Social Work Education in Finland

Minna Zechner; Päivi Rinne

doi:10.2307/j.ctv6hp39z.12

Social Work Education in Finland

Minna Zechner, Päivi Rinne

Faculty of Social Sciences

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Abstract

Finland is a mature welfare state where the responsibility to provide welfare rests on public actors. Resultantly, this means that the welfare sector is an important employer. About nine per cent of those employed in Finland work in social services (Statistics Finland, 2017a). There is an increasing demand for qualified social welfare professionals. At the same time, there is also a need for these professionals to prepare for changes in their field. A general ageing of the population, the marketization of services, and the digitalisation of the service sector has created new demands regarding the skills and education of professionals...

Translated title of the contribution	Sosiaalialan koulutus Suomessa
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social work in XXI Century St.
Subtitle of host publication	Challenges for academic and professional training
Editors	Concepción Nieto- Morales, Mónica Solange De Martino Bermúdez, Myriam Jiménez De los Santos, Maria Chicharro Agudo, Laura Benitez Millan, Mª Ángeles Jiménez Cobos, Sonali Daryanani Perez
Place of Publication	Madrid
Publisher	Dykinson
Pages	147−168
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	978-84-9148-668-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6hp39z.12
Publication status	Published - 2018
MoEC publication type	B2 Part of a book or another research book

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Social work

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Zechner, M., & Rinne, P. (2018). Social Work Education in Finland. In C. Nieto- Morales, M. Solange De Martino Bermúdez, M. Jiménez De los Santos, M. Chicharro Agudo, L. Benitez Millan, M. Á. Jiménez Cobos, & S. Daryanani Perez (Eds.), Social work in XXI Century St.: Challenges for academic and professional training (pp. 147−168). Dykinson. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6hp39z.12

Zechner, Minna ; Rinne, Päivi. / Social Work Education in Finland. Social work in XXI Century St.: Challenges for academic and professional training . editor / Concepción Nieto- Morales ; Mónica Solange De Martino Bermúdez ; Myriam Jiménez De los Santos ; Maria Chicharro Agudo ; Laura Benitez Millan ; Mª Ángeles Jiménez Cobos ; Sonali Daryanani Perez. Madrid : Dykinson, 2018. pp. 147−168

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Zechner, M & Rinne, P 2018, Social Work Education in Finland. in C Nieto- Morales, M Solange De Martino Bermúdez, M Jiménez De los Santos, M Chicharro Agudo, L Benitez Millan, MÁ Jiménez Cobos & S Daryanani Perez (eds), Social work in XXI Century St.: Challenges for academic and professional training . Dykinson, Madrid, pp. 147−168. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6hp39z.12

Social Work Education in Finland. / Zechner, Minna; Rinne, Päivi.
Social work in XXI Century St.: Challenges for academic and professional training . ed. / Concepción Nieto- Morales; Mónica Solange De Martino Bermúdez; Myriam Jiménez De los Santos; Maria Chicharro Agudo; Laura Benitez Millan; Mª Ángeles Jiménez Cobos; Sonali Daryanani Perez. Madrid: Dykinson, 2018. p. 147−168.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

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