Soziale Arbeit - FH Kärnten

Geschichte

Social work is a wide and varied professional field, and it is hard to imagine our daily lives without it. The study of social work offers the possibility of understanding social relationships, gaining relevant skills for practice, and at the same time acquiring the academic qualification of a bachelor. The course can be also studied part-time, while continuing with your day job.

Would you like to know the political, economic and institutional factors, which contribute to life becoming more complex and to more people needing support in their everyday life? Are you interested in the causes and consequences of individual and social problems, and the challenges we face over a lifetime? Would you like to find out about how we develop, and the coping strategies we use to deal with each of the stages of life (childhood, youth, adulthood, old age)?

Then you have come to the right place! We will look at the various life stages and the causes of difficulties in these life stages. In addition, an essential part of the course is the consideration of possible professional interventions for dealing with these issues. Other important elements of the course are: