{"id":42278,"date":"2026-06-23T14:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/?p=42278"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:03:26","slug":"making-social-services-fit-for-the-future-a-guest-lecture-on-strategic-social-planning-in-thuringia-by-tino-gruebel-league-of-independent-welfare-organisations-in-thuringia-e-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/soziale-angebote-zukunftsfest-machen-gastvortrag-zur-strategischen-sozialplanung-in-thueringen-von-tino-gruebel-liga-der-freien-wohlfahrtspflege-in-thueringen-e-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Making social services fit for the future: Guest lecture on strategic social planning in Thuringia by Tino Gr\u00fcbel, LIGA der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege in Th\u00fcringen e.V."},"content":{"rendered":"

How can we ensure that social services in Thuringia continue to reach those who need them in the future? This question was the focus of a guest lecture held as part of the \u201eSocial Policy\u201c module, which brought together students from the Bachelor\u2019s degree programmes in Social Management, Social Work and Health, and Special Educational Needs and Inclusion at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the title \u201eStrategic Social Planning: Demographic Developments and their Impact on the Educational and Social Infrastructure in Thuringia\u201c, Tino Gr\u00fcbel, Managing Director of LIGA der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege in Th\u00fcringen e. V., and Christopher Bieniek, Policy Officer and member of staff at the Centre of Excellence for Strategic Social Planning, provided in-depth insights on 22 June 2026 into the current challenges and opportunities for shaping Thuringia\u2019s social economy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Demographic change as a challenge to be addressed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The focus was on the consequences of demographic change, safeguarding social infrastructure, and the future of education, support and care services \u2013 particularly in rural areas. It became clear that a sustainable social infrastructure does not develop of its own accord, but must be strategically planned and politically safeguarded if services are to continue to reach local people in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From technical questions to career guidance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The discussion, which was particularly lively among the students, focused not only on technical aspects of social planning but also on specific career paths within the social services sector. The combination of substantive debate and career prospects demonstrated just how directly the topics discussed relate to the students\u2019 personal and professional lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lobbying and political advocacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There was considerable interest in the question of how lobbying and political advocacy actually work in the social economy: How can current social issues be placed on the political agenda? How can practical experience be presented in such a way that it is taken on board by political decision-makers? And what role do welfare organisations, professionals and academic expertise play in this? The answers highlighted that effective advocacy is based on the interplay of specialist knowledge, practical experience and targeted political communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why such practical insights are valuable<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is precisely this combination of specialist knowledge, practical experience, political communication and career guidance that makes such guest lectures particularly valuable. Students need not only theoretical concepts, but also direct insights into real-world fields of work, current challenges and career development opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Tino Gr\u00fcbel and Christopher Bieniek \u2013 both of whom are alumni of our university and the Social Management degree programme respectively \u2013 for the open discussion and the valuable insights into social planning, social policy and advocacy in Thuringia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wie k\u00f6nnen wir daf\u00fcr sorgen, dass soziale Angebote in Th\u00fcringen auch in Zukunft dort ankommen, wo sie gebraucht werden? Diese Frage stand im Mittelpunkt eines Gastvortrags im Rahmen der Lehrveranstaltung \u201eSozialpolitik\u201c, der die Studierenden der Bachelorstudieng\u00e4nge Sozialmanagement, Soziale Arbeit und Gesundheit sowie Heilp\u00e4dagogik und Inklusion an der Hochschule Nordhausen zusammenf\u00fchrte. Unter dem Titel \u201eStrategische Sozialplanung: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":42279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":true,"_piecal_start_date":"2026-06-23T13:25:53","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":true,"greyd_block_editor_preview":[],"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2941],"tags":[],"zielgruppen":[1870],"kontakt-zuordnung":[2001],"projekt":[1422],"studienbereich":[809],"institut-oder-einric":[736],"stg-zuordnung":[636],"fachbereich":[591],"wf_post_folders":[2832],"ppma_author":[3421],"class_list":["post-42278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-praxiserfahrungen","zielgruppen-alle-interessierten","kontakt-zuordnung-n-a","projekt-n-a","studienbereich-sozialmanagement","institut-oder-einric-n-a","stg-zuordnung-soma","fachbereich-fb-wirtschafts-und-sozialwissenschaften"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-21 12:07:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"authors":[{"term_id":3421,"user_id":50,"is_guest":0,"slug":"hsnwebred","display_name":"HSN Redaktion","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/woocommerce-placeholder.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/woocommerce-placeholder.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42278"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42298,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42278\/revisions\/42298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"zielgruppen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zielgruppen?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"kontakt-zuordnung","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kontakt-zuordnung?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"projekt","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projekt?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"studienbereich","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/studienbereich?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"institut-oder-einric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institut-oder-einric?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"stg-zuordnung","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stg-zuordnung?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"fachbereich","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fachbereich?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=42278"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hs-nordhausen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=42278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}