Company social work

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The company's social work (BSA) (also counseling service (BSB) ) is a special area within the social work , with corresponding objectives and principles. The BSB brings personal benefit for employees and financial benefit for companies . Since problems in the financial, family, personal and health areas have an impact on the quality of work, they are just as much a part of BSB's advisory services as advising on difficulties and conflicts in the workplace.

history

In Switzerland , only a few sources point to the origins of corporate social work. While nurses were mentioned as so-called factory nurses in Germany as early as the last century , the first jobs for factory nurses were created in the years after the First World War by the then already existing Swiss People's Service Association or by the companies themselves. In 1944 the factory welfare workers at the time merged to form a Swiss association, which from 1961 called itself the “Swiss Professional Association of Social Workers in Companies” and whose members joined the SBS / ASPAS (Swiss Professional Association of Social Work, since 2005 AvenirSocial ). With the change in companies, the problems that arise and social work, corporate social work also changed into an independent, professionally managed service by companies.

There are no BSA laws in Switzerland. Switzerland also does not belong to any international organization that requests this service. Although Switzerland is not a member of the EU, company social workers (BS) from Switzerland are members of ENOS, the European Network of Occupational Social Work .

Range of services

BSB helps and supports on the basis of methodological and professional ethical standards. Activities at BSB include advising employees of all hierarchical levels and their first-degree relatives on financial, personal, family and health problems, as well as on conflicts at work. Training on the topics of addiction prevention in the workplace, prevention of bullying and sexual harassment and increasingly on the topic of health and work-life balance are complementary offers.

providers

The advisory services are covered by external BSB providers as well as in-house services. Most countries have their own BSB. There is competition between the external providers and the internal services. Large companies such as SBB , Swiss Post , Swisscom and the chemical industry often offer their own services. External providers primarily serve small and medium-sized companies (SMEs).

Two providers offer BSA nationwide in Switzerland, so that national companies with several locations can purchase a uniform service of high quality.

Conclusion

The external service differs only to a limited extent from internal offers. The professional qualifications of the counselors are important for both.

See also

literature

  • Professional Code of Professional Social Work. AvenirSocial, Bern 2006.
  • Corporate social work model. AvenirSocial, Bern 2008.
  • Susanne Klein and Hans-Jürgen Apelt (eds.): Practical handbook for corporate social work, prevention and interventions in modern companies, Asanger Verlag Kröning, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89334-531-1 .
  • Disability management . In: SozialAktuell, No. 2/2008.
  • Social work in transition . In: SozialAktuell, No. 2/2009.
  • Katja Müggler: Help with bullying, addiction and burnout . In: Basler Zeitung, “Arbeit & Stellen”, 07/2012.
  • Franziska Meier: Every company is well advised with corporate social counseling from July 4, 2012. In: HR-Today, Das Schweizer HR Management-Journal, 07/2012.
  • Katja Müggler: When the working atmosphere is going bad . In: Alpha, Der Kadermarkt der Schweiz, 09/2012.