Overview This master's degree program focuses on social therapy in outreach work with children and families. This area is gaining increasing importance in the child and youth services as well as the adjacent areas of health and justice. In order to take care of children as far as possible in their biological families, expertise should be strengthened and consolidated in family education, care and support beforehand and in the context of possible child endangerment. The master's degree program was developed together with and is supported by Municipal Department 11 - Vienna Youth and Family Offices (MAG ELF).Contact usContact us!Florian Toifl, BANina Šmon, BAFavoritenstraße 226, B.2.281100 Vienna P: +43 1 606 68 77-3320 F: +43 1 606 68 77-3329kifasoz@fh-campuswien.ac.atMap main campus Favoriten (Google Maps)Anrede Frau Herr Vorname *Nachname *E-Mail address *Nachricht *AbsendenIhre E-Mail wurde versendetDuration of course4 SemesterFinal degreeMaster of Arts in Social Sciences (MA)30Study places120ECTSOrganisational formpart-timeApplication period for the academic year 2021/2215th October 2020 to 15th May 2021tuition fee / semester:€ 363,361+ ÖH premium + contribution2 1 Tuition fees for students from third countries € 727,- per semester 2 for additional study expenses (currently up to € 83,- depending on degree program and year) What you can offer Ideally you already work in the child and youth services or in an adjacent field. It is particularly important to you to keep the non-family placement of children as short as possible. You wish to take on this responsibility but recognize the need to first acquire additional expertise. It is essential that you already possess excellent communication skills and proficiencies that you can apply when working with adults and children in difficult life situations as well as in interdisciplinary teams. Based on your newfound expertise, you are interested in developing new forms of intervention and applying them in practice. What we offer you The degree program was developed together with MAG 11, Vienna Youth and Family Offices and with other experts from social work and social pedagogy. This guarantees a needs-based curriculum and an evidence-based access to research and development. We are closely linked with internship positions and research institutions of social work and social pedagogy and gain outstanding experts from this network as teachers and lecturers. At the interface between research, practice and teaching is the FH Campus Wien Competence Center for Social Work (KOSAR) which merges knowledge and innovation potential. For example, in a large study on behalf of MAG 11, the KOSAR examined the "world of the foster children in postwar Vienna 1955-1970" to historically process the placement of children and youth in foster care. Practical orientation distinguish not only the teaching and research in the degree program, but also the Campus Lectures, a series of events with prominent external experts, that FH Campus Wien regularly invites you to join. What makes this degree program special? Focus on social therapy in the outreach work with children and familiesCooperation with MAG ELF, Vienna Youth and Family OfficesBasis for the practically oriented development of interventionsChildren and families are increasingly affected by multiple biopsychosocial needs and socially pathological risk factors such as poverty, health risks and the related marginalization. Against this background, socio-therapeutic expertise in outreach work with children and families is essential to deal with complex family dynamics and take care of children as far as possible in the biological families. This degree program is unique in Austria and is intended to strengthen and consolidate expertise in family education, care and support beforehand and in the context of possible child endangerment. The cooperation with MAG ELF, Vienna Youth and Family Offices helps to recognize various practical needs and to use this knowledge for the benefit of children and families. The social therapy begins with the social genesis of needs and enables socio-therapeutic interventions for people with serious socially determined and socially relevant health problems. Thus social relationships, social behavior and social integration should be changed. This requires counseling, intervening, acting socially, promoting and providing support in various settings relevant to everyday life and living environments. The degree program should ultimately contribute to further developing social interventions as well as the techniques, methods and concepts applied in practice. What you will learn in the degree program In order to deal with complex family systems and multiple problems you will learn to recognize and understand family dynamics. For this reason you will explore in particular theories of clinical social work and child and family work. You will acquire children and family-centered communication methods and specific expertise in forms of soco-therapeutic intervention. In this context, you will examine reconstructive, classificatory and integrative social diagnostic instruments and train your understanding of diagnostic cases. In the social therapy casework you will examine not only the disease, but in particular the resulting consequences in the psychological and social context. Practical research in social work and practical socio-therapeutic design models play an important role in your education. This makes it necessary to examine quantitative and qualitative research methods of social research. Curriculum 1. Semester LectureSWSECTSConcepts of biopsychosocial health VOConcepts of biopsychosocial health VOLector: Mag.a Sandra Anders2SWS4ECTS24Psychosocial diagnosis and indication ILVPsychosocial diagnosis and indication ILVLector: Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA2SWS4ECTS24Practical exercises to concepts of biopsycholsocial health UEPractical exercises to concepts of biopsycholsocial health UELector: Mag. Dr. Peter Schernhardt1SWS3ECTS13Scientific writing SEScientific writing SELector: Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA1SWS2ECTS12Specifics of psychosocial child development VOSpecifics of psychosocial child development VOLector: Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA2SWS3ECTS23Conversations in multi-person setting UEConversations in multi-person setting UELector: Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA2SWS3ECTS23Psychosocial communication and consultation ILVPsychosocial communication and consultation ILVLector: Mag. (FH) Kathrin Weninger, MA2SWS3ECTSLecture contents-----------Assessment methods----------Teaching methods------------LanguageGerman23Qualitative research methods VOQualitative research methods VOLector: Mag. Dr. Andrea Schaffar1SWS2ECTSLecture contents• Logic" of scientific research • basic concepts of qualitative research • overview qualitative methodsAssessment methodsMax. points: 60, in 7 steps - see german versionTeaching methodspresentations, discussions, text study, group work, moodleLanguageGerman12Quantitative research methods VOQuantitative research methods VOLector: Peter Suchentrunk, MSc1SWS2ECTSLanguageGerman12Practical to psychosocial diagnosis and indication UEPractical to psychosocial diagnosis and indication UELector: Mag. (FH) Kathrin Weninger, MA2SWS4ECTSLecture contentssocial diagnosticsAssessment methodsimmanent examination characterTeaching methodsApplication of mediated diagnostic tools to case studiesLanguageGerman24 2. Semester LectureSWSECTSPoverty and social exclusion ILVPoverty and social exclusion ILVLector: Mag. (FH) Erich Fenninger1SWS1ECTS11 Specifics of transcultural work with families ILV 12 Migration and family ILV 12Legal framework of social therapeutic social work VOLegal framework of social therapeutic social work VOLector: Mag. Josef Hiebl1SWS2ECTS12 Practical exercises to psychosocial diagnosis and planning of interventions UE 24 Research areas for concept development SE 11 Conversation management with children and young people UE 23Master thesis - research design UEMaster thesis - research design UELector: Mag. Dr. Andrea Schaffar2SWS3ECTS23 Motivating and activating interviews UE 23Practice based research SEPractice based research SELector: Peter Suchentrunk, MSc1SWS2ECTS12 Psychosocial diagnosis and planning of interventions ILV 24 Specific approaches of social therapeutic work ILV 23 3. Semester LectureSWSECTSCrisis intervention and de-escalation UECrisis intervention and de-escalation UELector: Mag. Holger Eich2SWS3ECTS23Compilation of master thesis 1 SECompilation of master thesis 1 SELector: Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA, Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA1SWS10ECTS110Pedagogical-social therapeutic work with children and families VOPedagogical-social therapeutic work with children and families VOLector: Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA, Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA, Anna Prügger, M.A.2SWS3ECTS23Professional approach in enforcement contexts UEProfessional approach in enforcement contexts UELector: Mag. (FH) Kathrin Weninger, MA2SWS3ECTSLecture contentsprofessional acting in a forced contextAssessment methodsimmanent examination characterTeaching methodsTheoretical inputs using a case studyLanguageGerman23Risk assessment ILVRisk assessment ILVLector: Mag. Dr. Hannes Henzinger, BA, Mag. (FH) Georg Mitterer2SWS2ECTS22Theoretical approaches to trauma pedagogy ILVTheoretical approaches to trauma pedagogy ILVLector: Mag.a Barbara Neudecker, MA2SWS2ECTSLecture contentsBasics on Psychotraumatology Trauma vs. adverse developmental factors Trauma disorders Transgenerational transmission of trauma Traumatherapeutic methods "trauma therapy" vs. "psychotherapy" Basics of trauma pedagogy "Education" vs. "therapy" - the possibility of corrective experiences Approaches in trauma pedagogyAssessment methodsWritten exam at the end of the termTeaching methodslecture and discussionLanguageGerman22Practical exercises for pedagogical-social therapeutic work with children and families UEPractical exercises for pedagogical-social therapeutic work with children and families UELector: Mag. Renate Doppel2SWS3ECTS23Trauma integrating professional approach UETrauma integrating professional approach UELector: Mag.a Barbara Neudecker, MA2SWS2ECTSLecture contentsConsolidation of contents presented in "Theorieansätze zur Traumapädagogik"Assessment methodsPresence and cooperation in class Written assignmentTeaching methodspractical exerciseLanguageGerman22Basic approaches of social therapeutic work VOBasic approaches of social therapeutic work VOLector: Mag. Dr. Peter Schernhardt1SWS1ECTSLanguageGerman11Ethics of social therapeutic social work VOEthics of social therapeutic social work VOLector: FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Johannes Vorlaufer1SWS1ECTS11 4. Semester LectureSWSECTS Current debate SE 12Diagnostic understanding of cases in complex family systems UEDiagnostic understanding of cases in complex family systems UELector: Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA, Drin.phil. Karin Johanna Lebersorger2SWS2ECTS22 Didactics of parent education and family coachings SE 22 Early help / Early interventions SE 23 Expert opinion preparation SE 12 Compilation of master thesis 1 SE 18 Master Colloquium KO 03 Preventive approach and educational theory in the context of families VO 23Social-educational family work VOSocial-educational family work VOLector: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Wolf2SWS2ECTS22 Practical exercises to social-educational family work in the framework of child care placements UE 23Timesblocked from thursday to saturday, between 8.45 a.m. and 18.15 p.m. Teaching languageGerman Career opportunities As a child and family-centered social therapist, a wide range of responsibilities and areas of activity await you. You will be perfectly suited as an expert or manager and will fill a gap in interdisciplinary teams with doctors, educators, psychologists and psychotherapists. Your common mission will be to provide optimal care for children, youth and families, increasingly as outpatient, but also as day patient and inpatient. The newly acquired social-therapeutic expertise will qualify you to stabilize families as far as possible. Based on a social diagnosis you can make informed decisions about interventions and ultimately take responsibility for them. Your primary goal is to only place children in foster care if there is no gentler means available. With the Home Reform 2000, numerous offers such as prolonged crisis work, parenting skills training, family work and family coaching have developed to standards in socio-educational regions. You will work outpatient and inpatient in crisis accommodations or in measures of full child rearing through child and youth welfare agencies as well as in case management and the coordination of specific family-strengthening services. It is your responsibility to more strongly anchor the socio-therapeutic approach as a link in the whole service chain, starting with prevention all the way to the development and application of new interventions and the planning and implementation of innovative projects.Parent-child centersHelplinesFamily work among asylum seekersFamily court supportExpert activitiesSpecial care facilitiesJuvenile court supportChild and youth advocateChild support in courtChildren's hospice work and family support in the event of deathChildren's hospitals Crisis and child protection centersTeaching and research Local family / child rearing counseling centersLocal centers for children youth servicesSchool social work with a focus on family counselingSocial work in child and youth psychiatrySocial work in community health centers and surgeriesSocio-educational institutionsSocial pediatric centersSocio-spatial youth workSocial and family educational services Admission Admission requirements Bachelor degree or equivalent similar qualification from an institute of higher education with a total of 180 ECTS creditsBachelor degree / diploma in social work from a university of applied sciencesBachelor degree in another related subject of social / educational sciences. The relevant education requirement is proof of at least 60 ECTS in the core subjects listed below. Subjects in the areas of communication skills (min. 15 ECTS), scientific work and research (min. 10 ECTS), forms of intervention (min. 10 ECTS), fields of action in social work (min. 15 ECTS) and scientific knowledge related to social work (min. 10 ECTS) must be covered. Individual cases are decided by the head of the academic sector. Diploma from an Academy of Social Work (a three-year Academy for Social Work) Regulation for the admission of third country citizensInformation for applicants with non-Austrian (school) certificates Application To apply you will require the following documents:Birth certificateProof of citizenshipBachelor degree certification or diploma certificate/equivalent certificate from abroadCV in table form Please noteIt is not possible to save incomplete online applications. You must complete your application in one session. Your application will be valid as soon as you upload all of the required documents and certificates. In the event that some documents (e.g. references) are not available at the time you apply, you may submit these later via e-mail, mail or in person by no later than the start of the degree program. Admission procedure If you meet the formal requirements, the professional biographical aspects of your CV (called for in your application) will be reviewed, weighted and combined with an objective point system in the first stage of the admission procedure. After successful completion of the first stage of the admission procedure, you will be invited to a presentation and discussion of a relevant topic or question from practical social work. Contact > Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA Head of Degree Program Child and Family Centered Social Work T: +43 1 606 68 77-3321judit.barth-richtarz@fh-campuswien.ac.at Secretary's office Florian Toifl, BANina Šmon, BAFavoritenstraße 226, B.2.281100 Vienna P: +43 1 606 68 77-3320 F: +43 1 606 68 77-3329kifasoz@fh-campuswien.ac.atMap main campus Favoriten (Google Maps)Office hoursThu, 8.30 a.m.-12.00 p.m. and 1.00 p.m.-4.00 p.m.Fri, 8.30 a.m.-12.00 p.m. and 1.00 p.m.-4.00 p.m.and by appointment Teaching staff and research staff > FH-Prof.in Mag.a Judith Haberhauer> FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Johannes Vorlaufer Academic Staff Cooperations and Campusnetzwerk We work closely with numerous organizations in the social and public sectors, universities and research institutes. Our close relationships with early education and care institutions, early educational and care training centers and universities ensures you starting points for your career or your co-operation in research and development activities. You can find information about our cooperation activities and much more at Campusnetzwerk. It's well worth visiting the site as it may direct you to a new job or interesting event held by our cooperation partners! Campusnetzwerk Downloads and Links Information Children and Family Centered Social Work Master (PDF 196 KB)Folder Social Work (PDF 946 KB)
1. Semester LectureSWSECTSConcepts of biopsychosocial health VOConcepts of biopsychosocial health VOLector: Mag.a Sandra Anders2SWS4ECTS24Psychosocial diagnosis and indication ILVPsychosocial diagnosis and indication ILVLector: Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA2SWS4ECTS24Practical exercises to concepts of biopsycholsocial health UEPractical exercises to concepts of biopsycholsocial health UELector: Mag. Dr. Peter Schernhardt1SWS3ECTS13Scientific writing SEScientific writing SELector: Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA1SWS2ECTS12Specifics of psychosocial child development VOSpecifics of psychosocial child development VOLector: Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA2SWS3ECTS23Conversations in multi-person setting UEConversations in multi-person setting UELector: Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA2SWS3ECTS23Psychosocial communication and consultation ILVPsychosocial communication and consultation ILVLector: Mag. (FH) Kathrin Weninger, MA2SWS3ECTSLecture contents-----------Assessment methods----------Teaching methods------------LanguageGerman23Qualitative research methods VOQualitative research methods VOLector: Mag. Dr. Andrea Schaffar1SWS2ECTSLecture contents• Logic" of scientific research • basic concepts of qualitative research • overview qualitative methodsAssessment methodsMax. points: 60, in 7 steps - see german versionTeaching methodspresentations, discussions, text study, group work, moodleLanguageGerman12Quantitative research methods VOQuantitative research methods VOLector: Peter Suchentrunk, MSc1SWS2ECTSLanguageGerman12Practical to psychosocial diagnosis and indication UEPractical to psychosocial diagnosis and indication UELector: Mag. (FH) Kathrin Weninger, MA2SWS4ECTSLecture contentssocial diagnosticsAssessment methodsimmanent examination characterTeaching methodsApplication of mediated diagnostic tools to case studiesLanguageGerman24
2. Semester LectureSWSECTSPoverty and social exclusion ILVPoverty and social exclusion ILVLector: Mag. (FH) Erich Fenninger1SWS1ECTS11 Specifics of transcultural work with families ILV 12 Migration and family ILV 12Legal framework of social therapeutic social work VOLegal framework of social therapeutic social work VOLector: Mag. Josef Hiebl1SWS2ECTS12 Practical exercises to psychosocial diagnosis and planning of interventions UE 24 Research areas for concept development SE 11 Conversation management with children and young people UE 23Master thesis - research design UEMaster thesis - research design UELector: Mag. Dr. Andrea Schaffar2SWS3ECTS23 Motivating and activating interviews UE 23Practice based research SEPractice based research SELector: Peter Suchentrunk, MSc1SWS2ECTS12 Psychosocial diagnosis and planning of interventions ILV 24 Specific approaches of social therapeutic work ILV 23
3. Semester LectureSWSECTSCrisis intervention and de-escalation UECrisis intervention and de-escalation UELector: Mag. Holger Eich2SWS3ECTS23Compilation of master thesis 1 SECompilation of master thesis 1 SELector: Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA, Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA1SWS10ECTS110Pedagogical-social therapeutic work with children and families VOPedagogical-social therapeutic work with children and families VOLector: Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA, Mag.a Irina Posteiner-Schuller, MA, Anna Prügger, M.A.2SWS3ECTS23Professional approach in enforcement contexts UEProfessional approach in enforcement contexts UELector: Mag. (FH) Kathrin Weninger, MA2SWS3ECTSLecture contentsprofessional acting in a forced contextAssessment methodsimmanent examination characterTeaching methodsTheoretical inputs using a case studyLanguageGerman23Risk assessment ILVRisk assessment ILVLector: Mag. Dr. Hannes Henzinger, BA, Mag. (FH) Georg Mitterer2SWS2ECTS22Theoretical approaches to trauma pedagogy ILVTheoretical approaches to trauma pedagogy ILVLector: Mag.a Barbara Neudecker, MA2SWS2ECTSLecture contentsBasics on Psychotraumatology Trauma vs. adverse developmental factors Trauma disorders Transgenerational transmission of trauma Traumatherapeutic methods "trauma therapy" vs. "psychotherapy" Basics of trauma pedagogy "Education" vs. "therapy" - the possibility of corrective experiences Approaches in trauma pedagogyAssessment methodsWritten exam at the end of the termTeaching methodslecture and discussionLanguageGerman22Practical exercises for pedagogical-social therapeutic work with children and families UEPractical exercises for pedagogical-social therapeutic work with children and families UELector: Mag. Renate Doppel2SWS3ECTS23Trauma integrating professional approach UETrauma integrating professional approach UELector: Mag.a Barbara Neudecker, MA2SWS2ECTSLecture contentsConsolidation of contents presented in "Theorieansätze zur Traumapädagogik"Assessment methodsPresence and cooperation in class Written assignmentTeaching methodspractical exerciseLanguageGerman22Basic approaches of social therapeutic work VOBasic approaches of social therapeutic work VOLector: Mag. Dr. Peter Schernhardt1SWS1ECTSLanguageGerman11Ethics of social therapeutic social work VOEthics of social therapeutic social work VOLector: FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Johannes Vorlaufer1SWS1ECTS11
4. Semester LectureSWSECTS Current debate SE 12Diagnostic understanding of cases in complex family systems UEDiagnostic understanding of cases in complex family systems UELector: Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA, Drin.phil. Karin Johanna Lebersorger2SWS2ECTS22 Didactics of parent education and family coachings SE 22 Early help / Early interventions SE 23 Expert opinion preparation SE 12 Compilation of master thesis 1 SE 18 Master Colloquium KO 03 Preventive approach and educational theory in the context of families VO 23Social-educational family work VOSocial-educational family work VOLector: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Wolf2SWS2ECTS22 Practical exercises to social-educational family work in the framework of child care placements UE 23
> Mag.a Dr.in Judit Barth-Richtarz, MA Head of Degree Program Child and Family Centered Social Work T: +43 1 606 68 77-3321judit.barth-richtarz@fh-campuswien.ac.at