DETAIL OF CLASSIFICATION ITEM

Classification: International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS

Abbreviation: ISCED97_OBORY Version: 1 Validity: 01.01.2008 - 09.09.9999 Family: Education

Language version: EN

Classification level: 3

Item: 762 - Social welfare and consultancy

Item's explanatory note:

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 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)
Social policy
Social practice
Social theory (applied)
Social work (welfare)
Vocational counselling
Vocational guidance

Inclusions:

Study of vocational guidance is included in this field.

Exclusions:

Study of sociology and social science is excluded from this field and included in field
312 ‘Sociology and cultural studies’.
Caring programmes combining health care and social care, e.g. for old people, are
excluded from this field and included in field 723 ‘Nursing and caring’.

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Correspondences:
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields	76	Social services