What do the lives of children, young people, and families look like today? Where does social work with children, young people and families stand today? How can these services support children on their path to adulthood?
A large number of children and youth services and facilities are available in Switzerland. On the one hand they support, protect and accompany children and young people. On the other, services provide parenting support. Taken together, children and youth services is a field of action under-going dynamic development and grounded on the interaction of local authorities, cantons, and private agencies. Child and youth services offers are aimed at promoting children, young people, and families, at enabling them to cope with particular challenges and burdens, and at providing parenting support under difficult family circumstances. This field of action is central to our research and development activities. Our key working areas are:
Fields of action and concepts of child and youth services
The structures and conditions of children and youth services
The life-situations and ways of life of children, young people and families
About us
Institute staff undertake research and development, provide services, run further education programmes, and teach on the FHNW’s Bachelor and Master of Arts in Social Work.
We provide the following services:
- Evaluations
- Situational analyses and needs analyses
- Developing communal youth and family guidelines
- Supporting programme development and innovations
- Analysing the structures and steering mechanisms of children and youth services
- Inhouse training
Contact us! — Our priority is to tailor projects to your specific needs. We take the greatest care to establish your needs, in order to help you achieve your objectives.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Kay Biesel
E-mailTelephone
Prof. Dr. Rahel Heeg
E-mail TelephoneFHNW School of Social Work, Muttenz
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
School of Social Work
Hofackerstrasse 30
CH-4132 Muttenz