School social work

In the course of inclusion and digitalisation, professional fields in the school system are changing massively. Unlike in the past, teachers and the school system are required to cooperate on a multi-professional basis and with other institutions and to act as a multi-professional and multi-perspective team within their own system. In addition, with the expansion to an all-day programme, schools form an essential living space for children and young people. This not only increases the demands on the design of a school culture, but also on the self- and social competence of the individual child.

In the primary schools in Beckum, the focus is on developing tailored support and services for children with challenging behaviour in the school context. If the services and mission of schools and youth welfare services are not seen as additive, but rather as a joint mission to accompany and support the child in their individuality, and if this is linked in joint inclusive forms of work that focus on the child and the employees in their individuality, a common attitude, a common work structure and clear role models are required. The "At eye level" concept is a joint project of the Beckum primary schools and the youth welfare services of the town of Beckum.