Herbert Paulischin

Desired employment / Occupational field
Key Expert – Project Coordinator

Work experience
April 2006 – ongoing (December 2008) - Austria
Occupation or position held Project Coordinator
Main activities and responsibilities
Leading a pilot project in a small district town covering the area of child welfare, juvenile delinquency, migration and social sphere analysis. Development of solution orientated activities in cooperation with the political authorities, regional child welfare office, social services and civil society including representatives from different ethnic, cultural and religious minorities.

01/2008 – present - Austria
General Manager/Managing Director

Main activities and responsibilities
Management of the Austrian Association representing the profession of social workers; Leadership; Policy development, analysis and lobbying; Program and project management; Strategic planning; Networking, representation; Publications and presentations; Media work; Assuring communication between membership organizations; Enhancing legal framework for the profession of social workers; Planning and monitoring of finances, elaboration of annual budgets and reporting to Executive/ General; Meeting; Publication/editing of the quarterly magazine of the association; Cooperation with universities and other institutions in the field of educatioan and training for social workers; International relations (International Federation of Social Workers – IFSW); Organization of regional, national and international seminars and conferences Staff management;


January 2007 – November 2007 - Romania
European Profiles, Athens, Greece
Occupation or position held
Team Leader, Phare Project in Romania
Main activities and responsibilities
Leadership; Program and project management; Strategic planning; Networking, representation; Publications and presentations; Public relations, contact with media; Planning and monitoring of finances; Publication of deliveries; Design and implementation of trainings; Organisation of seminars, workshops, round table meetings and conferences; Staff management

2000 – December 2003
Ministry of Social Security, Austria, Stubenring 1 A-1010 Wien Telefon: 01/71100-0, EMail: briefkasten@bmsk.gv.at
Occupation or position held
PAA, Pre-Accession-Advisor (Project Co-ordinator)
Main activities and responsibilities
Project management and organisational development; Child welfare social services reform (including education of social workers, consultancy for Bulgarian
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy); Structural development of “State Agency for Child Protection”; Deinstitutionalisation with special focus on roma children and families; Development of alternative services for children and families with a special focus on ethnic minorities/roma; Co-ordination of 28 experts working in the framework of this project as a team leader; Providing training for social workers and public administration; Development and implementation of information strategy including reporting system and public relation/awareness campaign;

1985 - 2004
Verein Hilfe für Kinder und Eltern – Child Protection Centre
Starhembergstraße 11 4020 Linz, Austria
Occupation or position held
Executive Director
Main activities and responsibilities
Leadership; Policy development, analysis and lobbying; Program and project management; Strategic planning; Networking, representation; Publications and presentations; Media work

1987 - 2001
Federal State Government of Upper Austria; 4021 Linz, Bahnhofplatz 1 (LDZ)
Occupation or position held
Consultant
Main activities and responsibilities
Advisor and co-author of annual reports ("Family Report");

2004 – ongoing
FH OÖ Studienbetriebs GmbH, Garnisonstraße 21 4020 Linz/Austria
Occupation or position held
Research Associate, Lecturer
Main activities and responsibilities
Development of quality measures and criteria for social services; Coordination of Training programmes and courses Lecturer; Organising seminar and conferences
Publishing of the research report; Web design (www.donau-quality.at); Courses in child protection, international social work and ethics in social work;

1980 - 1992
"Allein mit dem Kind" (Association for single parents)
Occupation or position held
Executive Director
Main activities and responsibilities
Program and project management; Leadership, management; Counselling and residential care for single mothers/fathers and their children; Strategic planning
Networking, representation; Publications and presentations; Media work

1985 - 2004
Akademie für Sozialarbeit des Landes Oberösterreich (School of social work)
Occupation or position held
Lecturer
Main activities and responsibilities
Preparation of curriculum and materials; Development of specialised courses, Implementation of courses; Akademie für Sozialarbeit des Landes Oberösterreich (School of social work);

1976 - 1980
Youth Club (Catholic Organisation)
Occupation or position held
Social worker
Main activities and responsibilities
Social work with children and young people (age 10 – 19); Case management;

1976 – 1977
State prison Austria/Linz
Main activities and responsibilities
Social work with young delinquents (age 14 – 19)

Education and training

2003 - ongoing
Management of Knowledge (MSc)
Post graduate Master Programme, Management and Communication,
University of Krems, Austria

October 1989 – April 1993
(systemic) family therapist
Education in systemic family therapy
Professional institute for family therapy Munich, Germany


September 1975 – July 1977
Diploma in social work
Professional social worker


Additional information
Keynote speaker and trainer in a large number of events (seminars, trainings, conferences, ….) on subjects related to social work since 1985
Chairing and moderating conferences, meetings, round tables, seminars, panel discussions at national and international level
Specialized expert for social work issues in taskforces implemented by Austrian ministries and national and regional parliaments, advisor for political parties (e.g. chair of a working group related to the UN international year of the famiy….)
Director of the “Constance-Zoff-Training-Centre” of social work (1996-2003)
Member of organizing committee and/or program committee of a number of international conferences:
World conference ISPCAN (International Society on Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect): Hamburg
1990,
Chicago 1992
Chair (member) of organizing committee and/or program committee of conferences at global and European level of IFSW (International Federation of Social Workers): Helsinki/ St. Petersburg 1999, Montreal 2000, Vienna/Bratislava 2001, Copenhagen 2003, Adelaide 2004, Nicosia 2005, Munich 2006, Sofia 2007 (Balkan conference of social work), Dubrovnik 2009 Chairperson of an international taskforce (Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria) targetting the development of an international (EU) register for professional social workers and social work acts at national level (1987-90)

Member of the international organisation “Kronberger Kreis”, Berlin; Kronberger Kreis is a pool of high level experts for development and implementation of quality measures working in the area of social pedagogy, social work and foster care of children.

Publications and Seminars:
SIÖ Nr. 97, Dez 1992 “We are the world” (report on IFSW global conference, Washington)
SIÖ Nr. 101, Dez 1993 Editior, author and thematic coordinator of special issue “Child Protection”
SIÖ Nr. 113, Dez 1996 „Das Prinzip Sozialarbeit“
SIÖ Nr. 115, Juni 1997 „Nix Wert sein“ (Social wor and economy)
SIÖ Nr. 123, März 1999 „Hilfe und/oder Kontrolle“ (Child Welfaret)
SIÖ Nr. 129. Dez 2000 „Internationalisierung der Sozialarbeit“

More articles in magazines of social work, social pedagogy, child protection and social politics in Austria, Germany, Greece, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, USA, Australia, Italy, Croatia,…

Other publications:
Paulischin, H. „Qualität im Prozeß der Fremdunterbringung – Erhebung Oberösterreich“ in Pflegerl J. et al. Forschungsbericht „ Qualität im Prozeß der Fremdunterbringung“, Wien 2007

Paulischin H., Meusburger M. „Die Qualitätsdebatte in der Sozialarbeit“ in „Sozialer Sektor im Wandel“ (Hrsg: Equal Entwicklungspartnerschaft Donau, Fachpublikation) Edition pro mente, Linz 2007

Paulischin, H. «Auf den Ursprung besinnen – Professionelles Beziehungsangebot als Form intensiver Hilfen für Familien» in Krause H. (Hrsg) «Einen Weg finden –
Diskurs über erfolgreiche Soziale Arbeit» Lambertus Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1999
Paulischin, H. ”Gewalt gegen Kinder unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Tätigkeit des Kinderschutzzentrums Linz” in OOe Landesregierung (Hrsg.) ”Familienbericht 2000”, Linz 2001

Other skills and competences
OBDS: Austrian Association of Social Workers (President 1996 - 2007)
IFSW: International Federation of Social Workers (President for the European Region 1998 - 2002)
Bulgarian Association of Social Workers (2001)
Romanian Collegium of Social Workers (2007)