Name of qualification Name of qualification: Specialist/specialistka s področja socialnega dela z ljudmi s posebnimi potrebamiAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master of Science Specialist in the field of social work with people with special needs
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Specialisation diploma following professional higher education
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Specialisation education
Duration Duration of education:
3 semesters
Credits Credits: 90 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Diploma from the Faculty of Social Work (or at a Higher Education School of Social Work) or
  • graduates of other faculties or higher education schools who work in the field of social protection and in their work require knowledge from the proposed programme (the condition for enrolment of graduates from other faculties and schools is that they have at least two years of working experience in an appropriate field).
ISCED field Field:
Health and welfare
ISCED subfield subfield: social work and counselling
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:

The qualification holders have in-depth and expanded knowledge and skills in the field of social work with people with special needs, which includes people with motor handicaps, learning disabilities and others who are handicapped owing to various socially created deprivations. They have consolidated their knowledge acquired at the undergraduate level, are trained to reflect on practical experiences, and have also enhanced their practical knowledge to work in the field of handicaps and planning life in the community.

Assesment and completion:

Examination performance is scored as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

All students who have completed all the obligations required in the programme by the beginning of the third semester may enrol in the third semester.

Specialist/specialistka s področja socialnega dela z ljudmi s posebnimi potrebami

SQF 8

EQF 7

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Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja socialnega dela in svetovanja

SQF 10 / EQF 8

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Completion of all required obligations and successful defence of specialist paper produced and defended by specialisation students in the third semester of study. Graduates of this programme must complete the programme by the 30.9.2016.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Work

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://www.fsd.uni-lj.si/en/
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