Social Work with
People with Disabilities
The starting point for the Social Work with People with Disabilities degree program is the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It emphasizes inclusion, participation, and equal inclusion as human rights and thus forms the basis for person-centered pedagogical practice.
The program prepares students to provide expert advice, support, and guidance to people with various disabilities and impairments in different areas of life. Students acquire knowledge about life situations, medical and psychosocial foundations, legal frameworks, and support systems, combined with methodological skills in communication, counseling, and community-based work.
A central goal is to identify and dismantle barriers, promote self-determination, and continuously reflect on professional practice. Through the close integration of theory and practice in the dual study program, the content is continuously tested and further developed in everyday professional practice.
The degree program offers a unique profile that is unparalleled in Germany: It consistently combines the study of social work with a focus on the living conditions of people with disabilities, thus opening up diverse career prospects in inclusive fields of work.
Core content
- Systematic analyses of services as well as political structures, problems, resources and life circumstances of people with disabilities
- Central theories, concepts and methods of social work, particularly in the context of "social space analysis / orientation"
- Critical examination of legal and professional ethical questions in the context of societal developments and perspectives
- Critical examination of social justice questions in order to reflect, name and reduce social exclusion.
Schedule
12Weeks of Theory
14Weeks of Practice
3Years of Studies
210ECTS Points
Bachelor of Arts
Career following studies
Social educators in the Social Work with People with Disabilities study programme can expect to be confronted with tasks which, in view of individual living circumstances, the social situation of those concerned and the respective social context, are exceptionally complex. They are active in social services in institutions involved in integration aid, community services for people with disabilities and self-help organisations.
Internationales Vollzeitstudium
Sie haben einen Schul- oder vielleicht sogar Hochschulabschluss im Ausland erworben und möchten nun gerne bei uns ein komplettes Studium bis zum Bachelorabschluss absolvieren. Im Vollzeitstudium bieten wir keine 100% englischsprachigen Studiengänge an. Wenn Sie also gute Deutschkenntnisse haben und Ihr Abschluss anerkannt wird, können Sie unter denselben Voraussetzungen bei uns studieren, wie deutsche Schüler auch.
