Prepare for your social work placement: an overview of the practice semester (Praxissemester), practice supervision (Praxisanleitung), closeness and distance, duty of confidentiality, criminal record extract (Führungszeugnis) and reflection.
A self-study course to accompany your studies, for students of social work, early childhood education and special needs education (including dual-track and part-time students) before and during their practice phases, as well as those starting out in the profession – 8 modules, approx. 8 hours, at your own pace, with confirmation of participation after working through all modules. Sources in APA 7 format, as of October 2026.
The modules:
- Understanding the work placement: practice phases, goals and framework conditions
- Learning objectives, training plan, practice supervision and university placement support
- Arriving at the organisation: first weeks, team and structures
- Role, professional stance, and closeness and distance
- Observing, documenting, reflecting: the placement diary
- Duty of confidentiality and social data protection for placement students
- Child protection basics, criminal record extract (Führungszeugnis) and boundary violations
- Stress, conflict, self-care – ending the practice phase well
Self-study without supervision, assignments or evaluation of learning progress by instructors; the voluntary self-reflection is for your own orientation only. Not a course of study and not an offering of a university; it does not replace any university course or any practice phase.
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Self-study without supervision, assignments or evaluation 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.