K092 - welfare

Description Care of the elderly and of disabled adults is the study of non-medical care of the elderly and disabled. Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here: Care of the elderly Non-medical care of disabled adults Personal care of adults === Exclusions Study of health care of the elderly and disabled is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0913 ‘Nursing and midwifery’.

Child care and youth services are the study of the development and non-medical care of children and youths. It includes the study of recreation and leisure activities as a social service for school children and young adults. Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here: Child care Child recreation programmes Day care Non-medical care of disabled children Youth services Youth worker programmes === Exclusions Study of early childhood education in pre-schools is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0112 ‘Training for pre-school teachers’. Study of health care of children is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0913 ‘Nursing and midwifery’.

Description Social work and counselling is the study of the welfare needs of communities, specific groups and individuals and the appropriate ways of meeting these needs. The focus is on social welfare with emphasis on social policy and practice. Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here: Alcohol and drug abuse counselling Alcohol, tobacco, drugs (knowledge about) Crisis support Family and marriage counselling Mobbing and maltreatment (knowledge about) Parole officer training Probation officer training Social policy Social practice Social theory (applied) Social work (welfare) Vocational counselling Vocational guidance === Exclusions Study of sociology and social science is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0314 ‘Sociology and cultural studies’. Studies combining health care and social care (e.g. for old people) are excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0913 ‘Nursing and midwifery’.