Schuldnerberatung für die Soziale Arbeit

Social debt counselling is a field of social work. The task of social debt counselling is to secure the client's livelihood, intervene in crises and stabilise the client’s financial and personal situation, as well as the joint development and implementation of sustainable solution strategies. This requires a sound knowledge of the theories and methods of social work as well as of the relevant legal regulations in this regard and finance.
This textbook primarily serves students and young professionals as tailor-made and specific introductory literature, both in specialised debtor and insolvency counselling as well as integrated debtor counselling in criminal, addiction or homeless assistance, and other occupational fields of social work.
In addition to imparting legally sound knowledge, it focuses on embedding and applying this knowledge in a counselling context. From a counsellor’s first contact with a client up to a technically good conclusion, it presents the basics of, procedures involved in and opportunities offered by social debt counselling.