The response to drug use and to signs of social disorder in public places are vocational domains in both policing and social work. In this Jour Fixe, Günter Stummvoll will discuss the social policy implications of interdisciplinary collaboration between law enforcement agencies and social support services. Traditionally, social policies focus on the challenges to the welfare state such as an aging society, access for migrants to social services and to the labour market. Therefore, the idea of involving the police in social policies may at first sound doubtful and odd. Can the police be regarded as a social service provider? In what way is the concept of community policing compatible with low-threshold social assistance? Can the police be included in the governance of social services? And conversely: Can social work organisations be included in the governance of security?
He wants to argue that carefully embedding the idea of cross-sectional collaboration in vocational education and training systems in the police and in schools of social work will be beneficial to vulnerable groups in society. Register for the event until 8 June, 10:00!
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