1. German Care Day: Erfurt under the sign of social transformation!

<ol> <li>German Care Day: Erfurt under the sign of social transformation!</li> </ol>

For more than 140 years, the German Welfare Day has brought together important actors from social policy, social law and social work. This year, the 83rd German Welfare Day will take place in Erfurt from September 16th to 18th, 2025. The event has the meaningful motto: “Transformations, Social, Making”.

The congress, which is held every three years in cooperation with a city and a federal state, aims to reform the fragmented poor system and offers a forum for collegial and interdisciplinary exchange. The first edition of the Welfare Day, which took place in 1880, was the cornerstone for the founding of the German Association for Public and Private Welfare. v.

Focal points and goals

This year the focus of the event is on the social implications of social change processes. The congress is looking for ways to use transformations as an opportunity for structural changes and to specifically integrate the “social” into the development of solution strategies. Under the patronage of Federal Minister Karin Prien, the German Welfare Day will also become a seismograph for social developments.

“TRANSFORMATIONS · SOCIAL · MAKING” is more than a motto; it describes the need to take innovative paths and find common approaches to meet the challenges in social work. The focus should be on exchanging experiences and best practices in order to further develop the profession and adapt it to current circumstances.

Organizing organizations

The German Association for Public and Private Welfare is a central organizer of the congress. His work is strengthened by close collaboration with various actors and institutions in the social landscape. At events such as Care Day, it becomes clear that knowledge and experience in social work must be constantly developed in order to be able to respond to changing social needs.

In addition, the Society for Social Work (DGSA) highlights the challenges and opportunities in the profession in its activities. The exchange of knowledge and collaboration between different disciplines are essential here, as was also evident at the DGSA annual conference in 2022, which was dominated by the theme “Shared knowledge – knowledge development in the discipline and profession of social work”.

It will be exciting to see what new impulses and ideas the 83rd German Welfare Day in Erfurt can provide. The commitment of everyone involved is required to actively meet the social challenges of our time and to shape developments in the field of social work. The coming days promise numerous in-depth discussions and valuable interfaces between theory and practice.

Anyone interested can access further information and events via the relevant platforms: for example on the website of the German Association for Public and Private Welfare or via the DGSA, which regularly communicates its activities and exchange formats.

Visit the official links for more details: Erfurt.de, German club, and DGSA.