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In addition to the study programme at the HdBA, there are ous Education and Career” (Westfälische Wilhelms-Univer-
in-house training and further education for staff in local sity Münster) or “Guidance in the world of work – coaching
Agencies and Job Centres who have various academic back- and supervision” (FHS Frankfurt/Main).
grounds and move from other posts to career guidance.
6.3 Professional organisations and
Student counsellors in HE usually have a Master’s de- associations
gree in any academic subject and sometimes some addition-
al training in counselling. There is no common regulation. Most of the professional development of career counselling
is carried out by professional organisations, of which some
Guidance in continuing education is often delivered represent guidance practitioners, as well as by training in-
by lecturers in the training institutes alongside their teach- stitutes for guidance practitioners and by scientific experts
ing job. In general, they hold a pedagogic qualification but in the field of career guidance. There are numerous profes-
in many cases have had no additional education or training sional associations. Only those of major relevance for edu-
in counselling. However, with the establishment of special cational and career guidance are listed in the box below.
municipal guidance services, the demand for professional
training has increased. The National Guidance Forum in Education, Career
and Employment (nfb) is not a professional association
A module-structured course programme “Edcuational but a broadly-based network in the guidance sector. The Na-
Guidance and Competence Development” for guidance tional Guidance Forum is an independent network in which
practitioners is offered by the Network of Regional institutions, organizations, relevant research and training
Training Centres in Educational Guidance (Verbund institutes, governmental authorities and non-governmental
Regionaler Qualifizierungszentren RQZ). Graduates receive agencies dealing with or offering guidance co-operate. Its
a (higher education) certificate. The course programme aims are to improve transparency, quality and professional-
was set up as part of the “Learning Regions programme – ism of guidance in education, in vocational training and in
Supporting Networks” supported by the Federal Ministry of the employment sector. It stimulates the further develop-
Education and Research. ment of the guidance system, corresponding to the differ-
ent needs of all citizens. As a member of the International
Some universities offer Bachelor’s and Master’s pro- Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance
grammes in career counselling with different focuses, IAEVG (Jenschke, 2012) the nfb cooperates internationally
e.g. “Vocational and Organisational Guidance Science” (Uni- and also supports Germany’s participation in the European
versity of Heidelberg), “Guidance for Education, Continu- Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).

Professional associations for guidance in education, career and employment (selection)

Career Service Network Germany (Career Service Netzwerk Deutschland, CSND) www.csnd.de
Federal Association of Agencies for Transfering Employees e.V. (Bundesverband www.bvtb.de
der Träger im Beschäftigtentransfer e.V., BVTB)
Federal Working Group on Vocational Perspectives for Women e.V. www.bag-frauen.de
(Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Berufliche Perspektiven für Frauen e.V., BAG Frauen)
German Association for Counselling (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Beratung, DGfB) www.dachverband-beratung.de
German Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance www.dvb-fachverband.de
(Deutscher Verband für Bildungs­ und Berufsberatung, dvb)
German Society for Behavioural Therapy www.dgvt.de
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie e.V., DGVT)
German Society for Career Guidance www.dgfk.org
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Karriereberatung, DGfK)
German Society for Supervision (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Supervision, DGSv) www.dgsv.de
Society for Information, Guidance and Therapy at Universities
(Gesellschaft für Information, Beratung und Therapie an Hochschulen, GIBeT) www.gibet.de
Society for Person-centered Psychotherapy and Counselling www.gwg-ev.org
(Gesellschaft für personzentrierte Psychotherapie und Beratung, GwG)
Professional Association for Counselling, Pedagogy and Psychotherapy
(Berufsverband für Beratung, Pädagogik und Psychotherapie e.V., bvppt) www.bvppt.de