Social assistant
The social assistant ( social worker ) or state-certified social assistant is a state- regulated profession in the social sector .
Social assistants are usually active in the care and support of children, adolescents and people with disabilities. Their jobs are dormitories for young people, but also for old people, day care centers or hospitals. In general, they complement the work of educational or nursing professionals and parents in the household, nursing and educational area, for example by preparing meals, helping with personal hygiene or supporting children and young people in their leisure time, i.e. also giving the children impulses, to realize oneself.
The social assistant training course is a school-based training at vocational schools that is regulated by state law and thus very differently regulated . Depending on the school-leaving qualification and federal state, training takes one year with the general higher education entrance qualification, two years with the intermediate school leaving certificate and three years with the secondary school leaving certificate . There are z. B. Subjects such as social education, communication and language, movement and play, German / communication, foreign language / communication, EDP, sport, religion or ethics and politics are taught.
In some federal states , completed vocational training as a state-certified social assistant with a focus on social pedagogy is a mandatory requirement for admission to educator training (including in Lower Saxony , Saxony , Rhineland-Palatinate , Hesse ). Sometimes the term "social pedagogical assistant" is used synonymously, in certain federal states it is then again a different, separate occupation and similar to that of the nanny .
Web links
- An overview of the work of the social worker (employment agency)