State recognition (social worker)
The state recognition is a certification or notarization of a social worker or social pedagogue by an authorized state authority , which is known in Germany and which is required for the performance of certain sovereign tasks . This can be a university or a local administrative authority.
Historical background
The state recognition through periods of practical work during / after training has its origin in the Weimar Republic of the 1920s. After two years of training and passing the examination at the welfare school as well as after probation in a subsequent professional year, state recognition as a welfare worker was granted, provided that the person concerned had reached the age of 24. This type should permanently shape the later developments in social work:
- an education that was located outside the universities and colleges that
- initially only - and to this day predominantly - was elected by women who
- was connected with a formalized transition phase from the training to the employment system, the later professional recognition year, and at the end of this
- Finally, there was “state recognition” - a special certificate which, in addition to the school leaving certificate, can facilitate access to the public service.
requirements
For the practice of the social worker / social pedagogue profession, a degree in the field of social work is primarily required, which leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree. After completing the respective bachelor's degree, a graduate can call himself a social worker / social pedagogue (BA) and be paid to work in a variety of ways in numerous fields of activity.
Recognition, practice
If in the service of the state administration there are sovereign and administrative tasks and the observance of legal norms to be guaranteed by the state, such as the exercise of the state guardianship for the protection of children and young people, i. d. Usually state recognition is also required. With state recognition, social workers and social pedagogues are recognized under public law in their profession in order to enforce state norms backed by legal guarantees.
They are also subject to stricter legal assessment (e.g. confidentiality according to StGB § 203 Paragraph 1 Clause 5). In some federal states, the state youth welfare offices bind the permit to operate inpatient child and youth welfare facilities to the use of skilled workers with state recognition or with equivalent professional experience and knowledge, which is regulated by personnel key.
In the federal Federal Republic of Germany, state recognition is granted very differently from state to state. In some federal states such as Berlin, the state recognition is given directly with the receipt of the bachelor's degree. In other federal states (e.g. Lower Saxony), bachelor graduates receive state recognition after completing an internship .
Individual evidence
- ↑ State of North Rhine-Westphalia - decision on the authorization to take up or practice a profession in the field of social education or social work with foreign educational qualifications and the determination of equivalence ( online )
- ↑ Sachße, Christoph (2003): Motherhood as a job. Social work, social reform and women's movement 1871–1929. Weinheim [u. a.]: BeltzVotum (Kassel Studies on Social Policy and Social Pedagogy, 1). P. 257 ff.
- ↑ Rauschenbach, Thomas; Züchner, Ivo (2015): Professional and professional history of social work. In: Hans-Uwe Otto, Hans Thiersch and Klaus Grunwald (eds.): Handbook of social work. Basics of social work and social education. 5th enlarged edition. Munich, Basel: Ernst Reinhardt Verlag, pp. 175–186.
- ↑ State recognition - general information. FBTS, June 8, 2017, accessed August 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Regulations of the federal states for obtaining state recognition. (PDF; 31 kB) FBTS, March 14, 2013, accessed on August 15, 2018 .