Milestones in the professionalization of clinical social work in Europe
Structures of organizations and boards
2001 The section Social Work and Health, a group associated with the German Society for Social Work, authors a »Plea for clinical social work as a section of social work«
2003 Establishment of the section Clinical Social Work (formerly section Social Work and Health) in the German Society for Social Work
2005 Establishment of the community of interest Clinical Social Work Switzerland
2007 Establishment of the European Centre for Clinical Social Work
Certification
2001 Foundation of the central office for Clinical Social Work at the Institute for Psycho-Social Health at Coburg University for Applied Sciences by Helmut Pauls; initial development of the certification process
2009 Preparation of a Europe-wide certification by a European Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work
Master's Degrees
2001 Coburg University for Applied Sciences: Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work (M.A.) (from 2003 on in cooperation with Alice Salomon University for Applied Sciences Berlin)
2003 Alice Salomon University for Applied Sciences Berlin: Clinical Social Work (M.A.), (in cooperation with Coburg University for Applied Sciences)
2004 Catholic University for Applied Sciences Berlin: Clinical Social Work (M.A.)
2008 University for Applied Sciences, FH Campus Wien: Master's Degree in Community-Oriented and Clinical Social Work (M.A.)
2009 University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland for Social Work (FHNW): Joint European Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work - Master's in Social Work (in cooperation with Alice-Salomon University for Applied Sciences Berlin and with Coburg University for Applied Sciences)
2010 University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg (Austria): Master's Degree in Social Work with special emphasis on clinical social work
Journal
2005 Creation of the journal »Clinical Social Work - Journal for Psycho-Social Praxis and Research« as a cooperative project of the German Society for Social Work in the Health Services, the German Society for Social Work, and the Central Office for Clinical Social Work. Editorial team: Uwe Klein, Silke Gahleitner, and Gernot Hahn; Kirsten Becker Bikowski will join the team in the future.
Book Publications
2002 Dörr, Margret (2002). Klinische Sozialarbeit – eine notwendige Kontroverse. Hohengehren: Schneider.
2004 Pauls, Helmut (2004). Klinische Sozialarbeit. Grundlagen und Methoden psycho-sozialer Behandlung. Weinheim: Juventa.
2005 Geißler-Piltz, Brigitte, Mühlum, Abert & Pauls, Helmut (2005). Klinische Sozialarbeit. München: UTB.
Geißler-Piltz, Brigitte (Hrsg.) (2005). Psychosoziale Diagnosen und Behandlung in Arbeitsfeldern der Klinischen Sozialarbeit. Berlin: LIT.
Klein, Uwe (Hrsg.) (2005). Klinische Sozialarbeit – Die Kunst psychosozialen Helfens. psychosozial 28(3), 5-84. [Schwerpunktthema].
2007 Schaub, Heinz-Alex (2007). Klinische Sozialarbeit. Ausgewählte Theorien, Methoden und Arbeitsfelder in Praxis und Forschung. Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht
Ortmann, Karlhein & Röh, Dieter (Hrsg.) (2007). Klinische Sozialarbeit. Konzepte – Praxis – Perspektiven. Freiburg: Lambertus.
2008 Gahleitner, Silke & Hahn, Gernot (Hrsg.) (2008). Klinische Sozialarbeit. Zielgruppen und Arbeitsfelder. Bonn: Psychiatrie-Verlag. (Beiträge zur Psychosozialen Praxis und Forschung. 1.)
2009 Gahleitner, Silke & Hahn, Gernot (Hrsg.) (2009). Klinische Sozialarbeit. Forschung. Bonn: Psychiatrie-Verlag. (Beiträge zur Psychosozialen Praxis und Forschung. 2.) (im Druck)