intensive sozialpädagogische Einzelbetreuung Gewährung

Teenagers and young adults in difficult life situations can receive help to become more independent and better able to cope in society.

Intensive individual socio-educational support promotes the integration of adolescents and young adults into social life. It is a type of educational support service. The aim is to provide age-appropriate support at school and outside of school through supportive and accompanying services.

The young person is accompanied by a pedagogical specialist over a longer period of time.

The support can take place at home, in the young person's own home or in an educationally supervised residential group.
The aim is for the educational specialist to prepare the young person for an independent and self-reliant life. They help the young person to find friends or other confidants who will continue to accompany and support them through their lives.
If the youth welfare office determines that young people and young adults need such help (have educational needs), then they will receive this help from the youth welfare office.

• identity card/passport

  If a German identity card/passport is to be authenticated, a written proof of what this authentication is required for must be brought along.

• Proof of custody

  For example: birth certificate, information from the custody register or decision of the family court on custody.

• You are the parent or guardian of a child (the person with custody of the child).
• You are unable to care for and raise the child in a way that is good for the child.
• Help in the form of an intensive individual socio-educational measure is suitable and necessary.
• If you submit the application yourself as a young adult, you must not be older than 21. There are also exceptions: in this case, you must not be older than 27.

As a parent or guardian, you must submit an application for educational assistance.
As a young adult, you can also submit an application yourself. This application is called "Application for assistance for young adults".

• Contact the responsible youth welfare office.
• The youth welfare office will explain to you in a personal meeting what help is available.
• If the youth welfare office thinks that you need help in the form of intensive individual socio-educational support, you can submit an application for "educational support".
• All parties involved (you, your child, the caregiver and the youth welfare office) will meet for a help plan discussion. The help plan sets out how the help is to be organized and what goals are to be achieved.
• The youth welfare office looks for a suitable specialist. If there are several options, they can help choose.
• The youth welfare office regularly checks whether the help is still suitable.