Language of instruction
German
Introduction to law, general and specific, civil law, family law, law of obligations, inheritance law, property law, youth welfare law.
Language of instruction
German
social insurance law, health insurance, accident insurance, pension insurance, unemployment insurance; care allowance, benefits for families.
Language of instruction
German
Family social work / Social Pedagogy
• Basic social work based on historical development and practical implementation
• Access to children and families, building trust and relationship as a basis for working with children and families, the basis for family work
• UN Convention on the Rights of Children, Basic Information on Child and Youth Aid, Social Area Orientation Graz and Casemanagement JUWON,
• Goal work, assessment of childhood, violence in the family: child abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, attachment theory and trauma aspects
• Legal and organizational framework conditions in the individual fields of social work
Language of instruction
German
• Motives for studying and ethical standards of the profession
• preparation internships, overview of social organizations in various suitable fields to encourage independent reasearch of an internship,
• job perspectives and understanding the meaning of current economic, social and societal development.
Introduction to the fields of social work:
• Understand the specific problems of client groups in the individual fields of social work
• Overview of social work methods in the individual fields of social work
• Legal and organizational framework conditions in the individual fields of social work
• Overview of the respective social institutions in the individual fields of social work
Language of instruction
German
Digital Social Work / Documentation
• Develop the relevance of computer skills in social work.
• Learn about the IT and eLearning infrastructure at FH Joanneum, EDP regulations, personal drives, external access to the FH net, and the like
Language of instruction
German
Methodology 1 / Individual case and primary group.
• Introduction to the methods of social work,
• case work and case management, action-driven theories (social-learning theory, field theory, systemic theory, symbolic interactionism, psychoanalysis),
• relationship orientation, life world orientation, community orientation, goal orientation, communication, interviewing, self-evaluation.
Language of instruction
German
International and Intercultural Social Work
Introduction into international social sork (concepts, key terms), international social work in selected countries, contexts, issues and fields of activities. Social work in a society of migration, intercultural and diversity oriented competences, discrimination and racism critical aspects.
Language of instruction
German
Social Work Issues 1 / Autonomous Learning
Students acquire professional knowledge in the field of social work with special attention to professional communication in the cultural and intercultural context. Self-directed and autonomous learning within professional context. Peer teaching, group work, discussions of social work specific topics. Practical competence in using effective communication techniques. Understanding and applying professional and specific terms in social work.
Language of instruction
German
Sociology and Social Economy
Basic questions and theories of socialization in families, schools and work. Introduction into selected problems of specific sociologies (e.g. economic sociology, sociology of work, organizational sociology, sociology of ageing). With reference to modern economy and social, cultural, political and institutional basics, markets and businesses, consumption, economy as social structure, networks, cooperation and competition, profit and ethics, conflict and power, social policy, governance.
Language of instruction
German
Theories and History of Social Work
Introduction to the history of the profession, familiarisation with selected classics of social work; function and methods of social work; starting points and ethical principles of social work, individual case work, action-guiding theories (learning theory, systems theory, etc.); pedagogical concepts, case management, relationship orientation, everyday life orientation, life world orientation, social space orientation, goal orientation, communication, conversation techniques, self-evaluation; systems theory, symbolic interactionism, social capital, social constructivism, solution orientation, solution-oriented conversation techniques, resource orientation and activation, will-oriented social work
