It examines questions in social work closely, providing answers taken from academic thought as well as practice.
Youth work is a particular focus.
The authors are German social education workers, child psychologists, and social workers. The featured topic in each issue is dealt with in numerous articles based on theory and practice. Recent findings in social education and social policy are discussed critically. The magazine includes an extensive, detailed news and information section with short reports on current developments in social policy, reviews of books and materials, notices of events and of legal decisions which are significant for social work. A comprehensibly written magazine which will be of interest to specialists and anyone wanting to gain an overall picture of social relations and marginal groups in Germany.