This post is written by three social work students, and we want to tell what is involved in a multi-professional entrepreneurship internship at Soteekki. In total, 133 hours are allocated to the entrepreneurial internship in the social work sector, including initial information, final feedback, orientation and writing the internship report.
At Soteekki, we work in a multidisciplinary team together with nurses and physiotherapists. Students on the English-language course also do their training at Soteekki, so you will certainly have the opportunity to discuss and implement plans in English. Soteekki is a great opportunity to learn social vocabulary in English.
Social workers work with different groups of clients, such as the elderly, children and people with intellectual disabilities. Working days include planning and implementing services. Currently in Soteekki, Monday and Tuesday are reserved for service planning and the rest of the days for actually doing the service. From a social worker’s point of view, visits to clients must always be client-oriented, listening to the client’s wishes and working in cooperation with other members of the team.
As in the field, you can plan and write reports, so if you are thinking about working as a supervisor you can learn about paperwork here. Students are mainly responsible about planning and implementing the services. But you can always ask for help!
Interviews:
We interviewed students from different programs about Soteekki internship.
Two social service students:
What are you studying and for how long your practice is going to last? – We are studying Bachelor of social services and our practice is 5 weeks long.
How do you bring your own expertise in Soteekki? – We approach the client in a holistic way and bring our social skills to the services. We also bring good energy to the work community.
What is the best thing in Soteekki? – Definitely the people and free coffee. Nice clients and services are also best.
Nursing student:
What are you studying and for how long your practice is going to last? – I’m a nursing student and my practice in Soteekki lasts 5 weeks.
How do you bring your own expertise in Soteekki? – I always focus on the client’s overall well-being and safety.
What is the best thing in Soteekki? – The best thing about Soteekki is working with students from different programs, because you get to see and share different perspectives with others.
Physiotherapy student:
What are you studying and for how long your practice is going to last? – I’m a physiotherapy student and my practice lasts 6 weeks.
How do you bring your own expertise in Soteekki? – I always try to find something physical to do with the client and try to bring my own expertise to the service.
What is the best thing in Soteekki? – As students we are responsible for all the planning and doing, so you learn a lot and get to work with students from different programs.
Soteekki’s autumn season has gotten off to a good start, and services are being implemented and planned at a good pace. Practice in Soteekki goes by really fast when there is a lot to do. We wish everyone a good continuation of autumn!
