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| Module code: BSozP-17 |
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5S (5 hours per week) |
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| Semester: 4 |
| Mandatory course: yes |
Language of instruction:
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Assessment:
BSP1-17.1 Term paper
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BSP-17 (P322-0002, P322-0075) Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019
, semester 4, mandatory course
BSozP-17 Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2026
, semester 4, mandatory course
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75 class hours (= 56.25 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 93.75 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
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Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
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Recommended as prerequisite for:
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Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Zöller |
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Zöller
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Learning outcomes:
BSP-17.1 Seminar: Fields of Social Work and Childhood Pedagogy
After successfully completing this course, students will:
- be able to describe selected fields of social work or childhood pedagogy and their approaches,
- be able to create situation, resource and problem analyses and apply them in their field of work,
- be able to transfer and apply conceptual ideas to selected fields of social work and childhood education,
- be able to apply the legal framework to the selected field of work,
- be able to critically evaluate and apply methods and concepts to the selected field of work.
BSP-17.2 Seminar: Social Law
After successfully completing this seminar, students will be able to:
- demonstrate a basic knowledge of social and social administration law, asylum and residence law, and labor law, which is essential for providing expert advice to third parties, for working in public and private institutions, and for fruitful interprofessional cooperation,
- apply the basic knowledge they have acquired to simple cases from professional practice in the fields of social work,
- understand and critically examine legal justifications (e.g., in official notices).
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Module content:
BSP-17.1 Seminar: Fields of Social Work and Childhood Pedagogy
In-depth insights into selected fields of social work or childhood pedagogy. On the basis of a selected field of work, students will deepen their knowledge about the conceptual structure of their selected field, the legal framework and the corresponding didactic and methodological concepts. Students will study the respective problems and life situations of the respective target group from their selected field of work in detail. Students will analytically apply the social framework conditions that shape their selected field of work (e.g. law, politics, etc.). They will reflect on the role and duties of the specialists in their selected field of work and integrate these considerations into their concepts.
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BSP-17.1-1 Transition from School to Employment Prof. Dr. Ulrike Zöller
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:
• be able to outline the main features of the field of action and are familiar with its legal basis,
• have gained in-depth insight into exemplary fields of work and the empirical questions associated with them,
• be able to discuss dilemmas in decision-making,
• be able to reflect upon individual and societal perceptions of age.
Module content:
For a long time, old age played only a minor role in social work. Since at least the 1980s, however, demographic change has made aging an increasingly important topic for the social work profession. Today, despite its marginal position in the field of social work, the relevance of this topic can hardly be denied (cf. Aner/Karl 2020).
But what is hindering the expansion of social work services for older people? What dilemmas do social workers face in care counseling? How can people at the end of their lives, together with their families and loved ones, be professionally supported in the face of the existential crisis of dying? These and other questions are the subject of the seminar. After reflecting on individual and societal images of aging and a brief introduction to scientific concepts of age(ing), we will develop an overview of this field within the course of the seminar. Using the examples of “care counseling” and “hospice work,” we will explore the topics of “care and dependency in old age” and “dying and death” in greater depth and discuss how social workers can address them. At the end of each thematic unit, open questions will be discussed with professionals from the respective field of work.
Further reading and links:
• Aner, Kirsten/Karl, Ute (Hg.) (2020). Handbuch Soziale Arbeit und Alter. 2. Auflage. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
• Backes, Gertrud/Clemes, Wolfgang (2013). Lebensphase Alter. Eine Einführung in die sozialwissenschaftliche Alternsforschung. 4. Auflage. Weinheim und Basel: Beltz Juventa.
• Hank, Karsten/Schulz-Nieswandt, Frank/Wagner, Michael/ Zank, Susanne (Hg.) (2019). Alternsforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag.
• Kruse, Andreas (2017). Lebensphase hohes Alter. Verletzlichkeit und Reife. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag.
Additional literature will be announced at the beginning of the module.
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BSP-17.1-2 Social Work on the Internet Ralf Steinkamp
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BSP-17.1-3 Social Work with Older People Katharina Pontius
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BSP-17.1-4 Child and Youth Work Mark Unbehend
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BSP-17.1-5 Early Support Julia Hergarten
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BSP-17.2 Seminar: Social Law (Sozialrecht)
1. Social law
- The importance of social law for the fields of social work
- Introduction
o The historical development and origins of social law
o The roles and goals of social law
o Human rights, the welfare state, and social law
o Sources of social law
o Structure and content of the Social Code (SGB)
o Social rights
- General entitlement to benefits
o Social law relationships and their participants
o Information obligations of benefit providers
o Mandatory and discretionary benefits
o Provision of benefits
o Triangular relationship in social law
- Social administration procedures and social data
o Scope and phases of social administration procedures
o Applying for benefits
o Capacity to act under social law
o Benefit providers and jurisdictions
o Principle of Investigation and Obligations to Cooperate
o Administrative acts and appeal procedures
o Legal protection in social law
o Social data security
o Confidentiality obligations, disclosure of confidential information, and the right to refuse to testify
- Social security for basic livelihood
o Basic Income (SGB II)
o Benefits for education and participation, as well as the child basic income (Kindergrundsicherung)
o Social welfare and basic income support for the elderly (SGB XII)
o Asylum seekers´ benefits law (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz)
2. Asylum and residence law
- The significance of asylum and residence law for the fields of social work
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Basic principles and concepts of the right of residence
- Asylum proceedings
- Asylum, refugee status, and subsidiary protection
- Ban on deportation
- Tolerated stay
- Special provisions for refugees from Ukraine
3. Labor law
- Sources of labor law
- Collective bargaining agreement
- Establishment of the employment relationship
- Fixed-term employment contract
- Termination and employment protection
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Teaching methods/Media:
Information from the lecturers
- Practical studies with class presentations of results
- Guided excursions in various fields of work
- Literature studies
- Exercises within the framework of the seminar
- Selected approaches and methods will be tested through simulation or role playing
- Guest lectures from professionals
- Independent study: Follow-up work and in-depth study using additional literature
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Recommended or required reading:
BSP-17.1 Seminar: Fields of Social Work and Childhood Pedagogy
Literature: relates to the respective field of work and will therefore be announced in the seminar.
BSP-17.2 Seminar: Social Law (Sozialrecht)
Available on the university network at https://www.utb.de:
- Reinhardt, Grundkurs Sozialverwaltungsrecht für die Soziale Arbeit, 3. Aufl. 2023
- Wabnitz, Grundkurs Recht für die Soziale Arbeit, 6. Aufl. 2021
- Trenczek/Tammen/Behlert/von Boetticher/Beetz, Grundzüge des Rechts – Studienbuch für soziale Berufe, 6. Aufl. 2024
Available in the library:
- Beyer, Recht für die Soziale Arbeit, 3. Aufl. 2022 (DS 6800 Bey)
- Frings/Schweigler, Sozialrecht für die Soziale Arbeit, 5. Aufl. 2021 (DS 6800 Fri)
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