Social Work majoring in Youth Work (professional part-time)
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.)

Building upon your previous experience, you will spend the first semesters learning about the basic professional and scientific principles of social work. Besides the core subjects of history, theories, methods and organisation of social work, importance is also placed on interlinking these with their related sciences.

Instead of spending one entire semester completing an internship, you will work on three practically focused projects in total between the first and sixth semester, each lasting two semesters and supervised by a formally qualified expert in social work (state-certified social educationalist). Two of these projects should, if possible, focus on your working environment and enable you to form profound links between theory and practice, while another must address a different field of work than your own. Academic supervision for the three practically focused study projects will be provided in the form of blended learning, using the Moodle learning platform implemented by Kempten University of Applied Sciences.

Other areas of study focus on methodical and thematic aspects such as “Project and conceptual development in social organisations” and “Discussion and advice in social work”. Semester 7 covers more advanced academic work and subject matter.

Upon successfully completing the programme, the university of applied sciences will award you the academic degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and the right to use the professional title “state-certified social educationalist” in accordance with BaySozKiPädG.

Besides equipping you with a higher qualification in the field of child and youth work, this degree programme also prepares you to potentially switch to other areas of social work, particularly for support work with children and adolescents in general and for adult education. Experts in these fields are anticipated to be in high demand in the years ahead, which means you can expect a wide range of diverse job opportunities to match your level of qualification.

Fields of activity:

• Adult education
• Youth social work
• Youth careers advice
• Social work in schools
• Youth aid planning
• Socio-educational family support
• Street work
• Educational and family advice centres
• Addiction counselling
• Educational support
• Juvenile court assistance
• Managing a children’s daycare facility
• General social services
• Integrational assistance and inclusion
• Social work with the elderly
• Women’s housing
• Intercultural social work with refugees and/or migrants
• Social work with the homeless
• Debt counselling
• Managing a social facility or unit

Application process:

This degree programme is aimed particularly at full-time educational experts in child or youth work (in accordance with § 11 SGB VIII), such as state-certified educators and other workers with an equivalent qualification.

Candidates must fulfil the following admission criteria:

1. Fully trained state-certified educator, or equivalent training certificates; you can apply for recognition of these on an individual basis.
2. Eligibility for university; alternatively, successfully completed apprenticeship (lasting at least two years) followed by at least three years’ full-time professional experience in a related area of work, or a master of crafts certificate.
3. As study projects with a practical basis in the field of child and youth work are to be conducted from the first through to the sixth semester, students fundamentally need to be employed in these similar fields of social work at the time.

We have pooled all the information and details you might need about applying and the admission requirements .

About you:

Are you experienced in either professional or voluntary child and youth work? Do you enjoy engaging with scientific correlations, learning independently and working as part of a team? Then you meet the criteria for this bachelor’s degree programme to a tee!

Allocation of places:

Places on the professional part-time bachelor’s degree programme in Social Work majoring in Youth Work are allocated via the points-based “Supplementary Higher Education Selection Process”, which awards points towards the average grade of candidates’ eligibility for university. Additional points can be earned for activities, previous experience and/or awards outside school that are relevant to the chosen degree programme that improve your ranking in the priority list for a place on a course.
You can access the documentation for evidence of equivalent training certificates and of your experience in youth work under “Downloads”. Please follow the instructions provided for completing these documents.

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• Module Handbook Social Work majoring in Youth Work PO Version 01 for students commencing Winter Semester 2017/2018 ( 908 KB / pdf)
• Module Handbook Social Work majoring in Youth Work PO Version 02 for students commencing Winter Semester 2018/2019 ( 1 MB / pdf)