Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
agogische Betreuerin
English translation:
Community services worker
Added to glossary by
Peter Zauner
Mar 3, 2018 10:29
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agogische Betreuerin
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I am translating an employment reference from Switzerland.
The sentence in question reads:
"Frau Erika Mustermann arbeitete vom […] bis […] als ***agogische Betreuerin*** in der Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle Musterstadt, einem Betrieb des Geschäftsbereiches Schutz und Prävention der Stadt Musterstadt."
Reponsibilities included:
• Sicherstellen, dass die individuellen, spezifischen Betreuungsbedürfnisse erfüllt werden (Gesundheitspflege, Krisenintervention usw.)
• Sicherstellen, dass die Hausordnung und die Grundregeln sozialen Verhaltens eingehalten werden
• Überwachung und Betreuung der Drogenkonsumräume (Möglichkeit für drogenbrauchende Menschen, mitgebrachte Drogen im geschützten Raum zu konsumieren)
• Intervenieren bei Konflikten zwischen den Klientinnen und Klienten (Deeskalation, Beizug von Ordnungskräften)
• Durchführen von Kurzberatungen
• Medizinische Soforthilfe und Grundversorgung, Sekundärprävention (HIV und Hepatitis)
• Kontaktpflege zum Umfeld der Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle im speziellen und zur direkten Nachbarschaft
• Führen der Tageskasse
• Übernahme der Tagesverantwortung und medizinischer Verantwortung
• Begleiten von Jobkartenteilnehmenden
How would this profession be called apart from the general "social worker"?
Target audience is Australia.
Thank you.
Peter
I am translating an employment reference from Switzerland.
The sentence in question reads:
"Frau Erika Mustermann arbeitete vom […] bis […] als ***agogische Betreuerin*** in der Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle Musterstadt, einem Betrieb des Geschäftsbereiches Schutz und Prävention der Stadt Musterstadt."
Reponsibilities included:
• Sicherstellen, dass die individuellen, spezifischen Betreuungsbedürfnisse erfüllt werden (Gesundheitspflege, Krisenintervention usw.)
• Sicherstellen, dass die Hausordnung und die Grundregeln sozialen Verhaltens eingehalten werden
• Überwachung und Betreuung der Drogenkonsumräume (Möglichkeit für drogenbrauchende Menschen, mitgebrachte Drogen im geschützten Raum zu konsumieren)
• Intervenieren bei Konflikten zwischen den Klientinnen und Klienten (Deeskalation, Beizug von Ordnungskräften)
• Durchführen von Kurzberatungen
• Medizinische Soforthilfe und Grundversorgung, Sekundärprävention (HIV und Hepatitis)
• Kontaktpflege zum Umfeld der Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle im speziellen und zur direkten Nachbarschaft
• Führen der Tageskasse
• Übernahme der Tagesverantwortung und medizinischer Verantwortung
• Begleiten von Jobkartenteilnehmenden
How would this profession be called apart from the general "social worker"?
Target audience is Australia.
Thank you.
Peter
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Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Canada
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Community services worker
Based on the duties and responsibilities listed as context to your question, the occupation of a
“Community services worker”(or: Human services worker) seems to fit:
Community services worker job description:
A community services worker is often referred to as a human service worker.
They work in a variety of areas, such as psychology, rehabilitation and social work. Community services workers may be involved in helping clients with counseling issues and leading and organizing community group activities.
Community services workers are typically employed by community centers and organizations that focus on community outreach and care. They are a type of human services worker, which is a term used to describe a wide array of jobs that focus on providing care, support and counseling to individuals dealing with issues such as adult daycare, substance abuse, human relationships and rehabilitation.
A community services worker's clients often include pregnant teens, homeless people, families and the elderly. Most of a community services worker's duties are conducted in an office environment, and potential employers may include halfway houses, housing programs supported by state and local governments and group homes.
https://study.com/articles/Community_Services_Worker_Job_Des...
more info here:
https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/PDF/Commun...
Alternate/related Job titles that you may find helpful:
http://www.myplan.com/careers/social-and-human-service-assis...
“Community services worker”(or: Human services worker) seems to fit:
Community services worker job description:
A community services worker is often referred to as a human service worker.
They work in a variety of areas, such as psychology, rehabilitation and social work. Community services workers may be involved in helping clients with counseling issues and leading and organizing community group activities.
Community services workers are typically employed by community centers and organizations that focus on community outreach and care. They are a type of human services worker, which is a term used to describe a wide array of jobs that focus on providing care, support and counseling to individuals dealing with issues such as adult daycare, substance abuse, human relationships and rehabilitation.
A community services worker's clients often include pregnant teens, homeless people, families and the elderly. Most of a community services worker's duties are conducted in an office environment, and potential employers may include halfway houses, housing programs supported by state and local governments and group homes.
https://study.com/articles/Community_Services_Worker_Job_Des...
more info here:
https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/PDF/Commun...
Alternate/related Job titles that you may find helpful:
http://www.myplan.com/careers/social-and-human-service-assis...
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Comment: "Thank you, Johanna."
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
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Austria
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Native in: German
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agogical supervisor (or attendant=
I would keep the term agogical in English, too. Since the Person is also responsible in medical Terms, I would integrate "Medical" as well. (medically responsible agogical supervisor)
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Have a look at the key word "agogic skills" perhaps you will find "social worker ( as supervisor ) with agogic skills" more adequate for your Translation.
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Social-agogics | KU Leuven Kalender
https://agenda.kuleuven.be/en/.../sociaal-agogisch-werk-0
A multi-disciplinary workshop designed to provide faculty, PhD, doctoral students, editors, reviewers and other researchers in the area of Educational, Behavioral, Social Welfare and Healthcare sciences with the fundamental background and skills required to conduct a systematic review of qualitative or quantitative
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Agogik (Sozialwissenschaft) - WikiVisually
https://wikivisually.com/lang.../wiki/Agogik_(Sozialwissensc...
Diese Seite übersetzenAgogik (von griechisch ἄγειν ágein, dt. führen, transportieren, treiben, ziehen) ist ein Sammelbegriff der Sozialwissenschaften für die Lehre über das professionelle Leiten und Begleiten von Menschen jeden Alters. Agogik hat das Ziel, Menschen in ihren Sozial-, Selbst- und Fachkompetenzen zu fördern und diese zu
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Agogik (Sozialwissenschaft) - WikiVisually
https://wikivisually.com/lang.../wiki/Agogik_(Sozialwissensc...
Diese Seite übersetzenAgogik (von griechisch ἄγειν ágein, dt. führen, transportieren, treiben, ziehen) ist ein Sammelbegriff der Sozialwissenschaften für die Lehre über das professionelle Leiten und Begleiten von Menschen jeden Alters. Agogik hat das Ziel, Menschen in ihren Sozial-, Selbst- und Fachkompetenzen zu fördern und diese zu
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Have a look at the key word "agogic skills" perhaps you will find "social worker ( as supervisor ) with agogic skills" more adequate for your Translation.
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Note added at 10 Stunden (2018-03-03 20:53:12 GMT)
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Social-agogics | KU Leuven Kalender
https://agenda.kuleuven.be/en/.../sociaal-agogisch-werk-0
A multi-disciplinary workshop designed to provide faculty, PhD, doctoral students, editors, reviewers and other researchers in the area of Educational, Behavioral, Social Welfare and Healthcare sciences with the fundamental background and skills required to conduct a systematic review of qualitative or quantitative
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Agogik (Sozialwissenschaft) - WikiVisually
https://wikivisually.com/lang.../wiki/Agogik_(Sozialwissensc...
Diese Seite übersetzenAgogik (von griechisch ἄγειν ágein, dt. führen, transportieren, treiben, ziehen) ist ein Sammelbegriff der Sozialwissenschaften für die Lehre über das professionelle Leiten und Begleiten von Menschen jeden Alters. Agogik hat das Ziel, Menschen in ihren Sozial-, Selbst- und Fachkompetenzen zu fördern und diese zu
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Agogik (Sozialwissenschaft) - WikiVisually
https://wikivisually.com/lang.../wiki/Agogik_(Sozialwissensc...
Diese Seite übersetzenAgogik (von griechisch ἄγειν ágein, dt. führen, transportieren, treiben, ziehen) ist ein Sammelbegriff der Sozialwissenschaften für die Lehre über das professionelle Leiten und Begleiten von Menschen jeden Alters. Agogik hat das Ziel, Menschen in ihren Sozial-, Selbst- und Fachkompetenzen zu fördern und diese zu
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Agogic(al) is a musical term. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/agogic // I'm not talking about the German word. In English its meaning is musical, nothing else.
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the term has long since ceased to be limited to music only. It is closely related to pedagogics an is used as a synonym for the professional guidance and tution of people designed to further their competences. see my additional link.
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philgoddard
United States
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social worker
I think we should stop focusing on the exact meaning of the word "agogisch". It gets almost no relevant hits. As Peter's reference shows, as a suffix it means someone who helps, guides or leads others, as in pedagogue or demagogue.
Instead, we should focus on the job description and ask what this person would be called in English. It may not be immediately clear from the context, but this is what Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle means:
"In jeder Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle stehen ein Injektionsraum, ein Inhalationsraum sowie Konsolen für den nasalen Konsum zur Verfügung. In den Konsumräumen können die Betroffenen mitgebrachte Drogen konsumieren. Der Konsum erfolgt unter hygienischen Bedingungen und fachlicher Aufsicht. Die Verwendung sauberer Spritzen ist gewährleistet, ebenso die fachgerechte Entsorgung von gebrauchtem Injektionsmaterial. Bei einer Überdosis oder in Notfällen wird qualifizierte erste Hilfe geleistet."
This woman is a Jill of all trades - she provides advice, breaks up fights, administers first aid, looks after the money. She basically helps people with problems, so I think "social worker" would be a good translation.
If she has other people working for her (maybe you could ask), you could say supervisor or manager instead.
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http://www.contact-suchthilfe.ch/angebotsdetails/anlaufstell...
Instead, we should focus on the job description and ask what this person would be called in English. It may not be immediately clear from the context, but this is what Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle means:
"In jeder Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle stehen ein Injektionsraum, ein Inhalationsraum sowie Konsolen für den nasalen Konsum zur Verfügung. In den Konsumräumen können die Betroffenen mitgebrachte Drogen konsumieren. Der Konsum erfolgt unter hygienischen Bedingungen und fachlicher Aufsicht. Die Verwendung sauberer Spritzen ist gewährleistet, ebenso die fachgerechte Entsorgung von gebrauchtem Injektionsmaterial. Bei einer Überdosis oder in Notfällen wird qualifizierte erste Hilfe geleistet."
This woman is a Jill of all trades - she provides advice, breaks up fights, administers first aid, looks after the money. She basically helps people with problems, so I think "social worker" would be a good translation.
If she has other people working for her (maybe you could ask), you could say supervisor or manager instead.
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http://www.contact-suchthilfe.ch/angebotsdetails/anlaufstell...
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Lancashireman
: Question: "How would this profession be called apart from the general 'social worker'?" // Too hard to translate? Omit!
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I'm saying that there's nothing wrong with "social worker". Obviously you'd need to follow this with (eg) "at a drug addiction drop-in centre'.
It would be wrong to say "proactive". The German says nothing of the kind.
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a proactive social worker
I don't see this as part of a job title. It's a tribute to her achievements while employed there: she was a proactive social worker...
We are looking for a proactive Social Worker, who is experienced in working in children's social care, including safeguarding, duty and working with complex cases.
https://newjob.tal.net/candidate/so/pm/4/pl/7/opp/24428-Soci...
This is the chance for an enthusiastic and proactive social worker, to work with a diverse and interesting service user group.
https://www.changegrowlive.org/vacancy/social-worker-cgl1404...
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If social worker sounds too generic, how about
caseworker
Definition provided here:
In social work, a caseworker is a type of social worker who is employed by a government agency, non-profit organization, or another group to take on the cases of individuals and provide them with advocacy, information or other services.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caseworker_(social_work)
We are looking for a proactive Social Worker, who is experienced in working in children's social care, including safeguarding, duty and working with complex cases.
https://newjob.tal.net/candidate/so/pm/4/pl/7/opp/24428-Soci...
This is the chance for an enthusiastic and proactive social worker, to work with a diverse and interesting service user group.
https://www.changegrowlive.org/vacancy/social-worker-cgl1404...
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If social worker sounds too generic, how about
caseworker
Definition provided here:
In social work, a caseworker is a type of social worker who is employed by a government agency, non-profit organization, or another group to take on the cases of individuals and provide them with advocacy, information or other services.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caseworker_(social_work)
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Daniel Gray
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philgoddard
: I don't see how you get from "agogisch" to 'proactive".// I think "agogische" is part of the job description, and I can't see any evidence that it means proactive.
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I followed Peter's link to the definition: "Agogik hat das Ziel, Menschen in ihren Sozial-, Selbst- und Fachkompetenzen zu fördern und diese zu erhöhen." https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agogik_(Sozialwissenschaft) // It's an employment reference, Phil.
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Herbmione Granger
Germany
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__ counsellor/group facilitator
In this case, "drug counsellor and group facilitator."
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Better suggestion to fit the well-rounded job profile:
agogische Betreuerin in der Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle -> medication-assisted treatment case manager
I think "worker" should not be used in a job reference, unless it is preceded by "miracle."
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Better suggestion to fit the well-rounded job profile:
agogische Betreuerin in der Kontakt- und Anlaufstelle -> medication-assisted treatment case manager
I think "worker" should not be used in a job reference, unless it is preceded by "miracle."
Discussion
-clinical supervisor (of outpatient chemical dependency treatment program)
http://www.lexingtonctr.org/employment-opportunity/clinical-...
-Harm Reduction Outreach Specialist
http://www.nchrc.org/about/work-at-nchrc/
-Opioid Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/ada/r/jobs/5313367
-Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Case Manager
https://pathwaystohousingpa.org/jobs/medication-assisted-tre...
IMO "social worker" or "caseworker" by themselves are too general and "associate"-like. Not sure about "Drug worker." You should be picky - it's a job reference.
https://www.seeklearning.com.au/industries/community-service...
https://www.wikihow.com/Become-an-Adoption-Counselor
https://www.allaboutcounseling.com/dir/counseling/
https://www.allpsychologyschools.com/counseling/types-of-cou...
However, in the context of this employment reference,"Agogik" refers to social work.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agogik_(Sozialwissenschaft)