We help you with your work with children and young people
Our child protection center offers advice and support to professionals from kindergartens, schools, and public administration for their work with children and young people. This includes:
- Professional events and conferences
- Intervention planning
- Supervision
- Expert advice (su)
- Continuing education courses
- Parenting-related evenings
Monday to Wednesday, 11am-1pm;
Thursday, 3pm-5pm
What is specialist advice according to § 8a? What does the Bremen Child Protection Center offer?
According to Section 8a, it is mandatory to provide a "qualified expert" to assess potential child endangerment, so that all child and youth welfare agencies providing services under Book VIII of the German Social Code (SGB VIII) can consult this expert in suspected cases. External parties who have other professional contact with children, such as doctors, therapists, and teachers, are entitled to consultation.
The Child Protection Center offers such specialist advice in accordance with Section 8a. Our staff are trained psychologists and educators with additional qualifications and are recognized as experienced professionals in this field.
The specialist advice
- takes place with anonymous case descriptions to ensure data protection
- includes a risk and hazard assessment,
- is resource-oriented,
- service of planning and preparing further steps,
- is documented for the internal process,
- provides information about the support system in Bremen.
Upon request, the Child Protection Center will accompany you throughout the entire process. Staff will remain available as your contact persons, both in the short and ongoing phases. Case responsibility remains with you or the institution receiving advice.
Further offers for skilled workers:
Prevention in Schools:
For more than 15 years, we have offered the "Children in Need Need Solutions" project for violence prevention in third and fourth grade elementary school classes. The project raises awareness among elementary school children about recognizing their feelings and being able to seek help from trusted adults in difficult situations.
Would you like our team to visit your school? Learn more about the project and how to contact our team here.
Providing good support and integration for traumatized (refugee) children:
When children and their families arrive in Germany after fleeing their home countries, the frightening experiences of war and persecution seem to have come to an end. However, the processing of the trauma they have suffered is only just beginning. Experiences such as war or separation from a parent weigh heavily on many newcomers.
Traumatic stress in children manifests as behavioral problems that professionals must address appropriately in their daily work. Often, these behavioral problems are so severe that the children require special support. Educators, teachers, and other educational professionals primarily need knowledge about trauma and its consequences for affected children. They should gain confidence in working with traumatized refugee children in order to respond appropriately and initiate necessary support measures.
The Bremen Child Protection Association offers a five-day qualified training series to gain in-depth knowledge of trauma and trauma pedagogy as well as culturally sensitive work with children and their families.
The instructor for the training course, psychologist Jana Rump (M.Sc.), possesses additional training in therapy and counseling, as well as several years of professional experience in child protection and working with traumatized children and their parents. For inquiries about the training course, please contact the Bremen Child Protection Center at +49 421 240 112 20 or ksz[at]dksb-bremen.de.
