VIII. FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS
Aside from personnel administration, work security, industrial medicine and employee representative committees, occupational social work is a professionally autonomous organizational unit. A staff position bound up with the company management could be conceived of as well.
The set-up and the organization of this position have to allow independent and autonomous work.
Within the frame of its counselling work occupational social work is not bound by any official restraints.
Utilization through employees is voluntary on principle.
Occupational social work has no controlling function whatsoever.
It is not subject to any non-field-related regulations.
If counsellors should because of their degree not be subject to this paragraph, this should be stipulated by special agreement (e.g. an additional clause to the work contract within the framework of company regulations).
Records, comprising data worth protecting, are to be kept confidential.
In analogy to industrial medicine and work security a firm legal footing of occupational social work, e.g. in the protection of labour law, is to be aspired.
This concept was the result of a conference of the federal work group of occupational social work in January 1994. It was passed as the fundamental conceptional framework of the "Federal Association of Occupational Social Work" by the participants of the conference.
Colleagues from the following companies and administrations contributed to the elaboration of this paper:
The set-up and the organization of this position have to allow independent and autonomous work.
Within the frame of its counselling work occupational social work is not bound by any official restraints.
Utilization through employees is voluntary on principle.
Occupational social work has no controlling function whatsoever.
It is not subject to any non-field-related regulations.
- According to 203 StGB social workers are subject to the oath of secrecy.
If counsellors should because of their degree not be subject to this paragraph, this should be stipulated by special agreement (e.g. an additional clause to the work contract within the framework of company regulations).
Records, comprising data worth protecting, are to be kept confidential.
In analogy to industrial medicine and work security a firm legal footing of occupational social work, e.g. in the protection of labour law, is to be aspired.
This concept was the result of a conference of the federal work group of occupational social work in January 1994. It was passed as the fundamental conceptional framework of the "Federal Association of Occupational Social Work" by the participants of the conference.
Colleagues from the following companies and administrations contributed to the elaboration of this paper:
- BASF AG, Social counselling service
- Berlin Public Transport, Social counselling service
- Berlin Water Services, Social counselling service
- Dr. Karl Thomae Ltd., Social counselling service
- GKW Engineers, Personnel development
- Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Social department
- IG Metall executive board, drug abuse expert
- KSB Pumpen AG, Social counselling service
- Federal capital of Hannover, Social employee counselling centre
- Federal capital of Stuttgart, Social employee service
- LVA Westfalen, Social counselling service
- Mercedes-Benz AG, Social counselling service
- Federal state presidential administration of Darmstadt, Social assistance programme
- Robert Bosch Ltd., Social counselling service
- City of Freiburg, Occupational social service
- City of Goettingen, Occupational social work
- City of Cologne, Industrial medicine service
- City of Aachen Municipality, Psychological employee counselling service
- Municipal services of Duesseldorf, Social counselling service
- Municipal services of Frankfurt, Social counselling service
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© bbs 1995
Translated by:
Susanne Albrecht M.A.
October 1995
Further (printed) copies of this conceptional framework may be obtained from the publisher gratuitously.
Conception and Project Planning:
Sabine Diefenbach, Karin Klopf (Siemens-AG Medical Technology), Wolfgang Keel (Municipal Services of Duesseldorf), Ursula Maiwald
We are grateful for the advisory collaboration of
Prof. Heinz Baumann, Ph.D.,
Polytechnic of Social Studies, Esslingen
and
Prof. Gustav Rueckemann, Ph.D.,
Polytechnic Foundation of Rehabilitation, Heidelberg
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