Child and youth welfare (SGB VIII), residential care, confidentiality and social data protection, trauma pedagogy and safe use of AI.

Fundamentals of Child and Youth Welfare Services (SGB VIII)

The compact introduction to the law, tasks and practice of child and youth welfare services (Social Code Book VIII, SGB VIII) — flexible self-study, with automatic self-reflection and a confirmation of participation.

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Self-study without supervision, assignments or assessment of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all modules as done yourself.

Everyday Pedagogy and Relationship-Building in Residential Groups

Everyday pedagogy and relationship-building in residential groups: online self-study course for professionals in residential groups/children’s homes (section 34 SGB VIII), emergency protective care units (Inobhutnahmestellen), day groups (Tagesgruppen), socio-educational family support (Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe) and educational support (Erziehungsbeistandschaft) – 8 modules, approx. 7 hours, at your own pace, with a confirmation of participation. Legal status 2026.

Self-study without supervision, assignments or assessment of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all modules as done yourself.

Professional Duty of Confidentiality & Social Data Protection in Social Work

Professional duty of confidentiality in social work: section 203 German Criminal Code (StGB), social data secrecy (Sozialgeheimnis), sections 61–65 SGB VIII, the GDPR (DSGVO), release from confidentiality and section 4 KKG explained with a practical focus.

Online self-study course for professionals in social work, education and care, and for managers in organisations and services of public and independent provider organisations (Träger) – 8 modules, approx. 7 hours, at your own pace, with a confirmation of participation after working through all modules. References in APA 7 style, legal status September 2026.

The modules:

  1. Protecting trust: fundamentals of confidentiality and data protection
  2. Section 203 StGB: professionals bound by professional secrecy and the element ‘unauthorised’
  3. Social data secrecy and social data protection under section 35 SGB I and SGB X
  4. Child and youth welfare: sections 61–65 SGB VIII and special protection of trust
  5. GDPR principles, consent and release from confidentiality
  6. Authority to disclose: section 4 KKG, section 8a SGB VIII and section 34 StGB
  7. Right to refuse to testify and requests from the police and courts
  8. Practice cases: using messenger services, email and case discussions safely

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Self-study without supervision, assignments or assessment of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all modules as done yourself.

Trauma Pedagogy and Trauma-Sensitive Practice

Trauma pedagogy and trauma-sensitive practice: effects of trauma, the safe place, understanding behaviour, stabilisation, triggers and de-escalation, everyday life, cooperation and self-care – 12 lessons (approx. 14 teaching units of 45 minutes each) with a template toolbox, at your own pace, with a confirmation of participation.

Self-study without supervision, assignments or assessment of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all lessons as done yourself.

KI-SAFE – AI Literacy & Safe Use of AI in Social Care Settings

Guiding principle: AI supports – the human checks, takes responsibility and decides. This comprehensive course (approx. 12 teaching units of 45 minutes each) shows you, in a practical and legally sound way, how professionals in social care settings can use AI safely, in compliance with data protection law and in an ethically responsible manner – in line with AI literacy as required by Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU AI Act. In 12 modules you will learn what generative AI can do and where its limits lie, how to protect personal data and social data (German Social Code Book X, SGB X; section 203 German Criminal Code, StGB), how the AI traffic-light system and the STOP-before-the-prompt check work, how to prompt safely and check AI outputs, how to reflect on bias and ethical questions, and how managers shape AI governance. Each module offers learning objectives, well-founded learning text with visualisations (compass, traffic light, decision trees), an in-depth section, a practice case and a transfer-to-practice exercise. Please note: this is a training offer for developing competence; it is not individual legal advice and does not confirm ‘AI Act conformity’.

Course objectives:

  • Build basic AI literacy: opportunities, limits, hallucinations
  • Protect personal data & social data reliably
  • Apply the AI traffic-light system and the STOP-before-the-prompt check
  • Prompt safely and check AI outputs professionally
  • Reflect on bias, ethics and professional responsibility
  • Support AI governance and an AI guideline

Self-study without supervision, assignments or assessment of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Your confirmation of participation becomes available once you have marked all modules as done yourself.