Prof. Dr. Judith Ommert

+49 661 9640-2212
+49 661 9640-249

Theories and methods of health-related social work

Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Building 21, Room 106
Leipziger Straße 123
36037 Fulda

Consultation hours: By arrangement

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Since 2021
Professor for Theories and Methods of Health-Related Social Work at the Faculty of Social Work, Fulda University of Applied Sciences

2020-2021
Professor of Social Work at the IU International University in Frankfurt

2020
PostDoc at the Department of Social Work at Fulda University of Applied Sciences with teaching duties in the BASA-dual and BASA-online degree programme

2019-2020
Research assistant at the Department of Social Work, Fulda University of Applied Sciences

2019
Doctorate at the inter-university Social Work Doctorate Centre of the Hessen Universities of Applied Sciences in cooperation with Fulda University of Applied Sciences, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences and Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

2016-2019
Research assistant and doctoral student at the Department of Social Work at Fulda University of Applied Sciences on the topic of "Rehabilitation to promote participation in work and employment: "Significant contextual factors and their interactions for women with disorders from the schizophrenic form circle. A mixed-methods design in Hessian RPK and BTZ institutions".

2015-2016
Research assistant in the nationwide and cross-actor research project "Basic concept for determining needs in vocational rehabilitation" of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Rehabilitation e.V. (Federal Association for Rehabilitation) in cooperation with the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Berufsbildungswerke (Federal Association of Vocational Training Centres) as the coordinating body for a total of eight federal working groups in vocational rehabilitation and the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal

2011-2013
Part-time study of the Master's programme MAPS Community Psychiatry at the University of Applied Sciences Fulda, degree Master of Arts Community Psychiatry

2009-2015
Educational manager (social service) of a rehabilitation workshop for people with disabilities of BWMK e.V. and cooperation worker of the rehabilitation of mentally ill people (RPK) Schlüchtern

2008-2009
Social worker in the training year in the day centres for people with mental disorders of BWMK e.V.

2005-2008
Studied Social Work at the University of Applied Sciences Fulda, Bachelor of Arts degree

2001-2004
Training as a medical assistant in the internal medicine practice in Bad Brückenau

Teaching Areas

  • Social work methods
  • Project planning and evaluation
  • Social work in public social administration
  • Rehabilitation and participation of people with mental disorders
  • Structure and financing in the region (community psychiatry)
  • Reflection on practice
  • Case management

Areas of Research

  • People with mental disorders
  • International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
  • Participation in work
  • Rehabilitation barriers
  • Inclusion
  • Needs assessment (BTHG)

Memberships

  • Member of the Aktionsbündnis Teilhabeforschung (Action Alliance for Participation Research)
  • Member of the German Association for Social Work in Health Care
  • Member of the German Association for Social Work
  • Member of CeSSt (Centre for Society and Sustainability) at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
  • Member of the Working Group on Participation Research in the Research Network for Social Law and Social Policy (FoSS) at Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the University of Kassel

Publications

Further Functions

  • Until 2019 Elected member of the doctoral committee in the inter-university Social Work Doctoral Centre.
  • Since 2020 Member of the Rehabilitation and Participation Section of the German Association for Social Work in Health Care
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