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:
- Protecting trust: fundamentals of confidentiality and data protection
- Section 203 StGB: professionals bound by professional secrecy and the element ‘unauthorised’
- Social data secrecy and social data protection under section 35 SGB I and SGB X
- Child and youth welfare: sections 61–65 SGB VIII and special protection of trust
- GDPR principles, consent and release from confidentiality
- Authority to disclose: section 4 KKG, section 8a SGB VIII and section 34 StGB
- Right to refuse to testify and requests from the police and courts
- 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.