Social professions
Social Care Work
What is Social Care Work?
- What is Social Care Work for?
- Practical, everyday support and companionship in people's own environment
- Is Social Care Work legally regulated?
- Social care professions under the agreement pursuant to Art. 15a B-VG, specialist and diploma level with regulated training.
- Does Social Care Work treat illnesses?
- No, care and support, not treatment
Social care work accompanies people very practically in everyday life, above all older people, people with disabilities or families in difficult phases. It is about support with housing, participation, daily structure and, where needed, care.
The professions are uniformly regulated through an agreement between the federal government and the provinces, with specialist and diploma levels and focuses on care of the elderly, disability and family work.
For mental health, social care work matters where everyday stability brings relief. It does not treat illness but works closely with therapy, medicine and nursing.
What is allowed
- Support everyday life: housing, participation and daily structure
- Work with older people, people with disabilities and families
- Take on care tasks depending on specialisation
Where are the limits?
- No treatment of mental illness
- No diagnosis, no therapy
- Works with therapy, medicine and nursing when treatment is needed
How to recognise quality
- Completed training in a social care profession
- Attachment to a recognised organisation
- Works in a team with nursing and therapy
- Respect for dignity and self-determination
How it works
- Needsclarified via an organisation or authority
- Planningtailor support to the needs
- Supportregular help in everyday life
- Coordinationwith relatives and specialist services
Costs & insurance
Via social organisationsmostly publicly funded
Co-paymentdepending on service and income
Insurancenot classically billed via insurance