Staatlich anerkannte Sozialarbeiterin/ Sozialpädagogin oder anerkannter Sozialarbeiter/Sozialpädagoge Anerkennung

Would you like to obtain state recognition as a social pedagogue or social worker? Then you need to contact the Senatorial Authority for Children and Education Department 31 in Bremen.

The profession of social pedagogue or social worker is regulated in Germany. This means that you need state recognition in order to work in all fields of social work.

In Bremen, state recognition is granted by the Senatorial Authority for Children and Education - Department 31 - if you are a graduate of the Social Work course at Bremen University of Applied Sciences or Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences or APOLLON Hochschule für Gesundheitswirtschaft GmbH and you have proven your professional aptitude in a one-year internship or have provided proof of practical work experience.

State recognition is granted after passing a colloquium. Admission to the colloquium is granted on application once all the necessary evidence has been provided.

• Curriculum vitae
• Bachelor certificate
• Practice location notification

  2 months before the start of the internship

• Positive interim and final assessment of the practice facility
• Alternatively: Application for professional activities to be credited towards the internship

  Employment contract and reference letter must be enclosed.

• Application for admission to the colloquium
• Extended police clearance certificate

  As proof of your personal suitability.

• Colloquium report

You are a graduate of the Social Work degree program at Bremen University of Applied Sciences or Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences or APOLLON Hochschule für Gesundheitswirtschaft GmbH and you have successfully completed the one-year internship or have provided proof of one year of practical work experience in accordance with the examination.

Personal suitability: You are reliable for work as a social pedagogue or social worker and have no criminal record.

If you are completing the regular internship, send your internship registration to the Senatorial Authority for Children and Education - Department 31 - two months before you start. You will then be informed about the obligatory events accompanying the internship.

If you wish to have professional activities credited to the internship, you can submit the application for crediting to Department 31 following the activity.

You will receive an application for admission to the colloquium from Unit 31 in good time, which you then submit with the colloquium report. Once you have successfully passed the colloquium, you will be awarded state recognition.