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Lecture contents

The central focus of this course revolves around typical schemes of progress and the structuring of counselling interviews in settings with individual clients, families, or systems. Role-plays provide a starting point for professional reflection of conversations. Here, special attention is paid to a respectful attitude and mode of engagement.
Differing approaches to counselling (i.e. systemic, solution-oriented, person-centred, psychoanalytical) will be introduced and the systemic-solution oriented consultation will be especially practiced in role-plays.

Assessment methods

Language

German-English

Lecture contents

In this module, the reflection about personal learning and biography are encouraged and specific revision strategies conveyed. Alongside a presentation of students' group work as a specific form of learning, methods of time management are introduced, and the personal implementation of such methods addressed.
Furthermore, the students learn about the department's curriculum with its modular structure and receive an introduction to the administrative procedures of the degree. They receive an initial overview of the different areas of work, as well as about professional intervention in the context of Social Work.

Assessment methods

Continuous assessment
exam on fields of work, individual contribution

Teaching methods

discussion, group work, lecture

Language

German-English

Lecture contents

Through long-term dealing in a practical field, a deeper and more continuous insight into the reality of the profession of social workers and social pedagogues is possible, as well as the testing of prospective professional roles. Working independently with client and client groups in various phases of a process of accompaniment or an intervention can be practiced. Practical experiences should be linked with theoretical knowledge acquired in the course.

Assessment methods

Language

German

Lecture contents

Through long-term exposure in a practical field, extensive insight into the reality of the professional practices of social workers and social pedagogues can be achieved. Furthermore, the student’s prospective professional role can be put to the test. Independent work with clients and client groups in different phases of a counseling session or an intervention can also be trained. The practical experiences gained should be linked to theoretical knowledge and insights achieved throughout the course.
The practical experiences will also be documented in a differentiated professional analysis. Hereby the reflexive reference to the student’s own practical experiences and the connection of such with relevant theoretical spheres of knowlegede is provided.

Assessment methods

Lecture contents

Through long-term exposure in a practical field, extensive insight into the reality of the professional practices of social workers and social pedagogues can be achieved. Furthermore, the student’s prospective professional role can be put to the test. Independent work with clients and client groups in different phases of a counseling session or an intervention can also be trained. The practical experiences gained should be linked to theoretical knowledge and insights achieved throughout the course.
The practical experiences will also be documented in a differentiated professional analysis. Hereby the reflexive reference to the student’s own practical experiences and the connection of such with relevant theoretical spheres of knowlegede is provided.

Assessment methods

Language

German

Lecture contents

Based on the learning experience gained in the practical placement context, students will learn to examine concrete case analyses and methods as well as theoretical and conceptual foundations of praxis organisation.
Along with the practical placement, the continuing reflection and analysis of the various personal and subject-specific/technical experiences in individual and group contexts are placed in the foreground. In addition, a goal of the course is the integration of experiences in the student’s own professional understanding in order to aid the development of a professional identity.

Assessment methods

Language

German

Lecture contents

While absolving the practical placement, the continuous theory led reflection and analysis of various personal and professional experiences in individual and group contexts will be set in the foreground. The integration of students’ own experiences and the exchange within the group deepen the professional understanding and offer a valuable contribution to the development of the profession identity.
Students learn to deal with team and organisational structures, case analyses, theoretical and conceptual foundations of practical organisations, and methodical action.

Assessment methods

Language

German

Language

German

Lecture contents

Students receive an introduction in select theoretical approaches from both the recent history and the present developments of social work. Students learn to differentiate between theories according to their central assumptions, theses and terminology and to contextualize them in relation to special problem situations in social work.

Assessment methods

Final Examination

Language

German

Lecture contents

Students are introduced to central sociological theories, concepts and systems on the macro-, meso- and micro-sociological levels. Relationships between society and the individual within social structures, institutions / networks and social interaction in primary groups will be analysed and reflected upon. Special attention will be paid to social inequality and social exclusion. In response to guiding questions in select special sociologies (e.g. organisations sociology, educational sociology, criminal sociology) the students learn to use sociological perspectives to understand social problem for the praxis of social work and to reflect upon and connect to current developments in the fields of social work.

Assessment methods

Final Exam

Language

German-English

Language

German-English