Social Pedagogy & Social Work have evolved into a growing sector with a strong demand for qualified personnel. Potential areas of activity are diverse and include various target groups and fields of work:
Children and families: Activities in day care centres, residential communities, crisis centres, family intensive care, leisure activities, parent-child residential groups, child welfare institutions
Adolescents and young adults: Assistance in youth centres, job coaching, production schools, mobile youth work, boarding schools, mentoring programmes, residential communities, training workshops, work with juvenile offenders
People with disabilities: Support in residential communities, workshops, personal assistance, work assistance, promotion centres, job initiatives
Healthcare and rehabilitation: Activities in social geriatrics, social psychiatry, children’s wards, nursing homes, addiction prevention institutions, AIDS support, palliative care
Education: Work in schools and kindergartens, afternoon childcare, social pedagogy in school, learning support, and school intensive care
Grown-ups and older persons: Assistance in labour market-relevant institutions, socially integrating businesses, living assistance, day-structuring institutions, residential groups, employment service offers, and institutions for persons in housing crises
Intercultural work and development cooperation: Activities on behalf of asylum seekers
Governmental Social Work
And much more (Social Pedagogy is a growing sector that reacts to societal change and challenges)