Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care (1.11.2020) | Competence area of Oral Health Care
Holders of the vocational qualification in social and health care have wide-ranging basic capabilities for the different tasks in their occupational field and more specialised competence and the vocational skills required in the world of work in at least one competence area in working life activities. Practical nurses or emergency practical nurses (BLS) who have completed a vocational upper secondary qualification are able to carry out their work following the regulations, operating practices, values, and occupational ethics of their field. They are able to work in professional interaction and in multiprofessional and multicultural operating environments. They know how to plan, implement, and assess nursing and care that promotes the client's or patient's health, wellbeing, functional capacity, growth, and social inclusion in different social and health care or educational operating environments. They are able to provide client-oriented guidance on how to use the services, are able to use wellbeing technologies diversely, and develop their professional competence according to the principles of lifelong learning. They are able to take care of patient and client safety, work aseptically and ergonomically, and take care of their occupational safety and wellbeing at work.
In the competence area in children's and youth education and care, they know how to promote the child's growth, wellbeing, and learning in early childhood education and care and are able to promote the child's, the adolescent's, and the family's health and wellbeing. In the competence area in mental health and substance abuse work, they are able to do mental health and substance abuse work and work with the clients and networks in that field. In the competence area in care and rehabilitation of the elderly, they are able to work in home care in a manner that enhances the client's functional capacity and promotes the social inclusion of the elderly. In the competence area in nursing and care, they know how to promote the client's health and are able to work in home care and nursing. In the competence area in care for the disabled, they know how to enhance the social inclusion of individuals with disabilities and to maintain and enhance their functional capacity. In the competence area in podiatric care, they know how to promote the podiatric health of their clients and are able to work in podiatric care. In the competence area in oral health care, they are able to work in oral health care and know how to promote oral health. In the competence area in basic life support (BLS), they are able to enhance health, safety, wellbeing and the functional capacity and are able to work in emergency and acute care.
The optional units provide practical nurses or emergency practical nurses (BLS) with competence required for profiling themselves in the different sectors of activities in social and health care. These sectors include the use of wellbeing technology in the maintenance of functional capacity, terminal care, taking samples, supporting living at home and life management, mental health and substance abuse work for different client groups, patient immobilisation, perioperative care, acting in situations with multiple patients and in disasters, terminal care, use of functional methods, enhancing children and adolescents' mental health skills, oral health care, and podiatric care.
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The Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care is composed of vocational units (145 competence points) and common units (35 competence points). The scope of a vocational qualification is 180 competence points.
The Vocational Qualification in Social and Health Care comprises eight competence areas:
- competence area of care and rehabilitation for elderly people, practical nurse
- competence area of podiatric care, practical nurse
- competence area of children's and youth education and care, practical nurse
- competence area of mental health and substance abuse work, practical nurse
- competence area of nursing and care, practical nurse
- competence area of oral health care, practical nurse
- competence area of care for the disabled, practical nurse
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competence area of basic life support (BLS), emergency practical nurse (BLS).
The competence areas include four compulsory units, of which the first two compulsory units, Promotion of growth and social inclusion and Promotion of wellbeing and functional capacity, are included in all but the Competence area in basic life support, in which the compulsory units are Promotion of health, safety and wellbeing and Maintenance and promotion of functional capacity.
The common units are: Communication and interaction skills, Competence in mathematics and natural sciences, and Society and working life skills
The scope of the optional studies students must include in their qualification is 15 competence points.
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Vocational units
0145
Competence area of Oral Health Care
0130
Compulsory units
2525
Promoting growth and participation
3030
Promoting wellbeing and functional capacity
4040
Working in oral health care
3535
Working in oral health promotion
015
Optional units
015
Wellbeing technology in promoting functional capacity
015
Mental health and substance abuse welfare work with different client groups
015
Taking samples and client service in practical nursing
015
Action-based methods in promoting wellbeing
015
Working as a top expert
05
Workplace instructor training
015
Working in a company
015
Planning a business
015
A unit based on local competence requirements
015
A unit from another vocational qualification, further qualification or specialist qualification
015
Higher education studies
015
Parts of common units, general upper secondary school studies or other studies supporting capacities for further studies
035
Common units
1111
Communication and interaction competence
66
Mathematics and science competence
99
Citizenship and working life competence
09