Bachelor of Social Work - Desirable knowledge and skills

You should be interested in the following school subjects and perform well in them:

• German
  • Be able to present facts in an appropriate manner
    be able to speak freely, also in front of groups
    Be able to analyze and discuss texts
    be able to use German grammar, spelling and punctuation correctly
• English language
• music
• Basics of educational science
• Mathematics

PC skills

• Basic knowledge of common Office programs for word processing and spreadsheets as well as presentation creation is helpful

Stays abroad are desirable in order to:

• Develop an openness to different living environments
• get new ideas and impulses
• gain insights into other social systems
• Develop self-organization and self-management skills
• Improve language skills

Extracurricular experiences

• Pursue own areas of interest on own initiative
• Extracurricular commitment, extended to voluntary work, whether in church work, youth work or other social areas, is beneficial. This has a positive effect on the design of studies and on the development of key skills such as self-organization and self-competence.

A certain basis of key competencies such as communication and social skills in the various areas is important and expected.

• Social skills
  • Strong teamwork skills
  • Good powers of observation and deduction
  • Interest in dealing with people
  • Mental resilience
  • Interest in and understanding of other cultures
• Communication skills
  • Linguistic expression
  • Oral/visual presentation
• Self-competence
  • Motivation
  • Independent work
  • Continuous willingness to learn
  • Disciplined work
  • Willingness to critically question one's own actions
• Methodological competence
  • Networked thinking
  • Conceptual thinking
  • Documenting
  • Composing written work
• Media skills
  • Researching in different media, extended to the entire non-verbal area in the sense of media as a working tool (e.g. music, movement, plaster, natural sports media, trekking, theater) in order to build relationships through them, i.e. to develop understanding, responsibility, precision, reliability
• Professional/technical competence
  • Being able to apply theoretical knowledge to practical problems
  • General education/broad knowledge
  • Textual understanding
  • Practical skills