torstai 21. joulukuuta 2023
keskiviikko 20. joulukuuta 2023
Digitalization is both electrification of services and the renewal of operating methods. It’s about how tecnology can help us to work faster and more efficiently. Digitalization changes working methods by creating new alternative functions. Covid-19 caused large jump in digitalization. That made teleworking possible.
Effects of digitalization are large. Digitalization have changes work methods and social services. It’s easier to use digital programs and you can use those regardless time and place. But there is many types of customers and everybody can’t use digital services. The elderly can’t use computers or smart phones and that is a large problem with digitalization. Some people rather go to office and communicate with customers. And some people doesn’t have tools to use electronic diveces.
Digitalization has positive and negative aspects. It increase efficiency in different work methods. You can choose where and how you work. Digitalization has created new methods to meet customers and have meetings. Negative sides of digitalization are that it cut down human interactions. Also technology can some day take our jobs and technology and electronic devices are hard to use and easy to addict.
Sources:
Centria university of applied sciences. 2023. Digitalization (PowerPoint slides). Quoted 20.12.2023.
Hyppönen H. & Ilmarinen K. 2016. Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon digitalisaatio. Tutkimuksesta tiiviisti 22/2016. Finnish institute for healt and welfare, Helsinki.
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tiistai 19. joulukuuta 2023
maanantai 4. joulukuuta 2023
Everybody do have their own ethics and morals. In social work you might face some ethical dilemas and as a bachelor of social service it is important to think what are my morals and my ethics.
Ethics and moral are really close to each other but still different things. Ethics means the study of right and wrong and moral means that you do have the understanding about what is good and what is wrong or bad. So the differences of moral and etchis are that the ethics are more exploratory and you can suit that more. Moral is more like you already know what is wrong and what is right. Example every one knows that stealing from a store is wrong, but helping some one who needs help is right.
As an professional social service worker it´s important to know and think what guides my decisions because you might face some ethical dilemas. Sometimes at work there can be a conflict and you have to do as the law says not what you think is right. There can be an situation where you have a family which is a client of child care protection and you get to know that the other parent uses drugs. The parents or the parent who uses drugs might be really nice and show lots of love and care for the child. You might have a hard time to believe it and you think that you don`t want them to get apart but it´s your duty as a professional to make a child protection notice. It´s important that you know what the human perspection is all about to respect each other.
During the years you work you might face some ethical changes and challenges at social and healt care sectror. The world is changing all the time and it can cause some changes in ethics as well. For example the abortion rights around the world arouses strong emotional opinions and this can cause ethical dilemas. Also euthanasia is something that can change in the future. Climate change demands us to revaluate our behavior to more sustainable consuming of nature resources and this is something that probably will effect to all services. Mental healt problems are most probably going to increase also and it can be challenging when you have multiple patients and you try to make everyone feel good but the time and resource can be an issue.
Sources:
Centria university of applied sciences. 2023. Ethics, morality, worldview and human perception (PowerPoint slides). Quoted 5.12.2023.
Centria university of applied sciences. 2023. Ethics, morality, worldview and human perception (PowerPoint slides). Quoted 5.12.2023.
Ethical decision making. 2020. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiByedXbbso. Quoted 5.12.2023.
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