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Social work and trauma education
Postgraduate master's degree
in cooperation with the Gera-Eisenach Cooperative State University.
This course of study creates a scientifically based and at the same time application-oriented specialization for professionals in psychosocial institutions with people who have experienced trauma and often have fundamental difficulties in social relations due to trauma sequelae. On the way to becoming a specialist social worker:
- sharpens the professional view of the people for whom we provide support services in the facilities,
- promotes a diagnostic, trauma-sensitive approach,
- teaches methods for emotional stabilization and support,
- initiates group dynamic processes by means of experiential education activities
- expands self-reflection
Study locations: Nordhausen and Gera
Academic Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Period of study
- five semesters standard period of study, part-time
- Classroom teaching: three times per semester, Thursdays to Sundays
- Absence on working days remains low
- Blended learning takes place online according to individual time management
Application deadlines
- Summer semester by March 15
- Winter semester by September 15
Admission requirements
- Completion of a bachelor's degree in the field of social work or a comparable course of study
- Qualified professional practice of at least one year as a rule
- letter of motivation for choosing the course of study
Tuition fees
2,390 € per semester
Target groups
- Professionals with a degree in social work or a comparable degree who work in psychosocial fields with children, adolescents and adults who have experienced trauma and need support
- who would like to specialize and deepen their knowledge of trauma education within the framework of a specialized social work program
- who would like to bring together experiences from practice with science and conduct research on them
- who enjoy further professional development with each other
Main focus
- Trauma education in the context of social work
- Supervision
- Developmental pedagogy and pedagogical relationship building
- Dealing with challenging behavior
- Management of social organizations
Occupational fields
- psychosocial institutions in outpatient, day-care and inpatient settings for children, adolescents and adults
- counseling centers
- crisis intervention facilities
- family support services
- individual case assistance
- facility management
- research
Special features
- part-time study while working
- blended learning format
- interdisciplinary profile
- practice-oriented teaching with project work, excursions and exchange of experts
- internationally recognized Master's degree with the possibility of doctoral studies


