction and guidance skills
• stigmatisation-reducing activities
• analysis of own professionalism

Students
• know how to observe and develop their interaction and guidance competence in substance abuse, addiction, mental health and crisis work carried out with various customer groups
• understand the underlying factors related to the use of different methods as part of goal-oriented customer work
• know how to apply the key methods of substance abuse, addiction, mental health and crisis work
• understand the role of occupational wellbeing as an activity that reinforces professionalism in substance abuse, addiction, mental health and crisis work

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