social work, social policy

At present social work in Germany is located in a very ambivalent position. Seen from a practical perspective it seems to be highly appreciated, especially the increase of professionals in the field of children and youth services and for the inclusion of more thea a milion refugees resp. asylum seekers within the years 2015 and 2016 has to led to a situation where more or less all social workers on the job market have got a post. But - seen from a professional perspective social work has only in a few working fields being really succesful in presenting and legitimizing its concrete evidence, productivity and efficiency. More and more ther is good reason to be doubtful about the basic structure of the German welfare system and about the predominance of the six big welfare organizations based on either ideology or faith.