Wie lange dauern Weiterbildungen in Sozialer Arbeit?
How long does continuing education, further training in social work take?
The duration of training or continuing education, further training in the field of social work varies greatly depending on the educational qualification you are aiming for.
For example, basic training courses, such as the Federal VET Diploma in childcare (FaBe), take three years, while adult further education courses take less.
In the case of continuing education, further training for the Federal Professional Examination (FPE), you can expect to complete approx. 3 semesters of in-service training, depending on the training and school.
Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) can usually be completed in 1-3 years.
Continuing education further training at Colleges of Higher Education (CHE) often lasts 3-4 years while working (the duration is reduced to 2-3 years for Federal VET Diploma holders).
For Bachelor's degree courses such as the Bachelor's in Social Pedagogy or Social Work, you can expect a standard period of study of 6 semesters, albeit full-time. You can expect 8 to 12 semesters for part-time or practice-integrated courses.
Continuing education courses at Universities, such as CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies), DAS (Diploma of Advanced Studies) or MAS (Master of Advanced Studies) usually last between 1-2 semesters (CAS), 2-4 semesters (DAS) and 2-5 years (MAS).
As you can see, you can complete both very short and fully comprehensive training and continuing education, further training in the field of social work, depending on your professional goals and requirements.
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