Insofar experienced specialist (child protection)

To this extent, experienced specialist is in Germany the legal acc. Section 8a and Section 8b of Book VIII of the Social Code for the advising person to assess the risk of a suspected child welfare risk. Unofficial names are child protection specialist , IeF , Isef or Isofak . This has two "protection order in accordance with § 8a (4) Set child endangerment " in SGB VIII by supporting the youth services are consulted always advise in the risk assessment for a child. The skilled worker experienced in this respect is characterized by additional training and must not be confused with the "(several) skilled workers" in sentence 1 § 8a. Furthermore, the designation is legally based in Section 4 (2) KKG ( Law on Cooperation and Information in Child Protection ).

history

On October 1, 2005, Section 8a was inserted into SGB VIII; The contributor was the Child and Youth Welfare Development Act (KICK), an article law. The new paragraph is intended to make it clear that the youth welfare office can insist on parental involvement in the risk assessment of this right to obtain information in the event of a conflict, according to the reasons given at the time. At the same time, § 43 (removal) was deleted. As a result, removal was defined as taking into care according to § 42 SGB VIII according to the preliminary regulations of § 8a against the will of the guardian and by decision of the family court.

This was followed by an additional Federal Child Protection Act , an article law of January 1, 2012, which u. a. expanded section 8a and added sections 8b and 79a. It takes up the experiences from the work of the round tables on 'home children' and 'sexual abuse' and is based on the findings of the action program "early help". The law on cooperation and information in child protection (KKG) was also passed, a small, independent law that provides for child protection networks, requires early help and for people such as doctors, midwives, psychologists, teachers and all social workers (especially on addiction issues and in the Pregnancy conflict counseling) fixes the legal right to advice from experienced specialists .

The newly included position § 79a is intended to ensure quality development also for risk assessments according to § 8a.

Action

The experienced specialist helps the responsible specialist, z. B. a daycare educator, as an instance not involved in the case, assess the individual risk for a child so that his or her well-being does not have to be endangered. She supports, advises and accompanies - possibly also in the subsequent period - in jointly creating a qualified help and protection concept for the child in question. This is to prevent wrong decisions to the detriment of the child and family. The child protection specialist does not necessarily contact the parents or legal guardians, but is involved in checking the acceptance of the problem or the willingness of custodians to cooperate. If she recommends child protection intervention, the responsible basic specialist will fill out the child protection registration form provided by many federal states (forms for schools, forms for youth welfare institutions) and forward it to the locally responsible youth welfare office promptly. Is z. For example, on a weekend or a public holiday “there is imminent danger”, the police are involved and act; Local emergency services for children and young people are available "around the clock".

The work is not infrequently aimed at the implementation of measures in accordance with § 42 SGB ​​VIII - Taking into care, because in the run-up these custodians apparently did not use their legal right to educational assistance (services, offers) with success. If a specialist at the public institution is called in as an "expert with experience in this respect" (e.g. municipal advice center ...) by facilities or services according to paragraph 2, the protection mandate according to paragraph 1 is not activated, but there is a duty of confidentiality in the Expert advice.

Requirements for additional training

In order to get to the IeF , which lasts around 80–160 hours , the applicant must be qualified and have one of the following basic occupations:

• Pedagogical or psychological training (diploma in education, diploma in social education, diploma in social work, diploma in curative education, diploma in psychology) or training to become an educator with relevant additional training; Another youth welfare specialist in a management position with a qualified professional qualification would also be considered
• Several years of practical experience and experience with practical cases in child protection
• Additional qualifications in the area of ​​perception, assessment and action in child protection and
• Proven competence in the sense of a task profile recognized in practice

literature

• Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Landesverband NRW eV (DKSB LV NRW eV), Education Academy BiS, Institute for Social Work eV (ISA): Considerations on the design of the role of the child protection specialist, ZkJ 2009, p. 109.
• Discher, Britta, Schimke, Hans-Jürgen: The role of the experienced specialist in accordance with Section 8a, Paragraph 2 of Book VIII of the Social Code in a cooperative child protection scheme. In: Journal for Child Law and Youth Welfare 1, 2011.
• Kunkel, Peter-Christian (Ed.): "Social Code VIII, Child and Youth Welfare: Teaching and Practice Commentary", Baden-Baden 2014
• Matthias Moch, Manuela Junker-Moch: Child protection as process advice, ZKJ 4/2009.
• The protection order. Considerations of the Institute for Social Work eV, the DKSB Landesverband NRW / Bildungsakademie BiS on the design of the role of the child protection specialist, in: Sozialmagazin Heft 2, 2010, pp. 52–57.
• Schlegel / Voelske (Ed.): "Juris Practice Commentary SGB VIII" (pp. 196–194), Saarbrücken 2014

Web links

• § 8 SGB ​​VIII
• ISA NRW as a specialist
• Leitner 2009 about the IeF (PDF; 63 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ the BKiSchG , seen on April 23, 2013