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Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing

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Studierende bei Gruppenarbeit.
4
Bachelor­ courses
3
Master­ courses

Teaching and research are oriented towards changing social realities and the resulting complex practical requirements. The high topicality is guaranteed by regional, national, international and interdisciplinary work.

Student der Sozialen Arbeit.

The Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing is one of the founding faculties of Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences. The range of studies includes four bachelor's and three master's degree programs. The bachelor's degree programs qualify students for careers in applied psychology, health economics, nursing and social work. The master's programs focus on the professional fields of applied health science, participation, and management in social and health care.

Our mission statement

The Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing is characterized by diverse teaching and learning opportunities as well as research activities. Teaching and research are oriented towards changing social realities and the resulting complex practical requirements.

The high topicality in teaching and research is guaranteed by regional, national, international and interdisciplinary work. The further professionalization of the social, nursing and health sciences taught here is promoted. The principle of interdisciplinary teaching, learning and research is a critical examination of social realities.

This enables students to assume responsibility and to deal reflectively with social and health inequalities, in which ethical principles, in particular human rights, as well as socio-political positioning play a supporting role as criteria guiding action.

Graduates help shape a more just, humane, healthier, and livable society. They are academically qualified and positioned to assume responsible and socially influential positions in social and health care.

As part of the program, the faculty actively supports students in forming their professional identity, strategic networking, and developing their design skills. To this end, special emphasis is placed on a broad scientific foundation in the course of study.

The location of Weingarten offers a high quality of life and an attractive job market, with which the Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences is sustainably networked. The work follows the maxim of cross-status personal cooperation and individual support.

Teaching and research of the faculty are based on ethical principles as well as on the future challenges of the social and health care system. On the basis of a humanistic image of man, the striving for solidarity, justice and self-responsibility is conveyed. Democracy, esteem, trust and fairness enrich the togetherness. The faculty combines performance orientation with conscious support for students in special circumstances. The success of our students is a high priority for our actions.

In the face of diverse life situations, good teaching and learning means comprehensive competence development, which includes not only subject content but also personality development. To this end, the faculty draws on a wide range of methods that are guided by the principles of participation, curiosity, sustainability and reflexivity.

Current scientific, practical, social and international developments are incorporated into the teaching. Teaching quality is created in the co-production process between committed teachers and motivated learners. In this process, great emphasis is placed on meaningful and helpful reciprocal feedback.

Events

All events
17:00 23:00
Event

Study night in the canteen

Hochschuldidaktik
Weingarten Cafeteria
No registration is necessary. You can simply drop by with your work.

Further information

Courses

Bachelor

Studierende unterhalten sich.
Bachelor
German

Applied Psychology

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Studierende bei Gruppenarbeit.
Bachelor
German

Health Economics

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Dokumentation.
Bachelor
German

Nursing

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Lerngruppen erhöhen die Wahrscheinlichkeit auf ein erfolgreiches Studium
Bachelor
German

Social Work

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing

Master

Studierende bei Gruppenarbeit.
Master
German

Applied Health Science

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
2 Personen im Freien mit Laptop
Master
German

Social and Health Care Management

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Studierende an Flip Chart.
Master
German

Social Work and Participation

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Labs
Pflegelabor 21

Pflegesimulation

News
Andreas Lange, sitzend, vor weißer Wand

Press release

Singularized? Polarized? What kind of society do we actually live in?

In the Wednesday seminar on December 11 at RWU, Professor Dr. Andreas Lange will address the question of the direction in which our society is developing.

Jörg Wendorff und Kenny Nissel

Press release

Cooperation between the generations - focus on Generation Z

In the Wednesday seminar on October 16, Professor Dr. Jörg Wendorff and Kenny Nißel will address the question of how the different generations can work better together.

RWU Neues Dekanat Fakultät Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Pflege

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing

New dean's office for the winter semester

Anja Klimsa and Annika Valentin take over the management of the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing in the winter semester

RWU Abschlussfeier Fakultät S Sommersemester 2024 (6)

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing

78 students celebrate their graduation

The Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing has honored and given farewell to its graduates. 78 students received their degree certificates.

Klassenraum mit Menschen

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing

Security and Safety at parties - RWU students on the Erasmus program in Portugal

In view of the happenings at student parties, Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences (RWU) has taken measures to improve the security and safety of its students.

Early Night Social Talk: Psyche und Klima

Early Night Social Talk

How are psyche and climate change connected?

In the "Early Night Social Talk", Dr. Hans Knoblauch and Monika Stöhr from the Zentrum für Psychiatrie Südwürttemberg talked about the connection between climate change and the human psyche.

RWU Kompetenzzentrum Arbeitsforschung im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen (KompIGA)

Press release

Labor research in social services and health care

Funding commitment: RWU is part of the "Competence Center for Innovative and Healthy Work in the Social and Healthcare Sector in the Alb-Bodensee-Iller Region".

Baum Gesicht Natur

Press release

Climate change - future - justice: a psychiatric perspective

Climate change and its effects on physical and mental health are increasingly being felt. Prof. Dr. Anna-Sophia Schwind from RWU will shed light on the connection between the psyche and the climate crisis as part of the "Early Night Social Talk" lecture series on April 23, 2024.

RWU-Weiterdenkertagung 2024, Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema: "Transformation im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen"

Social and Health Care Management

Weiterdenkertagung24: Transformation in the social and health care sector

Numerous representatives from the region discuss current opportunities and challenges in the social and health care sector. / Socio-ecological and digital transformation are the focus.

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Graduation ceremony Faculty S

"You have really achieved something special"

In December, the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing bid farewell to 118 graduates who completed their degrees at RWU in the summer semester of 2023.

Übergabe Rollstuhl-Waage Firma Kern an RWU

Cooperation

Wheelchair scales for the RWU care laboratory

The company Kern & Sohn has donated a wheelchair scale to the RWU nursing laboratory. "Our nursing students use it to practise a very accident-prone procedure."

RWU-Earls Night Social Talk zum Thema "Fake News und Verschwörungstheorien - Wem kann ich noch glauben?"

Press release

Fake news and conspiracy theories - Who can I still believe?

In the Early Night Social Talk event series at RWU, Professor Dr Anja Klimsa will talk about fake news and conspiracy theories.

Early Night Social Talk & Podcast

The School of Social Work, Health and Nursing presents:

Early Night Social Talk
Fakultät Soziales präsentiert: Early Night Social Talk
Quelle: RWU

EARLY NIGHT SOCIAL TALK

Diverse discussions, exciting lectures and events within the framework of the lecture series "Early Night Social Talk" invite you to get into conversation together, to get to know professors and speakers and, of course, to engage with the topics presented.

Not only students and university employees are welcome - we are looking forward to all interested people who would like to participate in our "Early Night Social Talks"!

We would like to invite you to our next event on the topic:

"Students with disabilities on the WAY to becoming professionals".

on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room A316/317 (building "A" of the Welfencampus, Leibnizstr. 10, 88250 Weingarten).

An evening of lectures with Prof. Dr. Monika Schröttle and Prof. Dr. Silvia Queri with guests from best practice projects.

According to recent surveys (Deutsches Studentenwerk, Berlin), 11% of students in Germany have impairments that make studying difficult, most frequently psychological (53%) and chronic-somatic (20%), but also mobility impairments (4%) and sensory and speech impairments (3%). The majority of impairments are not perceptible from the outside (67%).

The university system, as well as the various professional fields for specialists, are required to create suitable framework conditions for equal opportunities and inclusion. This can be achieved on the one hand through the committed efforts of managers, and on the other hand through the creation of inclusive universities and working environments as well as networking and empowering peer work.

Monika Schröttle, in her function as the representative for the interests of students with disabilities and chronic illnesses at RWU, will introduce the topic with regard to the legal framework and requirements for inclusive universities. Afterwards, three examples of good practice will be presented: the DoBuS project for students with disabilities at TU Dortmund University (Dr. Carsten Bender), the RWU peer mentoring program to help people from the autistic spectrum through their studies (Silvia Queri), and the iXNet project to support and network academics with disabilities (Hafid Abdul Sarkissian and Dr. Tatjana Schweizer, Federal Employment Agency).

Finally, we would like to talk to our guests and listeners and answer questions from the audience. We are looking forward to the interest of students, scientists, citizens and employers with and without disabilities.

Guests:

Dr. Tatjana Schweizer and Hafid Abdul Sarkissian, iXNet Inklusives Expert*innen-Netzwerk der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, report on: Career planning, networking, counseling of and for academics with disabilities.

Dr. Carsten Bender, DoBuS, Technische Universität Dortmund, will show how equal opportunities can be created for students with disabilities.

The event will take place online and in person.

The following link will take you to the online broadcast of the event: https: //bbb.rwu.de/b/jul-iak-ark-jtr

 

 

Past events:

"Shaping the future together - in conversation with Generation Z", Prof. Dr. Jörg Wendorff, Charlie Kiehne and Kenny Nißel.

"Why family cannot be taken for granted today - and why we are sliding into a reproductive crisis," Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi-O94LdZQw

"Enough is enough!!! How many hospitals do we really need?", Prof. Dr. Jan-Marc Hodek, Prof. Dr. Maik Winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJzVpRMj4rQ

"Crime in Transition and Why TV Commissioners Would Fail.", Prof. Dr. Julia Wege, Andreas Stenger, Uwe Stürmer

Soziologiepodcast von Andreas Lange
Quelle: RWU

Soziologie-Podcasts aus Weingarten von und mit Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange

An den allgemeinen Sozialwissenschaften interessierte Hörer*innen können sich freuen: Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange (Professor für Soziologie an der RWU - Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten) veröffentlicht seine Podcastreihe "SOTALKI".

Die Podcasts sind hierbei besonders interessant für Studierende der Sozialen Arbeit, Gesundheit und Pflege: In den einzelnen Episoden wird Andreas Lange Forschungsarbeiten, Bücher und vieles andere mehr in ihre Kerninhalte aufschließen und in einen größeren Zusammenhang stellen. 

Dabei geht es stets um soziale Ungleichheit und die Frage, in welcher Gesellschaft wir eigentlich leben! Interviews mit Studierenden und Mitarbeitenden runden das Format ab. 

"Ich freue mich sehr, diesen Podcast starten zu können und die Gelegenheit zu haben, meine Forschungsergebnisse und Gedanken zu teilen. vielleicht kann "SOTALKI" dazu beitragen, wichtige Themen zu diskutieren und ein breiteres Verständnis für die Herausforderungen zu schaffen, mit denen wir als Gesellschaft konfrontiert sind", so Herr Lange. 

In der ersten Episode geht es um Zeitdiagnostik und wie wir alle kleine Könige und Königinnen sein werden. Oder doch nicht...?

Und in der zweiten Episode widmet sich Andreas Lange den Themen Freundschaft und Einsamkeit, Größe und Sammelleidenschaft, sowie Familienglück und mit den, wie so oft,  zu viel arbeitenden Müttern.

Im Weihnachtsspecial nimmt Andreas Lange drei soziologische Facetten des Weihnachtsfests ins Visier: Schenken, Beleuchten und Familien. 

Zu Beginn des Jahres 2024 beschäftigt sich Andreas Lange dann mit den Arbeitsbedingungen in der KI und mit Tendenzen Vereinnahmung von Familie durch andere gesellschaftliche Systeme und den Staat. 

Was ist ein glückliches Leben? Welche Theorien und Befunde gibt es und was hat das mit dem Studiengang Soziale Arbeit an der RWU zu tun? Das ist das Thema des neuen Podcasts von Andreas Lange. 

Die Folgen sind verfügbar unter: https://swm7p9.podcaster.de/socialtalki.rss- und natürlich auch auf weiteren Plattformen wie Spotify, Apple Podcasts und Google Podcasts. 

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Contact & People

General contact details

Opening hours Monday - Friday from 9:00-11:45 a.m.
Phone
Email dekanatssekretariat-s@rwu.de
Room A 121
On campus
Building A
Leibnizstr. 10
88250 Weingarten
Postal address RWU Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten
University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
P.O. Box 30 22
88216 Weingarten
Germany

Dean's Office

Prof. Dr. phil. Anja Klimsa M.A.

Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Contact person for sexual harassment, safety officer, senator and member of the QM working group
Communication, counseling, media education, school social work
Anja Klimsa

Prof. Dr. Annika Valentin

Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Care, Social Work with Children/Young People, Diversity, Gender, Sex Education and Sexuality Education
RWU-Prof. Dr. Annika Valentin

Prof. Dr. phil. Hendrik Reismann

Methods of social work
Dean of Studies in the Dean's Office for Social Work, Health and Care
Hendrik Reismann

Dekanatssekretariat

Elke Kluzik

Verwaltungsangestellte & Fakultätsrat: Fakultät Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Pflege
Dekanatssekretariat der Fakultät S, Koordination und Praxisamt für den Studiengang Angewandte Psychologie
Elke Kluzik

Professors

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Marlene Haupt

Social economy and social policy
Dean of Studies Applied Health Science (Master)

Prof. Dr. phil. Anja Klimsa M.A.

Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Contact person for sexual harassment, safety officer, senator and member of the QM working group
Communication, counseling, media education, school social work
Anja Klimsa

Prof. Dr. Lisa Küber M.A.

Clinical social work and psychosocial counseling
Lisa Küber

Prof. Dr. Maria Mischo-Kelling

Stiftungsprofessur für Theorie und Praxis der klinischen Pflege, gefördert von ZfP Südwürttemberg, ADK GmbH für Gesundheit und Soziales, Klinikum Friedrichshafen GmbH, Oberschwabenklinik GmbH, Waldburg-Zeil Kliniken GmbH & Co. KG und dem Stifterverband
Prof. Dr. Maria Mischo-Kelling

Prof. Dr. phil. Silvia Queri Diplom-Psychologin

Klinische & Gesundheitspsychologie, Quantitative Methoden, Beratungs-, Entwicklungs-, Neuropsychologie
Studiendekanin Angewandte Psychologie (Bachelor) & Mitglied des Hochschulrates
Silvia Queri

Prof. Dr. Monika Schröttle

Soziale Arbeit und Teilhabe
Studiendekanin und Beauftragte für die Belange von Studierenden mit Behinderungen oder chronischen Erkrankungen

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Anna-Sophia Schwind Dipl.-Psych.

Individuelle Unterschiede und Persönlichkeitspsychologie, Diagnostik, Klinische Psychologie
Anna-Sophia Schwind

Prof. Dr. phil. Annerose Siebert

Social work science
Dean of Studies, Student Advisory Service, Complaints Office for the General Equal Opportunities Act law
Prof. Dr. phil. Annerose Siebert

Prof. Dr. Janine Thome

Professorin für Allgemeine Psychologie und Sozialpsychologie
Janine Thome

Prof. Dr. Annika Valentin

Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Care, Social Work with Children/Young People, Diversity, Gender, Sex Education and Sexuality Education
RWU-Prof. Dr. Annika Valentin

Prof. Dr. Julia Wege

Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Fundamentals and methods of social work, community work, person-centered conversation, aesthetics in social work, social work practice management (Bachelor)
Julia Wege

Dr. Thilo Eith

Substitute Professor of Health Economics, Corporate Management

Prof. Dr. jur. Dirk Heinz Dipl.-Soz.päd.(FH)

Health economics, social work
Faculty Council, Library Representative

Prof. Dr. Jan-Marc Hodek

Health economics, financial management in the healthcare sector
Dean of Studies Health Economics (Bachelor)
Jan-Marc Hodek

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Axel Olaf Kern

Health economics, social and health management, social policy, economics, business administration
Dean of Studies Management in Social and Health Care (part-time Master)
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Axel Olaf Kern

Prof. Dr. habil. Andreas Lange M.A.

Professor: Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing
Prof. Dr. habil. Andreas Lange

Prof. Dr. rer. soc. Berthold Löffler

Empirical social research, political science, law

Prof. Dr. phil. Hendrik Reismann

Methods of social work
Dean of Studies in the Dean's Office for Social Work, Health and Care
Hendrik Reismann

Prof. Dr. med. MPH Bertram Szagun

Professor of Health
RWU-Prof. Dr. med. MPH Bertram Szagun

Prof. Dr. Jörg Wendorff

Educational Science, Vocational Education.
Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing, Senate Representative for University Didactics, Head of DRC-First Responder at RWU and PH, South America Representative.
Jörg Wendorff

Prof. Dr. rer. cur. Maik Hans-Joachim Winter

Gerontologische Pflege
Studiendekan Pflege (Bachelor ausbildungsintegrierend), Direktor des Instituts für Gerontologische Versorgungs- und Pflegeforschung (IGVP)
 Maik H.J. Winter

Employees & Staff

Claudia Angele

Secretariat for the bachelor program Social Work
Claudia Angele

Petra Fiedler

Administrative employee, Social Work Practice Office
Petra Fiedler

Stefanie Gottuk M.A.

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
 Stefanie Gottuk

Anna Göppel-Schneider

Research assistant in the project "Self-Care"
 Anna Göppel

Dipl.-Betriebsw. (BA) Julia Jäger

Marketing und Kommunikation

Maren Kempter B.Sc.

Akademische Mitarbeiterin im Bachelor Angewandte Psychologie
Maren Kempter

Elke Kluzik

Verwaltungsangestellte & Fakultätsrat: Fakultät Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Pflege
Dekanatssekretariat der Fakultät S, Koordination und Praxisamt für den Studiengang Angewandte Psychologie
Elke Kluzik

Viktoria Köberle

Research assistant on the project "Self-Care"
 Viktoria Köberle

Pauline Rittel M.Sc.

Academic employee for program coordination in the Bachelor of Social Work
 Pauline Rittel

Carola Schmachtl-Karg

Social Work Practice Office
Counselling and practice coordination
Carola Schmachtl

Anna Maria Schmid

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Perpetua Schmid MBA

Research assistant
Master Management in Social and Health Care
Perpetua Schmid

Irena Schreyer M.Sc.

Academic Associate in the Nursing Program.
Correspondent of university didactics for faculty T.
Irena Schreyer

Michael Eggart M.A.

Akademischer Mitarbeiter & Modulverwalter: Fakultät Soziale Arbeit, Gesundheit und Pflege /
Sekretariat & Akad. Mitarbeiter: Masterstudiengang Soziale Arbeit und Teilhabe

Robert Gaissmaier M.A.

Research Associate Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing.
Program Coordinator Applied Health Sciences (Master's), Didactic Center Correspondent of Faculty S and member of the Faculty Council.
Robert Gaissmaier

Dipl.-Sozialarb. (FH) Robert Löw

Coordination of the Bachelor's degree program in Nursing, Head of the Nursing Simulation Laboratory, Technical Support for Faculty S